Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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GE_DESC 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): Prosperity for descendents?   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	1	.1%	.1%	-2.09
A lot	114	5.9%	6%	-1.54
Some	347	18%	24%	-.99
A bit	480	24.9%	48.9%	-.44
None	612	31.8%	80.7%	.11
Don't know	355	18.4%	99.2%	1.75
Don't understand	5	.3%	99.4%	2.3
Refuse	11	.6%	100%	2.85

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
A lot	8.8% 17	5.2% 15	6.3% 18	3.8% 11	6.9% 36	5.0% 17	5.9% 114
Some	21.2% 41	21.0% 61	16.0% 46	14.4% 42	17.4% 91	19.4% 66	18.0% 347
A bit	15.5% 30	18.2% 53	22.3% 64	28.8% 84	29.1% 152	28.5% 97	24.9% 480
None	30.1% 58	35.1% 102	35.2% 101	34.6% 101	28.5% 149	29.7% 101	31.8% 612
Don't know	24.4% 47	18.6% 54	19.9% 57	18.2% 53	16.9% 88	16.5% 56	18.4% 355
Don't understand	0.0% 0	1.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.8% 4	0.9% 3	0.6% 11
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
A lot	7.6% 33	7.4% 21	5.0% 12	6.0% 22	5.0% 15	3.5% 10	5.9% 113
Some	23.3% 102	21.6% 61	21.9% 53	16.2% 59	14.6% 44	9.4% 27	18.1% 346
A bit	16.5% 72	23.0% 65	26.4% 64	29.1% 106	31.9% 96	26.5% 76	25.0% 479
None	30.7% 134	29.4% 83	26.4% 64	31.9% 116	30.9% 93	40.4% 116	31.7% 606
Don't know	20.8% 91	17.7% 50	19.4% 47	15.7% 57	17.3% 52	19.2% 55	18.4% 352
Don't understand	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.5% 2	0.7% 2	0.4% 1	1.1% 4	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.6% 11
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	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
A lot	5.0% 48	6.9% 66	5.9% 114
Some	16.8% 162	19.2% 185	18.0% 347
A bit	24.8% 239	25.0% 241	24.9% 480
None	33.7% 324	29.9% 288	31.8% 612
Don't know	18.8% 181	18.1% 174	18.4% 355
Don't understand	0.3% 3	0.2% 2	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.5% 5	0.6% 6	0.6% 11
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
A lot	7.5% 24	5.9% 15	6.8% 28	6.8% 17	3.7% 12	5.0% 10	6.0% 106
Some	19.9% 64	22.7% 58	18.6% 77	14.0% 35	17.8% 58	15.6% 31	18.3% 323
A bit	16.5% 53	18.4% 47	23.4% 97	37.2% 93	28.8% 94	26.6% 53	24.7% 437
None	34.0% 109	29.3% 75	34.1% 141	26.8% 67	33.4% 109	35.2% 70	32.3% 571
Don't know	20.6% 66	23.8% 61	15.9% 66	14.0% 35	16.0% 52	17.6% 35	17.8% 315
Don't understand	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	1.2% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	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	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
A lot	6.4% 30	5.7% 83	0.00% 0	5.9% 113
Some	17.3% 81	18.3% 266	0.00% 0	18.1% 347
A bit	27.9% 131	23.9% 347	0.00% 0	24.9% 478
None	30.5% 143	32.2% 467	0.00% 0	31.8% 610
Don't know	16.8% 79	19.0% 275	0.00% 0	18.4% 354
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.3% 4	0.00% 0	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.9% 4	0.5% 7	0.00% 0	0.6% 11
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
A lot	3.1% 8	6.5% 42	7.7% 39	5.3% 13	2.2% 3	7.0% 9	5.9% 114
Some	9.2% 24	22.6% 145	18.0% 91	20.8% 51	5.0% 7	22.5% 29	18.0% 347
A bit	26.7% 70	25.7% 165	26.1% 132	28.2% 69	6.5% 9	26.4% 34	24.9% 479
None	42.4% 111	24.1% 155	29.8% 151	25.3% 62	70.5% 98	27.1% 35	31.8% 612
Don't know	17.6% 46	19.9% 128	17.4% 88	20.4% 50	15.1% 21	17.1% 22	18.5% 355
Don't understand	0.4% 1	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.8% 2	0.9% 6	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924