Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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FA_BOSS Is your father the boss or is he employed by others? [For respondents who have retired, ask about the situation before retirement.]   0) Missing or Not applicable   1) A boss   2) Employed by others   3) Helping in the family business   4) Self-employed   7) Don't know or forgot   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Missing or Not applicable	34	1.8%	1.8%	-2.34
A boss	173	9%	10.8%	-1.52
Employed by others	759	39.4%	50.2%	-.7
Helping in the family business	72	3.7%	53.9%	.12
Self-employed	877	45.6%	99.5%	.94
Don't know or forgot	4	.2%	99.7%	3.39
Refuse	6	.3%	100%	5.03

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
Missing or Not applicable	2.6% 5	1.7% 5	1.4% 4	2.1% 6	1.5% 8	1.8% 6	1.8% 34
A boss	7.3% 14	7.2% 21	9.1% 26	8.2% 24	9.2% 48	11.8% 40	9.0% 173
Employed by others	24.4% 47	30.2% 88	35.5% 102	38.7% 113	47.3% 247	47.6% 162	39.4% 759
Helping in the family business	6.2% 12	4.5% 13	2.1% 6	3.1% 9	3.8% 20	3.5% 12	3.7% 72
Self-employed	59.1% 114	56.0% 163	51.6% 148	47.3% 138	37.5% 196	34.7% 118	45.6% 877
Don't know or forgot	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	0.6% 2	0.3% 6
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
Missing or Not applicable	2.5% 11	1.1% 3	2.9% 7	1.9% 7	1.7% 5	0.3% 1	1.8% 34
A boss	3.7% 16	7.4% 21	9.9% 24	11.5% 42	9.6% 29	14.3% 41	9.0% 173
Employed by others	21.5% 94	29.4% 83	45.5% 110	43.7% 159	51.8% 156	53.0% 152	39.4% 754
Helping in the family business	7.6% 33	3.9% 11	3.3% 8	3.6% 13	0.3% 1	2.1% 6	3.8% 72
Self-employed	64.5% 282	57.1% 161	37.6% 91	39.0% 142	35.9% 108	30.3% 87	45.5% 871
Don't know or forgot	0.2% 1	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
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
Missing or Not applicable	1.7% 16	1.9% 18	1.8% 34
A boss	7.6% 73	10.4% 100	9.0% 173
Employed by others	39.3% 378	39.6% 381	39.4% 759
Helping in the family business	4.0% 38	3.5% 34	3.7% 72
Self-employed	47.1% 453	44.0% 424	45.6% 877
Don't know or forgot	0.1% 1	0.3% 3	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.3% 3	0.3% 3	0.3% 6
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
Missing or Not applicable	1.6% 5	1.2% 3	2.2% 9	2.4% 6	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	1.5% 26
A boss	6.2% 20	4.3% 11	7.2% 30	8.8% 22	11.3% 37	18.1% 36	8.8% 156
Employed by others	24.3% 78	36.7% 94	36.7% 152	51.2% 128	48.8% 159	46.2% 92	39.8% 703
Helping in the family business	7.5% 24	5.5% 14	3.4% 14	1.6% 4	2.5% 8	1.0% 2	3.7% 66
Self-employed	59.8% 192	51.6% 132	50.0% 207	35.6% 89	36.2% 118	34.7% 69	45.7% 807
Don't know or forgot	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
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
Missing or Not applicable	1.9% 9	1.7% 25	0.00% 0	1.8% 34
A boss	10.7% 50	8.5% 123	0.00% 0	9.0% 173
Employed by others	47.8% 224	36.7% 532	0.00% 0	39.4% 756
Helping in the family business	3.6% 17	3.8% 55	0.00% 0	3.8% 72
Self-employed	35.6% 167	48.8% 707	0.00% 0	45.5% 874
Don't know or forgot	0.0% 0	0.3% 4	0.00% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.4% 2	0.3% 4	0.00% 0	0.3% 6
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
Missing or Not applicable	1.5% 4	1.4% 9	1.4% 7	2.4% 6	1.4% 2	4.7% 6	1.8% 34
A boss	9.9% 26	7.6% 49	13.0% 66	7.3% 18	5.0% 7	5.4% 7	9.0% 173
Employed by others	49.2% 129	34.4% 221	41.5% 210	33.5% 82	48.9% 68	37.2% 48	39.4% 758
Helping in the family business	2.3% 6	3.9% 25	1.4% 7	8.6% 21	4.3% 6	5.4% 7	3.7% 72
Self-employed	36.3% 95	52.1% 335	42.3% 214	48.2% 118	40.3% 56	45.7% 59	45.6% 877
Don't know or forgot	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.6% 4	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924