Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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GE_BONE3 What is the outcome of your or your family members' feng-shui (geomancy) consultation concerning the location to place your ancestral bones and ashes? [Answered if FENANC=Yes.]   0) Missing or Not applicable   1) Yes, it helped greatly   2) Yes, it helped somewhat   3) No, it did not help   4) It just gave me peace of mind   7) Don't know   8) Don't understand   9) Refuse

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Missing or Not applicable	908	47.2%	47.2%	-.87
Yes, it helped greatly	60	3.1%	50.3%	-.45
Yes, it helped somewhat	242	12.6%	62.9%	-.03
No, it did not help	77	4%	66.9%	.39
It just gave me peace of mind	431	22.4%	89.2%	.82
Don't know	197	10.2%	99.5%	2.08
Don't understand	1	.1%	99.5%	2.5
Refuse	9	.5%	100%	2.92

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	42.0% 81	49.8% 145	51.2% 147	43.8% 128	49.8% 260	43.2% 147	47.2% 908
Yes, it helped greatly	7.3% 14	2.4% 7	3.1% 9	2.1% 6	2.1% 11	3.8% 13	3.1% 60
Yes, it helped somewhat	11.4% 22	10.3% 30	10.8% 31	12.0% 35	13.0% 68	16.5% 56	12.6% 242
No, it did not help	2.1% 4	3.8% 11	5.6% 16	4.8% 14	3.8% 20	3.5% 12	4.0% 77
It just gave me peace of mind	24.9% 48	27.8% 81	22.3% 64	27.1% 79	18.8% 98	17.9% 61	22.4% 431
Don't know	12.4% 24	5.2% 15	7.0% 20	9.2% 27	11.5% 60	15.0% 51	10.2% 197
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.5% 9
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	43.0% 188	46.1% 130	50.4% 122	45.9% 167	49.5% 149	51.9% 149	47.3% 905
Yes, it helped greatly	4.3% 19	2.5% 7	2.9% 7	3.0% 11	2.7% 8	2.4% 7	3.1% 59
Yes, it helped somewhat	13.0% 57	14.2% 40	16.5% 40	11.3% 41	13.6% 41	7.3% 21	12.5% 240
No, it did not help	3.4% 15	3.2% 9	5.0% 12	4.9% 18	2.7% 8	5.2% 15	4.0% 77
It just gave me peace of mind	27.2% 119	25.2% 71	14.9% 36	24.2% 88	20.3% 61	18.1% 52	22.3% 427
Don't know	8.7% 38	8.5% 24	9.5% 23	9.9% 36	11.0% 33	14.6% 42	10.2% 196
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	0.5% 2	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.4% 8
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	44.2% 425	50.2% 483	47.2% 908
Yes, it helped greatly	2.0% 19	4.3% 41	3.1% 60
Yes, it helped somewhat	14.2% 137	10.9% 105	12.6% 242
No, it did not help	4.9% 47	3.1% 30	4.0% 77
It just gave me peace of mind	24.0% 231	20.8% 200	22.4% 431
Don't know	10.1% 97	10.4% 100	10.2% 197
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.6% 6	0.3% 3	0.5% 9
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	45.5% 146	52.3% 134	47.3% 196	42.0% 105	51.2% 167	43.7% 87	47.3% 835
Yes, it helped greatly	3.1% 10	2.3% 6	3.6% 15	2.8% 7	2.5% 8	4.0% 8	3.1% 54
Yes, it helped somewhat	13.7% 44	10.9% 28	13.3% 55	14.4% 36	12.6% 41	11.1% 22	12.8% 226
No, it did not help	4.7% 15	2.3% 6	4.3% 18	3.6% 9	5.2% 17	4.0% 8	4.1% 73
It just gave me peace of mind	24.9% 80	22.3% 57	21.3% 88	27.2% 68	19.9% 65	20.6% 41	22.6% 399
Don't know	7.5% 24	9.0% 23	9.4% 39	9.6% 24	8.3% 27	16.1% 32	9.6% 169
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.6% 2	0.8% 2	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.5% 9
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	43.9% 206	48.2% 699	0.00% 0	47.2% 905
Yes, it helped greatly	3.0% 14	3.2% 46	0.00% 0	3.1% 60
Yes, it helped somewhat	15.8% 74	11.6% 168	0.00% 0	12.6% 242
No, it did not help	4.7% 22	3.8% 55	0.00% 0	4.0% 77
It just gave me peace of mind	17.9% 84	23.7% 344	0.00% 0	22.3% 428
Don't know	14.5% 68	8.9% 129	0.00% 0	10.3% 197
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.6% 8	0.00% 0	0.5% 9
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	56.5% 148	39.0% 251	45.8% 232	36.7% 90	86.3% 120	51.2% 66	47.1% 907
Yes, it helped greatly	1.1% 3	4.2% 27	3.2% 16	4.5% 11	0.7% 1	1.6% 2	3.1% 60
Yes, it helped somewhat	6.9% 18	13.2% 85	14.2% 72	18.0% 44	3.6% 5	14.0% 18	12.6% 242
No, it did not help	4.6% 12	3.7% 24	4.9% 25	4.1% 10	1.4% 2	3.1% 4	4.0% 77
It just gave me peace of mind	18.3% 48	27.8% 179	21.3% 108	25.3% 62	4.3% 6	21.7% 28	22.4% 431
Don't know	12.2% 32	11.0% 71	10.3% 52	11.0% 27	3.6% 5	7.8% 10	10.2% 197
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.9% 6	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924