Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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ALTAR10 [If ALTAR=1 or 2] What is your main purpose when going there (to the altar)? Choose all that apply: To dispel disasters and eliminating misfortunes.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1736	90.2%	90.2%	-.33
Yes	189	9.8%	100%	3.03

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
No	87.0% 168	89.3% 260	93.0% 267	93.2% 272	89.7% 468	88.5% 301	90.2% 1736
Yes	13.0% 25	10.7% 31	7.0% 20	6.8% 20	10.3% 54	11.5% 39	9.8% 189
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
No	87.0% 380	89.0% 251	91.7% 222	90.4% 329	91.4% 275	93.0% 267	90.1% 1724
Yes	13.0% 57	11.0% 31	8.3% 20	9.6% 35	8.6% 26	7.0% 20	9.9% 189
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
No	92.2% 887	88.2% 849	90.2% 1736
Yes	7.8% 75	11.8% 114	9.8% 189
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
No	89.1% 286	89.5% 229	91.8% 380	88.0% 220	91.4% 298	89.4% 178	90.1% 1591
Yes	10.9% 35	10.5% 27	8.2% 34	12.0% 30	8.6% 28	10.6% 21	9.9% 175
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
No	90.8% 426	89.9% 1304	0.00% 0	90.2% 1730
Yes	9.2% 43	10.1% 146	0.00% 0	9.8% 189
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
No	94.3% 247	87.4% 562	89.5% 453	89.0% 218	100.0% 139	89.9% 116	90.2% 1735
Yes	5.7% 15	12.6% 81	10.5% 53	11.0% 27	0.0% 0	10.1% 13	9.8% 189
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924