Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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ALMANAC1 To what extent do you think it is necessary to schedule a special day according to the instruction of the Almanac when doing the following things: getting married?   1) It is a must   2) It is better to do so   3) It does not matter   4) There is no need   7) Don't know   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
It is a must	934	48.5%	48.5%	-.77
It is better to do so	578	30%	78.5%	.1
It does not matter	204	10.6%	89.1%	.97
There is no need	184	9.6%	98.7%	1.84
Don't know	22	1.1%	99.8%	4.45
Refuse	3	.2%	100%	6.19

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
It is a must	68.4% 132	57.0% 166	49.1% 141	43.8% 128	43.9% 229	40.6% 138	48.5% 934
It is better to do so	18.7% 36	23.0% 67	30.0% 86	31.8% 93	31.8% 166	38.2% 130	30.0% 578
It does not matter	5.2% 10	8.6% 25	9.8% 28	11.6% 34	12.1% 63	12.9% 44	10.6% 204
There is no need	7.3% 14	10.3% 30	10.1% 29	11.6% 34	10.7% 56	6.2% 21	9.6% 184
Don't know	0.5% 1	1.0% 3	1.0% 3	1.0% 3	1.3% 7	1.5% 5	1.1% 22
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.6% 2	0.2% 3
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
It is a must	68.6% 300	58.5% 165	47.5% 115	46.2% 168	35.5% 107	26.1% 75	48.6% 930
It is better to do so	18.5% 81	22.0% 62	27.7% 67	32.4% 118	40.2% 121	43.2% 124	30.0% 573
It does not matter	3.7% 16	9.2% 26	11.6% 28	11.3% 41	13.0% 39	18.1% 52	10.6% 202
There is no need	8.7% 38	8.9% 25	11.2% 27	8.2% 30	10.3% 31	11.1% 32	9.6% 183
Don't know	0.5% 2	1.4% 4	1.7% 4	1.9% 7	0.7% 2	1.0% 3	1.2% 22
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 3
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
It is a must	46.8% 450	50.3% 484	48.5% 934
It is better to do so	28.9% 278	31.2% 300	30.0% 578
It does not matter	12.4% 119	8.8% 85	10.6% 204
There is no need	10.1% 97	9.0% 87	9.6% 184
Don't know	1.7% 16	0.6% 6	1.1% 22
Refuse	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.2% 3
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
It is a must	62.0% 199	54.7% 140	49.0% 203	41.2% 103	40.8% 133	39.2% 78	48.5% 856
It is better to do so	16.5% 53	21.9% 56	32.1% 133	36.4% 91	37.1% 121	36.2% 72	29.8% 526
It does not matter	7.8% 25	9.4% 24	8.0% 33	12.8% 32	12.9% 42	16.1% 32	10.6% 188
There is no need	11.2% 36	12.9% 33	9.4% 39	9.6% 24	8.0% 26	7.5% 15	9.8% 173
Don't know	2.2% 7	1.2% 3	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	1.0% 2	1.1% 20
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
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
It is a must	39.4% 185	51.6% 748	0.00% 0	48.6% 933
It is better to do so	35.8% 168	28.1% 408	0.00% 0	30.0% 576
It does not matter	12.8% 60	9.8% 142	0.00% 0	10.5% 202
There is no need	9.6% 45	9.5% 138	0.00% 0	9.5% 183
Don't know	1.9% 9	0.9% 13	0.00% 0	1.1% 22
Refuse	0.4% 2	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
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
It is a must	29.8% 78	62.4% 401	45.5% 230	58.8% 144	10.1% 14	51.9% 67	48.5% 934
It is better to do so	37.0% 97	26.1% 168	35.0% 177	29.8% 73	12.2% 17	34.9% 45	30.0% 577
It does not matter	19.5% 51	7.5% 48	11.9% 60	8.2% 20	10.1% 14	8.5% 11	10.6% 204
There is no need	11.5% 30	2.8% 18	6.9% 35	1.2% 3	66.2% 92	4.7% 6	9.6% 184
Don't know	1.5% 4	1.2% 8	0.8% 4	2.0% 5	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 22
Refuse	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924