Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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ALMANAC2 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: moving?   0) No   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
No	1	.1%	.1%	-1.71
It is a must	785	40.8%	40.8%	-.88
It is better to do so	577	30%	70.8%	-.06
It does not matter	297	15.4%	86.2%	.77
There is no need	234	12.2%	98.4%	1.59
Don't know	29	1.5%	99.9%	4.06
Refuse	2	.1%	100%	5.71

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
It is a must	59.1% 114	52.6% 153	43.2% 124	36.3% 106	35.8% 187	29.7% 101	40.8% 785
It is better to do so	19.7% 38	21.0% 61	29.3% 84	33.9% 99	31.4% 164	38.5% 131	30.0% 577
It does not matter	10.9% 21	12.0% 35	13.6% 39	15.1% 44	17.0% 89	20.3% 69	15.4% 297
There is no need	8.3% 16	12.7% 37	12.9% 37	13.7% 40	14.2% 74	8.8% 30	12.2% 234
Don't know	2.1% 4	1.7% 5	1.0% 3	1.0% 3	1.3% 7	2.1% 7	1.5% 29
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.1% 2
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 1
It is a must	63.2% 276	53.9% 152	38.4% 93	34.1% 124	27.9% 84	19.2% 55	41.0% 784
It is better to do so	19.2% 84	21.6% 61	28.9% 70	33.5% 122	38.9% 117	40.4% 116	29.8% 570
It does not matter	6.4% 28	10.6% 30	17.8% 43	17.6% 64	19.3% 58	24.7% 71	15.4% 294
There is no need	10.3% 45	11.7% 33	13.6% 33	12.4% 45	13.0% 39	13.2% 38	12.2% 233
Don't know	0.9% 4	2.1% 6	1.2% 3	2.5% 9	0.7% 2	1.7% 5	1.5% 29
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.1% 2
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	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
It is a must	39.1% 376	42.5% 409	40.8% 785
It is better to do so	28.2% 271	31.8% 306	30.0% 577
It does not matter	17.7% 170	13.2% 127	15.4% 297
There is no need	13.2% 127	11.1% 107	12.2% 234
Don't know	1.8% 17	1.2% 12	1.5% 29
Refuse	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
It is a must	54.8% 176	46.9% 120	42.0% 174	33.6% 84	31.9% 104	30.7% 61	40.7% 719
It is better to do so	18.4% 59	20.7% 53	31.4% 130	34.0% 85	36.8% 120	38.7% 77	29.7% 524
It does not matter	10.3% 33	14.1% 36	12.6% 52	19.2% 48	19.9% 65	20.6% 41	15.6% 275
There is no need	14.0% 45	16.8% 43	12.6% 52	12.4% 31	9.8% 32	9.0% 18	12.5% 221
Don't know	2.2% 7	1.6% 4	1.2% 5	0.4% 1	1.5% 5	1.0% 2	1.4% 24
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
It is a must	29.9% 140	44.4% 644	0.00% 0	40.9% 784
It is better to do so	36.0% 169	28.0% 406	0.00% 0	30.0% 575
It does not matter	19.2% 90	14.1% 205	0.00% 0	15.4% 295
There is no need	12.2% 57	12.1% 176	0.00% 0	12.1% 233
Don't know	2.1% 10	1.3% 19	0.00% 0	1.5% 29
Refuse	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
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	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
It is a must	19.8% 52	54.7% 352	39.7% 201	48.2% 118	8.6% 12	38.8% 50	40.8% 785
It is better to do so	33.2% 87	27.5% 177	34.2% 173	32.2% 79	9.4% 13	36.4% 47	29.9% 576
It does not matter	25.6% 67	12.4% 80	15.4% 78	12.7% 31	12.9% 18	17.8% 23	15.4% 297
There is no need	18.3% 48	4.0% 26	9.3% 47	4.9% 12	66.9% 93	6.2% 8	12.2% 234
Don't know	2.3% 6	1.2% 8	1.4% 7	2.0% 5	1.4% 2	0.8% 1	1.5% 29
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924