Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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GE_BONE1 Have you or your family members ever consulted a feng-shui (geomancy) master concerning the location to place your ancestral bones and ashes?   0) Missing or Not applicable   1) Yes   2) No   7) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Missing or Not applicable	7	.4%	.4%	-1.72
Yes	1008	52.4%	52.7%	-.62
No	873	45.4%	98.1%	.48
Don't know	37	1.9%	100%	5.97

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	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.6% 2	0.4% 7
Yes	57.5% 111	49.8% 145	48.8% 140	55.8% 163	50.0% 261	55.3% 188	52.4% 1008
No	42.0% 81	49.1% 143	48.4% 139	42.8% 125	48.1% 251	39.4% 134	45.4% 873
Don't know	0.5% 1	0.7% 2	1.7% 5	1.4% 4	1.7% 9	4.7% 16	1.9% 37
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	0.2% 1	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	0.4% 7
Yes	56.5% 247	52.5% 148	49.6% 120	54.1% 197	51.5% 155	46.3% 133	52.3% 1000
No	42.3% 185	45.0% 127	48.8% 118	43.7% 159	45.5% 137	49.8% 143	45.4% 869
Don't know	0.9% 4	1.8% 5	1.7% 4	1.9% 7	2.3% 7	3.5% 10	1.9% 37
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	0.6% 6	0.1% 1	0.4% 7
Yes	55.0% 529	49.7% 479	52.4% 1008
No	42.5% 409	48.2% 464	45.4% 873
Don't know	1.9% 18	2.0% 19	1.9% 37
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	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Yes	53.6% 172	46.9% 120	53.4% 221	58.4% 146	47.9% 156	56.3% 112	52.5% 927
No	43.6% 140	51.6% 132	45.4% 188	40.8% 102	50.3% 164	42.7% 85	45.9% 811
Don't know	2.2% 7	1.2% 3	1.0% 4	0.8% 2	1.5% 5	1.0% 2	1.3% 23
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	0.6% 3	0.3% 4	0.00% 0	0.4% 7
Yes	55.2% 259	51.4% 746	0.00% 0	52.4% 1005
No	39.7% 186	47.2% 684	0.00% 0	45.3% 870
Don't know	4.5% 21	1.1% 16	0.00% 0	1.9% 37
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	0.8% 2	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.8% 1	0.4% 7
Yes	42.4% 111	60.3% 388	54.0% 273	63.3% 155	14.4% 20	47.3% 61	52.4% 1008
No	53.8% 141	38.1% 245	43.1% 218	35.9% 88	83.5% 116	50.4% 65	45.4% 873
Don't know	3.1% 8	1.1% 7	3.0% 15	0.8% 2	1.4% 2	1.6% 2	1.9% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924