Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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ALTAR Have you been to an altar in the past year?   1) Often   2) Occasionally   3) Never

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Often	116	6%	6%	-2.61
Occasionally	586	30.4%	36.5%	-.95
Never	1223	63.5%	100%	.7

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Marital status Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	22-30	31-40	41-45	46-50	51-60	61-68	TOTAL
Often	9.3% 18	6.5% 19	4.5% 13	5.1% 15	6.3% 33	5.3% 18	6.0% 116
Occasionally	33.2% 64	26.1% 76	30.0% 86	28.4% 83	32.0% 167	32.4% 110	30.4% 586
Never	57.5% 111	67.4% 196	65.5% 188	66.4% 194	61.7% 322	62.4% 212	63.5% 1223
TOTAL	100.0% 193	100.0% 291	100.0% 287	100.0% 292	100.0% 522	100.0% 340	1925

Education (I-EDUC)

	None, self-study or Elementary	Junior high school (including vocational)	High school (HS)	Vocational HS (or cadet)	Junior college (of any kind)	College or Grad school	TOTAL
Often	7.6% 33	7.4% 21	7.0% 17	7.1% 26	3.3% 10	3.1% 9	6.1% 116
Occasionally	31.8% 139	35.1% 99	33.1% 80	31.0% 113	28.6% 86	23.3% 67	30.5% 584
Never	60.6% 265	57.4% 162	59.9% 145	61.8% 225	68.1% 205	73.5% 211	63.4% 1213
TOTAL	100.0% 437	100.0% 282	100.0% 242	100.0% 364	100.0% 301	100.0% 287	1913

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Often	6.2% 60	5.8% 56	6.0% 116
Occasionally	29.7% 286	31.2% 300	30.4% 586
Never	64.0% 616	63.0% 607	63.5% 1223
TOTAL	100.0% 962	100.0% 963	1925

Household income (I-INCOME)

	NT$20,001 or less	NT$30,001-40,000	NT$40,001-60,000	NT$60,001-80,000	NT$80,001-120,000	More than NT$120,000	TOTAL
Often	7.2% 23	7.8% 20	6.0% 25	4.8% 12	5.2% 17	5.5% 11	6.1% 108
Occasionally	32.1% 103	31.3% 80	27.5% 114	37.6% 94	28.5% 93	27.6% 55	30.5% 539
Never	60.7% 195	60.9% 156	66.4% 275	57.6% 144	66.3% 216	66.8% 133	63.4% 1119
TOTAL	100.0% 321	100.0% 256	100.0% 414	100.0% 250	100.0% 326	100.0% 199	1766

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Unmarried	Married	Other (please specify)	TOTAL
Often	4.9% 23	6.4% 93	0.00% 0	6.0% 116
Occasionally	29.9% 140	30.7% 445	0.00% 0	30.5% 585
Never	65.2% 306	62.9% 912	0.00% 0	63.5% 1218
TOTAL	100.0% 469	100.0% 1450	100.0% 0	1919

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	"I have no religious belief"	Folk religion of any kind	Buddhism (any sect)	Taoism	Christian (includes Cath and Prot)	All other religions (including mixes of religions)	TOTAL
Often	2.3% 6	5.4% 35	5.5% 28	12.2% 30	0.7% 1	12.4% 16	6.0% 116
Occasionally	24.4% 64	33.4% 215	34.8% 176	32.7% 80	9.4% 13	29.5% 38	30.5% 586
Never	73.3% 192	61.1% 393	59.7% 302	55.1% 135	89.9% 125	58.1% 75	63.5% 1222
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924