Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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DESTPHYS Do you believe that your destiny can be foreseen by using the following methods of divination: Physiognomy and palmistry?   0) Missing   1) Yes, very much   2) Yes, somewhat   3) No, not really   4) No, not at all   7) Don't know   8) Don't understand   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Missing	1	.1%	.1%	-1.79
Yes, very much	137	7.1%	7.2%	-1.2
Yes, somewhat	853	44.3%	51.5%	-.62
No, not really	435	22.6%	74.1%	-.03
No, not at all	261	13.6%	87.6%	.56
Don't know	232	12.1%	99.7%	2.32
Don't understand	1	.1%	99.7%	2.91
Refuse	5	.3%	100%	3.49

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	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	10.9% 21	6.2% 18	9.1% 26	5.5% 16	4.8% 25	9.1% 31	7.1% 137
Yes, somewhat	26.4% 51	35.1% 102	34.1% 98	46.6% 136	51.7% 270	57.6% 196	44.3% 853
No, not really	25.4% 49	22.0% 64	25.8% 74	24.7% 72	19.7% 103	21.5% 73	22.6% 435
No, not at all	16.1% 31	18.2% 53	16.4% 47	12.3% 36	13.4% 70	7.1% 24	13.6% 261
Don't know	20.2% 39	18.2% 53	14.6% 42	10.6% 31	9.8% 51	4.7% 16	12.1% 232
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	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	9.8% 43	5.3% 15	7.0% 17	8.8% 32	6.6% 20	3.5% 10	7.2% 137
Yes, somewhat	27.7% 121	37.9% 107	49.6% 120	49.5% 180	53.8% 162	54.7% 157	44.3% 847
No, not really	23.3% 102	25.2% 71	19.8% 48	20.6% 75	22.6% 68	23.3% 67	22.5% 431
No, not at all	18.1% 79	14.9% 42	13.6% 33	10.7% 39	10.0% 30	12.5% 36	13.5% 259
Don't know	20.6% 90	16.3% 46	9.1% 22	10.4% 38	7.0% 21	5.2% 15	12.1% 232
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 5
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
Yes, very much	6.0% 58	8.2% 79	7.1% 137
Yes, somewhat	43.8% 421	44.9% 432	44.3% 853
No, not really	23.3% 224	21.9% 211	22.6% 435
No, not at all	15.9% 153	11.2% 108	13.6% 261
Don't know	10.8% 104	13.3% 128	12.1% 232
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.2% 2	0.3% 3	0.3% 5
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes, very much	9.3% 30	8.2% 21	6.3% 26	6.8% 17	5.5% 18	6.5% 13	7.1% 125
Yes, somewhat	27.1% 87	37.9% 97	49.3% 204	50.0% 125	52.5% 171	50.3% 100	44.4% 784
No, not really	25.9% 83	19.5% 50	21.0% 87	22.8% 57	25.8% 84	23.1% 46	23.0% 407
No, not at all	17.1% 55	17.6% 45	14.3% 59	11.2% 28	9.5% 31	10.6% 21	13.5% 239
Don't know	20.6% 66	16.8% 43	9.2% 38	8.8% 22	6.4% 21	9.5% 19	11.8% 209
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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
Yes, very much	8.3% 39	6.8% 98	0.00% 0	7.1% 137
Yes, somewhat	54.6% 256	40.9% 593	0.00% 0	44.2% 849
No, not really	19.8% 93	23.5% 341	0.00% 0	22.6% 434
No, not at all	10.2% 48	14.7% 213	0.00% 0	13.6% 261
Don't know	6.8% 32	13.7% 199	0.00% 0	12.0% 231
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.3% 4	0.00% 0	0.3% 5
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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	6.5% 17	5.6% 36	8.9% 45	9.0% 22	2.2% 3	10.9% 14	7.1% 137
Yes, somewhat	44.7% 117	43.4% 279	49.4% 250	43.7% 107	25.2% 35	49.6% 64	44.3% 852
No, not really	22.9% 60	26.4% 170	19.4% 98	22.4% 55	20.1% 28	18.6% 24	22.6% 435
No, not at all	15.6% 41	9.6% 62	10.7% 54	10.6% 26	47.5% 66	9.3% 12	13.6% 261
Don't know	9.5% 25	14.6% 94	11.3% 57	13.9% 34	5.0% 7	11.6% 15	12.1% 232
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.8% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924