Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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FORTPHY 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: Physiognomy and palmistry. [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	1781	92.5%	92.5%	-.29
Yes	144	7.5%	100%	3.52

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	97.4% 188	92.8% 270	94.1% 270	93.2% 272	90.6% 473	90.6% 308	92.5% 1781
Yes	2.6% 5	7.2% 21	5.9% 17	6.8% 20	9.4% 49	9.4% 32	7.5% 144
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	95.2% 416	94.3% 266	89.7% 217	90.9% 331	90.7% 273	92.7% 266	92.5% 1769
Yes	4.8% 21	5.7% 16	10.3% 25	9.1% 33	9.3% 28	7.3% 21	7.5% 144
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	93.5% 899	91.6% 882	92.5% 1781
Yes	6.5% 63	8.4% 81	7.5% 144
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	93.8% 301	93.0% 238	92.3% 382	89.6% 224	93.3% 304	93.5% 186	92.6% 1635
Yes	6.2% 20	7.0% 18	7.7% 32	10.4% 26	6.7% 22	6.5% 13	7.4% 131
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	89.8% 421	93.4% 1354	0.00% 0	92.5% 1775
Yes	10.2% 48	6.6% 96	0.00% 0	7.5% 144
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	92.0% 241	92.1% 592	93.1% 471	91.4% 224	97.1% 135	90.7% 117	92.5% 1780
Yes	8.0% 21	7.9% 51	6.9% 35	8.6% 21	2.9% 4	9.3% 12	7.5% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924