Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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DESTBONE Do you believe that your destiny can be foreseen by using the following methods of divination: Feeling one's bones?   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%	-2.01
Yes, very much	56	2.9%	3%	-1.5
Yes, somewhat	426	22.1%	25.1%	-.99
No, not really	601	31.2%	56.3%	-.47
No, not at all	352	18.3%	74.6%	.04
Don't know	477	24.8%	99.4%	1.57
Don't understand	6	.3%	99.7%	2.08
Refuse	6	.3%	100%	2.59

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	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	2.6% 5	2.7% 8	4.2% 12	1.7% 5	2.9% 15	3.2% 11	2.9% 56
Yes, somewhat	14.5% 28	15.1% 44	17.4% 50	22.9% 67	26.8% 140	28.5% 97	22.1% 426
No, not really	26.4% 51	27.1% 79	30.3% 87	30.5% 89	30.7% 160	39.7% 135	31.2% 601
No, not at all	20.7% 40	21.6% 63	20.2% 58	16.1% 47	19.5% 102	12.4% 42	18.3% 352
Don't know	34.2% 66	32.3% 94	27.5% 79	28.4% 83	19.2% 100	16.2% 55	24.8% 477
Don't understand	1.0% 2	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
Refuse	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
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	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	3.2% 14	2.1% 6	5.0% 12	3.0% 11	3.0% 9	1.4% 4	2.9% 56
Yes, somewhat	12.8% 56	19.5% 55	26.0% 63	25.5% 93	31.9% 96	20.6% 59	22.1% 422
No, not really	25.9% 113	29.1% 82	27.3% 66	31.0% 113	33.9% 102	42.2% 121	31.2% 597
No, not at all	22.2% 97	18.1% 51	20.2% 49	14.6% 53	14.3% 43	20.2% 58	18.3% 351
Don't know	34.3% 150	30.5% 86	20.7% 50	25.8% 94	16.9% 51	15.0% 43	24.8% 474
Don't understand	0.9% 4	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
Refuse	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.3% 6
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	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	2.8% 27	3.0% 29	2.9% 56
Yes, somewhat	23.3% 224	21.0% 202	22.1% 426
No, not really	30.0% 289	32.4% 312	31.2% 601
No, not at all	21.9% 211	14.6% 141	18.3% 352
Don't know	21.5% 207	28.0% 270	24.8% 477
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.6% 6	0.3% 6
Refuse	0.3% 3	0.3% 3	0.3% 6
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	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	2.8% 9	3.5% 9	1.9% 8	3.6% 9	3.1% 10	4.5% 9	3.1% 54
Yes, somewhat	16.2% 52	16.4% 42	26.8% 111	26.4% 66	27.0% 88	18.6% 37	22.4% 396
No, not really	29.0% 93	25.8% 66	29.5% 122	32.8% 82	36.8% 120	35.7% 71	31.4% 554
No, not at all	20.9% 67	22.3% 57	17.6% 73	16.0% 40	16.3% 53	17.6% 35	18.4% 325
Don't know	30.2% 97	31.6% 81	24.2% 100	20.4% 51	16.3% 53	23.6% 47	24.3% 429
Don't understand	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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	3.6% 17	2.7% 39	0.00% 0	2.9% 56
Yes, somewhat	27.9% 131	20.3% 294	0.00% 0	22.1% 425
No, not really	36.2% 170	29.6% 429	0.00% 0	31.2% 599
No, not at all	14.3% 67	19.6% 284	0.00% 0	18.3% 351
Don't know	17.7% 83	27.0% 392	0.00% 0	24.8% 475
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.4% 6	0.00% 0	0.3% 6
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.3% 5	0.00% 0	0.3% 6
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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	3.8% 10	2.3% 15	3.2% 16	2.4% 6	0.7% 1	6.2% 8	2.9% 56
Yes, somewhat	19.5% 51	21.0% 135	24.1% 122	27.3% 67	10.1% 14	28.7% 37	22.1% 426
No, not really	33.6% 88	35.6% 229	30.0% 152	28.2% 69	21.6% 30	25.6% 33	31.2% 601
No, not at all	22.9% 60	13.4% 86	15.6% 79	14.7% 36	53.2% 74	13.2% 17	18.3% 352
Don't know	19.5% 51	27.1% 174	26.1% 132	26.9% 66	14.4% 20	25.6% 33	24.7% 476
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.3% 6
Refuse	0.8% 2	0.2% 1	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924