Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1877	97.5%	97.5%	-.16
Yes	48	2.5%	100%	6.25

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	96.9% 187	98.3% 286	97.6% 280	96.6% 282	96.9% 506	98.8% 336	97.5% 1877
Yes	3.1% 6	1.7% 5	2.4% 7	3.4% 10	3.1% 16	1.2% 4	2.5% 48
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	97.3% 425	95.7% 270	98.3% 238	98.1% 357	98.0% 295	97.6% 280	97.5% 1865
Yes	2.7% 12	4.3% 12	1.7% 4	1.9% 7	2.0% 6	2.4% 7	2.5% 48
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	98.2% 945	96.8% 932	97.5% 1877
Yes	1.8% 17	3.2% 31	2.5% 48
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	96.6% 310	98.8% 253	98.1% 406	96.8% 242	98.5% 321	96.0% 191	97.6% 1723
Yes	3.4% 11	1.2% 3	1.9% 8	3.2% 8	1.5% 5	4.0% 8	2.4% 43
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	98.1% 460	97.3% 1411	0.00% 0	97.5% 1871
Yes	1.9% 9	2.7% 39	0.00% 0	2.5% 48
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	99.2% 260	97.4% 626	97.8% 495	96.3% 236	96.4% 134	96.9% 125	97.5% 1876
Yes	0.8% 2	2.6% 17	2.2% 11	3.7% 9	3.6% 5	3.1% 4	2.5% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924