Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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ALMANAC3 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: establishing a new company?   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%	-1.5
It is a must	866	45%	45%	-.76
It is better to do so	584	30.3%	75.4%	-.03
It does not matter	212	11%	86.4%	.71
There is no need	197	10.2%	96.6%	1.45
Don't know	63	3.3%	99.9%	3.66
Refuse	2	.1%	100%	5.13

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	60.1% 116	51.9% 151	45.6% 131	42.1% 123	40.8% 213	38.8% 132	45.0% 866
It is better to do so	19.7% 38	23.7% 69	31.4% 90	28.4% 83	32.6% 170	39.4% 134	30.3% 584
It does not matter	7.8% 15	7.2% 21	10.5% 30	13.7% 40	12.6% 66	11.8% 40	11.0% 212
There is no need	5.7% 11	12.4% 36	10.8% 31	12.0% 35	11.5% 60	7.1% 24	10.2% 197
Don't know	6.7% 13	4.8% 14	1.7% 5	3.8% 11	2.3% 12	2.4% 8	3.3% 63
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	62.5% 273	56.0% 158	44.6% 108	41.8% 152	34.2% 103	24.0% 69	45.1% 863
It is better to do so	19.5% 85	22.0% 62	28.9% 70	33.0% 120	39.2% 118	43.2% 124	30.3% 579
It does not matter	5.7% 25	7.8% 22	12.0% 29	12.1% 44	13.3% 40	17.1% 49	10.9% 209
There is no need	9.6% 42	9.6% 27	11.2% 27	9.1% 33	11.6% 35	11.1% 32	10.2% 196
Don't know	2.7% 12	4.6% 13	3.3% 8	4.1% 15	1.3% 4	3.8% 11	3.3% 63
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	44.0% 423	46.0% 443	45.0% 866
It is better to do so	28.1% 270	32.6% 314	30.3% 584
It does not matter	12.7% 122	9.3% 90	11.0% 212
There is no need	11.5% 111	8.9% 86	10.2% 197
Don't know	3.6% 35	2.9% 28	3.3% 63
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	57.0% 183	51.2% 131	46.4% 192	37.2% 93	37.7% 123	36.7% 73	45.0% 795
It is better to do so	18.7% 60	21.5% 55	32.1% 133	38.0% 95	35.9% 117	36.2% 72	30.1% 532
It does not matter	6.9% 22	9.8% 25	8.2% 34	11.6% 29	15.0% 49	18.1% 36	11.0% 195
There is no need	12.5% 40	14.8% 38	9.7% 40	10.8% 27	8.9% 29	5.0% 10	10.4% 184
Don't know	4.7% 15	2.7% 7	3.4% 14	2.0% 5	2.5% 8	4.0% 8	3.2% 57
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	37.3% 175	47.6% 690	0.00% 0	45.1% 865
It is better to do so	37.1% 174	28.1% 408	0.00% 0	30.3% 582
It does not matter	11.7% 55	10.7% 155	0.00% 0	10.9% 210
There is no need	10.4% 49	10.1% 147	0.00% 0	10.2% 196
Don't know	2.8% 13	3.4% 50	0.00% 0	3.3% 63
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	25.2% 66	57.2% 368	44.5% 225	54.3% 133	8.6% 12	48.1% 62	45.0% 866
It is better to do so	37.8% 99	27.4% 176	34.8% 176	30.6% 75	10.8% 15	32.6% 42	30.3% 583
It does not matter	19.8% 52	8.4% 54	10.5% 53	9.0% 22	12.9% 18	10.1% 13	11.0% 212
There is no need	12.2% 32	3.3% 21	7.7% 39	2.4% 6	65.5% 91	6.2% 8	10.2% 197
Don't know	4.2% 11	3.7% 24	2.6% 13	3.7% 9	1.4% 2	3.1% 4	3.3% 63
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