Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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FA_ETHN What is your parents' ethnic background: father?   1) Fukienese of Taiwan   2) Hakka of Taiwan   3) Aborigine   4) Mainlander   5) Overseas Chinese   6) Other (please specify)   7) Don't know or forgot

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Fukienese of Taiwan	1451	75.4%	75.4%	-.51
Hakka of Taiwan	181	9.4%	84.8%	.47
Aborigine	65	3.4%	88.2%	1.44
Mainlander	224	11.6%	99.8%	2.41
Overseas Chinese	2	.1%	99.9%	3.39
Other (please specify)	1	.1%	99.9%	4.36
Don't know or forgot	1	.1%	100%	5.33

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
Fukienese of Taiwan	77.2% 149	78.7% 229	77.4% 222	74.0% 216	70.7% 369	78.2% 266	75.4% 1451
Hakka of Taiwan	15.5% 30	10.0% 29	8.4% 24	9.2% 27	8.2% 43	8.2% 28	9.4% 181
Aborigine	2.1% 4	1.7% 5	4.2% 12	4.5% 13	4.6% 24	2.1% 7	3.4% 65
Mainlander	4.7% 9	8.9% 26	10.1% 29	12.0% 35	16.5% 86	11.5% 39	11.6% 224
Overseas Chinese	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Other (please specify)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know or forgot	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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
Fukienese of Taiwan	81.0% 354	82.3% 232	72.7% 176	75.5% 275	71.1% 214	66.6% 191	75.4% 1442
Hakka of Taiwan	9.6% 42	7.4% 21	12.4% 30	9.6% 35	8.3% 25	9.1% 26	9.4% 179
Aborigine	7.3% 32	3.5% 10	2.9% 7	3.0% 11	0.7% 2	1.0% 3	3.4% 65
Mainlander	1.8% 8	6.4% 18	11.6% 28	11.8% 43	19.6% 59	23.3% 67	11.7% 223
Overseas Chinese	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Other (please specify)	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know or forgot	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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
Fukienese of Taiwan	75.3% 724	75.5% 727	75.4% 1451
Hakka of Taiwan	9.3% 89	9.6% 92	9.4% 181
Aborigine	3.2% 31	3.5% 34	3.4% 65
Mainlander	12.2% 117	11.1% 107	11.6% 224
Overseas Chinese	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
Other (please specify)	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
Don't know or forgot	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
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
Fukienese of Taiwan	76.9% 247	80.5% 206	76.1% 315	72.8% 182	71.8% 234	70.4% 140	75.0% 1324
Hakka of Taiwan	9.0% 29	6.6% 17	9.9% 41	11.2% 28	9.5% 31	10.6% 21	9.5% 167
Aborigine	6.9% 22	5.5% 14	4.8% 20	2.4% 6	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	3.7% 65
Mainlander	6.9% 22	7.0% 18	9.2% 38	12.8% 32	17.8% 58	19.1% 38	11.7% 206
Overseas Chinese	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Other (please specify)	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know or forgot	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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
Fukienese of Taiwan	74.0% 347	75.9% 1100	0.00% 0	75.4% 1447
Hakka of Taiwan	8.3% 39	9.8% 142	0.00% 0	9.4% 181
Aborigine	2.3% 11	3.7% 54	0.00% 0	3.4% 65
Mainlander	15.1% 71	10.4% 151	0.00% 0	11.6% 222
Overseas Chinese	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
Other (please specify)	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know or forgot	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
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
Fukienese of Taiwan	63.7% 167	81.5% 524	76.3% 386	88.6% 217	38.1% 53	79.8% 103	75.4% 1450
Hakka of Taiwan	8.4% 22	12.0% 77	11.5% 58	5.7% 14	0.7% 1	7.0% 9	9.4% 181
Aborigine	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	41.0% 57	4.7% 6	3.4% 65
Mainlander	27.1% 71	6.4% 41	11.9% 60	5.3% 13	20.1% 28	8.5% 11	11.6% 224
Overseas Chinese	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Other (please specify)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know or forgot	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924