Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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GE_MARIT 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): Marital Relationship?   0) Missing   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
Missing	2	.1%	.1%	-2.29
A lot	65	3.4%	3.5%	-1.72
Some	284	14.8%	18.2%	-1.15
A bit	401	20.8%	39.1%	-.58
None	782	40.6%	79.7%	-.01
Don't know	374	19.4%	99.1%	1.7
Don't understand	3	.2%	99.3%	2.27
Refuse	14	.7%	100%	2.84

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
A lot	4.1% 8	3.4% 10	3.8% 11	2.4% 7	4.4% 23	1.8% 6	3.4% 65
Some	16.6% 32	16.8% 49	12.9% 37	10.3% 30	15.9% 83	15.6% 53	14.8% 284
A bit	17.6% 34	14.1% 41	17.1% 49	24.3% 71	23.6% 123	24.4% 83	20.8% 401
None	39.4% 76	45.0% 131	44.6% 128	42.1% 123	37.5% 196	37.6% 128	40.6% 782
Don't know	22.3% 43	18.6% 54	20.6% 59	20.5% 60	17.4% 91	19.7% 67	19.4% 374
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.0% 0	1.4% 4	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	0.8% 4	0.9% 3	0.7% 14
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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 2
A lot	3.7% 16	5.7% 16	2.5% 6	2.7% 10	3.7% 11	1.7% 5	3.3% 64
Some	19.2% 84	16.3% 46	20.2% 49	13.2% 48	12.0% 36	7.0% 20	14.8% 283
A bit	15.1% 66	18.8% 53	23.6% 57	24.2% 88	23.6% 71	23.0% 66	21.0% 401
None	40.3% 176	40.4% 114	31.0% 75	40.4% 147	41.9% 126	47.7% 137	40.5% 775
Don't know	20.1% 88	18.4% 52	21.9% 53	18.4% 67	18.6% 56	19.2% 55	19.4% 371
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.2% 3
Refuse	1.1% 5	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	1.1% 4	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.7% 14
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	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
A lot	3.0% 29	3.7% 36	3.4% 65
Some	14.9% 143	14.6% 141	14.8% 284
A bit	21.0% 202	20.7% 199	20.8% 401
None	41.3% 397	40.0% 385	40.6% 782
Don't know	18.9% 182	19.9% 192	19.4% 374
Don't understand	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.6% 6	0.8% 8	0.7% 14
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
A lot	3.1% 10	4.7% 12	4.1% 17	4.4% 11	2.1% 7	1.5% 3	3.4% 60
Some	18.1% 58	17.6% 45	15.0% 62	12.0% 30	14.7% 48	12.1% 24	15.1% 267
A bit	14.0% 45	15.6% 40	19.8% 82	27.2% 68	24.2% 79	23.6% 47	20.4% 361
None	41.4% 133	39.5% 101	42.0% 174	39.2% 98	42.3% 138	44.2% 88	41.4% 732
Don't know	22.1% 71	22.3% 57	17.9% 74	15.6% 39	16.0% 52	18.6% 37	18.7% 330
Don't understand	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.9% 3	0.4% 1	0.7% 3	1.2% 3	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 12
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	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
A lot	3.2% 15	3.4% 50	0.00% 0	3.4% 65
Some	13.6% 64	15.2% 220	0.00% 0	14.8% 284
A bit	22.0% 103	20.5% 297	0.00% 0	20.8% 400
None	38.0% 178	41.5% 602	0.00% 0	40.6% 780
Don't know	21.5% 101	18.6% 270	0.00% 0	19.3% 371
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	1.3% 6	0.6% 8	0.00% 0	0.7% 14
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	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
A lot	1.5% 4	3.4% 22	4.5% 23	3.3% 8	1.4% 2	4.7% 6	3.4% 65
Some	6.5% 17	18.8% 121	14.0% 71	18.0% 44	3.6% 5	20.2% 26	14.8% 284
A bit	18.7% 49	23.5% 151	21.7% 110	22.4% 55	6.5% 9	20.2% 26	20.8% 400
None	53.4% 140	32.2% 207	40.1% 203	35.9% 88	73.4% 102	32.6% 42	40.6% 782
Don't know	18.7% 49	20.7% 133	18.4% 93	20.0% 49	15.1% 21	22.5% 29	19.4% 374
Don't understand	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.4% 1	1.2% 8	0.8% 4	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924