Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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DESTHORO Do you believe that your destiny can be foreseen by using the following methods of divination: Astrology, horoscope?   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	3	.2%	.2%	-1.98
Yes, very much	40	2.1%	2.2%	-1.47
Yes, somewhat	485	25.2%	27.4%	-.96
No, not really	567	29.5%	56.9%	-.45
No, not at all	358	18.6%	75.5%	.06
Don't know	436	22.6%	98.1%	1.58
Don't understand	31	1.6%	99.7%	2.09
Refuse	5	.3%	100%	2.6

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	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	0.5% 1	0.7% 2	3.8% 11	1.7% 5	1.7% 9	3.5% 12	2.1% 40
Yes, somewhat	5.2% 10	14.4% 42	18.5% 53	26.0% 76	30.1% 157	43.2% 147	25.2% 485
No, not really	21.2% 41	22.0% 64	30.7% 88	30.1% 88	33.0% 172	33.5% 114	29.5% 567
No, not at all	21.2% 41	22.0% 64	20.2% 58	16.1% 47	19.9% 104	12.9% 44	18.6% 358
Don't know	43.5% 84	36.8% 107	26.1% 75	24.3% 71	14.8% 77	6.5% 22	22.6% 436
Don't understand	7.3% 14	3.4% 10	0.7% 2	1.0% 3	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 31
Refuse	1.0% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	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	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	1.1% 5	2.1% 6	2.1% 5	3.3% 12	3.0% 9	1.0% 3	2.1% 40
Yes, somewhat	9.8% 43	19.1% 54	27.7% 67	33.5% 122	36.2% 109	30.0% 86	25.1% 481
No, not really	21.1% 92	29.1% 82	30.6% 74	29.4% 107	31.9% 96	38.7% 111	29.4% 562
No, not at all	20.8% 91	18.8% 53	19.8% 48	15.1% 55	17.3% 52	19.9% 57	18.6% 356
Don't know	40.3% 176	30.1% 85	18.6% 45	18.4% 67	11.6% 35	9.4% 27	22.7% 435
Don't understand	6.2% 27	0.7% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	1.6% 31
Refuse	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	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	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	2.5% 24	1.7% 16	2.1% 40
Yes, somewhat	24.9% 240	25.4% 245	25.2% 485
No, not really	28.2% 271	30.7% 296	29.5% 567
No, not at all	22.5% 216	14.7% 142	18.6% 358
Don't know	20.2% 194	25.1% 242	22.6% 436
Don't understand	1.4% 13	1.9% 18	1.6% 31
Refuse	0.3% 3	0.2% 2	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	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	0.9% 3	2.0% 5	1.9% 8	4.0% 10	2.1% 7	3.0% 6	2.2% 39
Yes, somewhat	17.1% 55	17.2% 44	26.6% 110	34.4% 86	30.4% 99	28.1% 56	25.5% 450
No, not really	23.1% 74	26.2% 67	30.4% 126	28.4% 71	36.5% 119	34.2% 68	29.7% 525
No, not at all	19.6% 63	19.5% 50	19.1% 79	17.2% 43	16.9% 55	18.6% 37	18.5% 327
Don't know	33.3% 107	33.6% 86	21.0% 87	15.6% 39	13.5% 44	16.1% 32	22.4% 395
Don't understand	5.6% 18	1.6% 4	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 27
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
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	0.4% 2	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	3.4% 16	1.7% 24	0.00% 0	2.1% 40
Yes, somewhat	38.6% 181	20.8% 301	0.00% 0	25.1% 482
No, not really	32.8% 154	28.4% 412	0.00% 0	29.5% 566
No, not at all	15.1% 71	19.8% 287	0.00% 0	18.7% 358
Don't know	9.0% 42	27.0% 392	0.00% 0	22.6% 434
Don't understand	0.4% 2	2.0% 29	0.00% 0	1.6% 31
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	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	2.7% 7	1.1% 7	2.6% 13	2.9% 7	0.7% 1	3.9% 5	2.1% 40
Yes, somewhat	26.0% 68	23.3% 150	28.1% 142	30.6% 75	13.7% 19	24.0% 31	25.2% 485
No, not really	30.5% 80	33.0% 212	27.9% 141	24.9% 61	25.9% 36	28.7% 37	29.5% 567
No, not at all	22.5% 59	14.3% 92	17.2% 87	15.1% 37	46.0% 64	14.7% 19	18.6% 358
Don't know	16.4% 43	24.7% 159	22.7% 115	26.1% 64	13.7% 19	27.1% 35	22.6% 435
Don't understand	1.1% 3	3.1% 20	1.0% 5	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	1.6% 31
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