Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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MO_ETHN What is your parents' ethnic background: mother?   1) Fukienese of Taiwan   2) Hakka of Taiwan   3) Aborigine   4) Mainlander   5) Overseas Chinese   6) Other (please specify)

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Fukienese of Taiwan	1560	81%	81%	-.42
Hakka of Taiwan	183	9.5%	90.5%	.81
Aborigine	71	3.7%	94.2%	2.04
Mainlander	108	5.6%	99.8%	3.27
Overseas Chinese	2	.1%	99.9%	4.5
Other (please specify)	1	.1%	100%	5.73

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	76.7% 148	80.4% 234	80.1% 230	80.5% 235	82.0% 428	83.8% 285	81.0% 1560
Hakka of Taiwan	16.6% 32	9.6% 28	8.0% 23	9.2% 27	7.9% 41	9.4% 32	9.5% 183
Aborigine	2.1% 4	1.7% 5	4.2% 12	4.5% 13	5.6% 29	2.4% 8	3.7% 71
Mainlander	4.7% 9	7.6% 22	7.7% 22	5.5% 16	4.6% 24	4.4% 15	5.6% 108
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
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	81.5% 356	86.2% 243	78.9% 191	82.4% 300	81.7% 246	74.6% 214	81.0% 1550
Hakka of Taiwan	10.1% 44	7.4% 21	12.4% 30	9.6% 35	8.0% 24	9.4% 27	9.5% 181
Aborigine	7.3% 32	4.3% 12	3.3% 8	3.6% 13	1.0% 3	1.0% 3	3.7% 71
Mainlander	1.1% 5	1.8% 5	5.0% 12	4.4% 16	9.0% 27	15.0% 43	5.6% 108
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
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	81.6% 785	80.5% 775	81.0% 1560
Hakka of Taiwan	8.9% 86	10.1% 97	9.5% 183
Aborigine	3.5% 34	3.8% 37	3.7% 71
Mainlander	5.8% 56	5.4% 52	5.6% 108
Overseas Chinese	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
Other (please specify)	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	80.4% 258	83.6% 214	81.6% 338	79.6% 199	78.8% 257	78.9% 157	80.6% 1423
Hakka of Taiwan	10.0% 32	6.3% 16	9.4% 39	11.6% 29	9.8% 32	10.6% 21	9.6% 169
Aborigine	7.2% 23	5.9% 15	5.1% 21	2.4% 6	1.5% 5	0.5% 1	4.0% 71
Mainlander	2.2% 7	4.3% 11	3.9% 16	5.6% 14	9.8% 32	10.1% 20	5.7% 100
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
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	81.2% 381	81.0% 1175	0.00% 0	81.1% 1556
Hakka of Taiwan	8.5% 40	9.8% 142	0.00% 0	9.5% 182
Aborigine	3.0% 14	3.9% 57	0.00% 0	3.7% 71
Mainlander	7.0% 33	5.1% 74	0.00% 0	5.6% 107
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
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	72.5% 190	85.2% 548	84.8% 429	92.7% 227	42.4% 59	82.2% 106	81.0% 1559
Hakka of Taiwan	9.2% 24	12.1% 78	10.1% 51	5.3% 13	2.2% 3	10.9% 14	9.5% 183
Aborigine	1.1% 3	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	41.7% 58	4.7% 6	3.7% 71
Mainlander	16.4% 43	2.2% 14	4.9% 25	1.6% 4	13.7% 19	2.3% 3	5.6% 108
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
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924