Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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GE_CAR How much influence do you think consulting a feng-shui (geomancy) master can have on the following matters (including feng-shui inside and outside of the residence and ancestral tombs): Career?   1) A lot   2) Some   3) A bit   4) None   7) Don't know   8) Don't understand   9) Refuse

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A lot	94	4.9%	4.9%	-1.57
Some	366	19%	23.9%	-1
A bit	511	26.5%	50.4%	-.43
None	610	31.7%	82.1%	.14
Don't know	333	17.3%	99.4%	1.85
Don't understand	4	.2%	99.6%	2.42
Refuse	7	.4%	100%	2.99

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
A lot	8.8% 17	3.8% 11	4.9% 14	3.1% 9	5.9% 31	3.5% 12	4.9% 94
Some	19.2% 37	19.2% 56	16.7% 48	17.8% 52	19.5% 102	20.9% 71	19.0% 366
A bit	18.1% 35	19.6% 57	24.7% 71	25.3% 74	30.7% 160	33.5% 114	26.5% 511
None	29.0% 56	37.5% 109	34.1% 98	35.6% 104	28.4% 148	27.9% 95	31.7% 610
Don't know	24.9% 48	17.9% 52	19.5% 56	17.8% 52	14.8% 77	14.1% 48	17.3% 333
Don't understand	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
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
A lot	5.5% 24	7.1% 20	4.5% 11	4.4% 16	5.6% 17	1.7% 5	4.9% 93
Some	22.9% 100	19.9% 56	24.8% 60	17.3% 63	15.9% 48	13.2% 38	19.1% 365
A bit	18.5% 81	24.5% 69	27.3% 66	31.6% 115	32.2% 97	28.6% 82	26.7% 510
None	31.8% 139	30.1% 85	26.9% 65	29.7% 108	31.9% 96	38.7% 111	31.6% 604
Don't know	20.4% 89	18.4% 52	16.1% 39	16.5% 60	14.0% 42	16.7% 48	17.3% 330
Don't understand	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.4% 7
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
A lot	4.5% 43	5.3% 51	4.9% 94
Some	18.1% 174	19.9% 192	19.0% 366
A bit	27.1% 261	26.0% 250	26.5% 511
None	33.7% 324	29.7% 286	31.7% 610
Don't know	16.0% 154	18.6% 179	17.3% 333
Don't understand	0.3% 3	0.1% 1	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.3% 3	0.4% 4	0.4% 7
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
A lot	5.3% 17	4.3% 11	5.3% 22	6.0% 15	4.0% 13	4.0% 8	4.9% 86
Some	21.5% 69	23.4% 60	18.4% 76	18.4% 46	16.9% 55	17.6% 35	19.3% 341
A bit	17.1% 55	19.9% 51	29.2% 121	32.0% 80	31.0% 101	28.6% 57	26.3% 465
None	35.2% 113	30.5% 78	31.6% 131	28.4% 71	33.4% 109	35.2% 70	32.4% 572
Don't know	19.9% 64	21.9% 56	15.2% 63	14.0% 35	14.4% 47	14.6% 29	16.6% 294
Don't understand	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
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
A lot	4.9% 23	4.8% 70	0.00% 0	4.8% 93
Some	19.4% 91	19.0% 275	0.00% 0	19.1% 366
A bit	29.4% 138	25.7% 372	0.00% 0	26.6% 510
None	30.5% 143	32.1% 465	0.00% 0	31.7% 608
Don't know	15.4% 72	17.9% 259	0.00% 0	17.2% 331
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.2% 3	0.00% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.4% 6	0.00% 0	0.4% 7
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
A lot	1.5% 4	5.8% 37	6.5% 33	4.1% 10	2.2% 3	5.4% 7	4.9% 94
Some	9.9% 26	22.2% 143	21.1% 107	21.2% 52	5.0% 7	24.0% 31	19.0% 366
A bit	27.1% 71	28.0% 180	26.5% 134	31.4% 77	8.6% 12	27.9% 36	26.5% 510
None	42.4% 111	25.2% 162	29.4% 149	25.3% 62	69.1% 96	23.3% 30	31.7% 610
Don't know	18.3% 48	18.2% 117	15.6% 79	17.6% 43	15.1% 21	19.4% 25	17.3% 333
Don't understand	0.4% 1	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.3% 2	0.6% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924