Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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FORTCHAR Since January 1994, have you taken the initiative to have your fortune told by someone by using one of the following methods of divination? Choose all that apply: Eight Characters about one's birth. [Interviewer: If the answer is either "no" or "forgotten" skip to FORTACC.]   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1629	84.6%	84.6%	-.43
Yes	296	15.4%	100%	2.34

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
No	87.0% 168	89.0% 259	81.5% 234	86.3% 252	80.1% 418	87.6% 298	84.6% 1629
Yes	13.0% 25	11.0% 32	18.5% 53	13.7% 40	19.9% 104	12.4% 42	15.4% 296
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
No	86.7% 379	82.3% 232	83.1% 201	81.3% 296	85.7% 258	87.8% 252	84.6% 1618
Yes	13.3% 58	17.7% 50	16.9% 41	18.7% 68	14.3% 43	12.2% 35	15.4% 295
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
No	87.4% 841	81.8% 788	84.6% 1629
Yes	12.6% 121	18.2% 175	15.4% 296
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
No	86.9% 279	86.3% 221	80.2% 332	81.2% 203	83.7% 273	88.9% 177	84.1% 1485
Yes	13.1% 42	13.7% 35	19.8% 82	18.8% 47	16.3% 53	11.1% 22	15.9% 281
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
No	85.9% 403	84.3% 1222	0.00% 0	84.7% 1625
Yes	14.1% 66	15.7% 228	0.00% 0	15.3% 294
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
No	89.3% 234	86.3% 555	80.0% 405	80.0% 196	94.2% 131	82.9% 107	84.6% 1628
Yes	10.7% 28	13.7% 88	20.0% 101	20.0% 49	5.8% 8	17.1% 22	15.4% 296
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924