Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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HEALSHAM When you encounter diseases that are hard to cure, who do you ask to heal you? (Choose all that apply.) A Shaman   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1815	94.3%	94.3%	-.25
Yes	110	5.7%	100%	4.06

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	87.6% 169	93.8% 273	95.8% 275	94.2% 275	95.2% 497	95.9% 326	94.3% 1815
Yes	12.4% 24	6.2% 18	4.2% 12	5.8% 17	4.8% 25	4.1% 14	5.7% 110
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	89.0% 389	91.8% 259	94.6% 229	95.6% 348	97.7% 294	99.0% 284	94.2% 1803
Yes	11.0% 48	8.2% 23	5.4% 13	4.4% 16	2.3% 7	1.0% 3	5.8% 110
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	95.3% 917	93.3% 898	94.3% 1815
Yes	4.7% 45	6.7% 65	5.7% 110
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	91.0% 292	93.0% 238	94.0% 389	94.0% 235	97.5% 318	97.5% 194	94.3% 1666
Yes	9.0% 29	7.0% 18	6.0% 25	6.0% 15	2.5% 8	2.5% 5	5.7% 100
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	96.8% 454	93.5% 1356	0.00% 0	94.3% 1810
Yes	3.2% 15	6.5% 94	0.00% 0	5.7% 109
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	98.9% 259	91.6% 589	94.9% 480	91.4% 224	100.0% 139	95.3% 123	94.3% 1814
Yes	1.1% 3	8.4% 54	5.1% 26	8.6% 21	0.0% 0	4.7% 6	5.7% 110
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924