Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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ALMANAC4 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: going out for a tour?   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%	-3.74
It is a must	53	2.8%	2.8%	-2.69
It is better to do so	152	7.9%	10.7%	-1.64
It does not matter	552	28.7%	39.4%	-.58
There is no need	1117	58%	97.4%	.47
Don't know	49	2.5%	99.9%	3.64
Refuse	1	.1%	100%	5.75

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	5.7% 11	3.8% 11	2.4% 7	2.4% 7	1.7% 9	2.4% 8	2.8% 53
It is better to do so	7.3% 14	5.8% 17	9.1% 26	5.1% 15	7.9% 41	11.5% 39	7.9% 152
It does not matter	22.8% 44	24.4% 71	28.2% 81	26.4% 77	32.6% 170	32.1% 109	28.7% 552
There is no need	62.2% 120	62.9% 183	57.5% 165	63.0% 184	55.6% 290	51.5% 175	58.0% 1117
Don't know	2.1% 4	3.1% 9	2.8% 8	3.1% 9	2.1% 11	2.4% 8	2.5% 49
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 1
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	3.7% 16	5.0% 14	1.2% 3	1.4% 5	3.3% 10	1.4% 4	2.7% 52
It is better to do so	5.7% 25	6.0% 17	10.7% 26	8.8% 32	7.0% 21	10.8% 31	7.9% 152
It does not matter	20.6% 90	24.5% 69	28.5% 69	29.4% 107	35.2% 106	36.6% 105	28.5% 546
There is no need	66.8% 292	62.4% 176	56.6% 137	56.9% 207	53.5% 161	48.4% 139	58.1% 1112
Don't know	3.2% 14	2.1% 6	2.9% 7	3.6% 13	0.7% 2	2.4% 7	2.6% 49
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	2.9% 28	2.6% 25	2.8% 53
It is better to do so	7.8% 75	8.0% 77	7.9% 152
It does not matter	28.5% 274	28.9% 278	28.7% 552
There is no need	58.5% 563	57.5% 554	58.0% 1117
Don't know	2.3% 22	2.8% 27	2.5% 49
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
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	4.4% 14	4.7% 12	2.2% 9	2.4% 6	1.5% 5	1.5% 3	2.8% 49
It is better to do so	4.0% 13	7.4% 19	8.9% 37	7.6% 19	10.1% 33	8.0% 16	7.8% 137
It does not matter	22.7% 73	19.9% 51	30.9% 128	35.6% 89	31.6% 103	35.7% 71	29.2% 515
There is no need	64.2% 206	65.6% 168	55.8% 231	53.6% 134	54.3% 177	53.3% 106	57.9% 1022
Don't know	4.4% 14	2.3% 6	2.2% 9	0.4% 1	2.5% 8	1.5% 3	2.3% 41
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	3.0% 14	2.7% 39	0.00% 0	2.8% 53
It is better to do so	10.2% 48	7.1% 103	0.00% 0	7.9% 151
It does not matter	32.4% 152	27.4% 398	0.00% 0	28.7% 550
There is no need	51.8% 243	60.1% 871	0.00% 0	58.1% 1114
Don't know	2.1% 10	2.7% 39	0.00% 0	2.6% 49
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
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	1.5% 4	3.1% 20	3.8% 19	2.4% 6	0.7% 1	2.3% 3	2.8% 53
It is better to do so	6.1% 16	8.2% 53	8.7% 44	10.6% 26	3.6% 5	6.2% 8	7.9% 152
It does not matter	26.3% 69	29.5% 190	29.2% 148	33.1% 81	15.8% 22	32.6% 42	28.7% 552
There is no need	62.6% 164	56.6% 364	55.5% 281	50.6% 124	78.4% 109	57.4% 74	58.0% 1116
Don't know	3.1% 8	2.5% 16	2.8% 14	3.3% 8	0.7% 1	1.6% 2	2.5% 49
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924