Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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FORTUNE Have you ever taken the initiative to have your fortune told by someone? [If answer is no, skip to FORTACC.]   0) Missing or Not applicable   1) Yes   2) No   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Missing or Not applicable	5	.3%	.3%	-3.12
Yes	728	37.8%	38.1%	-1.19
No	1191	61.9%	99.9%	.73
Refuse	1	.1%	100%	14.19

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 or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.6% 2	0.3% 5
Yes	31.6% 61	36.1% 105	43.6% 125	43.2% 126	40.4% 211	29.4% 100	37.8% 728
No	68.4% 132	63.9% 186	56.1% 161	56.8% 166	59.0% 308	70.0% 238	61.9% 1191
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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 or Not applicable	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 5
Yes	36.6% 160	38.3% 108	38.4% 93	39.8% 145	35.5% 107	38.3% 110	37.8% 723
No	63.2% 276	61.7% 174	60.3% 146	59.9% 218	64.5% 194	61.3% 176	61.9% 1184
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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 or Not applicable	0.2% 2	0.3% 3	0.3% 5
Yes	29.2% 281	46.4% 447	37.8% 728
No	70.6% 679	53.2% 512	61.9% 1191
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
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 or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.3% 5
Yes	34.6% 111	34.0% 87	37.7% 156	42.4% 106	44.5% 145	36.2% 72	38.3% 677
No	65.4% 210	66.0% 169	61.4% 254	57.6% 144	55.2% 180	63.3% 126	61.3% 1083
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	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 or Not applicable	0.2% 1	0.3% 4	0.00% 0	0.3% 5
Yes	34.5% 162	38.8% 562	0.00% 0	37.7% 724
No	65.0% 305	61.0% 884	0.00% 0	62.0% 1189
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
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 or Not applicable	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Yes	30.5% 80	34.8% 224	46.2% 234	43.7% 107	21.6% 30	41.1% 53	37.8% 728
No	69.1% 181	65.0% 418	53.6% 271	55.5% 136	77.7% 108	58.9% 76	61.9% 1190
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924