Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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FORTBONE 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: Feeling one's bones. [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	1901	98.8%	98.8%	-.11
Yes	24	1.2%	100%	8.9

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	100.0% 193	99.0% 288	99.0% 284	99.0% 289	98.7% 515	97.6% 332	98.8% 1901
Yes	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	1.0% 3	1.0% 3	1.3% 7	2.4% 8	1.2% 24
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	99.8% 436	98.9% 279	98.3% 238	98.1% 357	98.3% 296	98.6% 283	98.7% 1889
Yes	0.2% 1	1.1% 3	1.7% 4	1.9% 7	1.7% 5	1.4% 4	1.3% 24
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	99.1% 953	98.4% 948	98.8% 1901
Yes	0.9% 9	1.6% 15	1.2% 24
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	99.4% 319	99.2% 254	99.0% 410	98.4% 246	98.2% 320	98.0% 195	98.8% 1744
Yes	0.6% 2	0.8% 2	1.0% 4	1.6% 4	1.8% 6	2.0% 4	1.2% 22
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	97.9% 459	99.0% 1436	0.00% 0	98.7% 1895
Yes	2.1% 10	1.0% 14	0.00% 0	1.3% 24
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	98.5% 258	99.1% 637	98.8% 500	99.6% 244	100.0% 139	94.6% 122	98.8% 1900
Yes	1.5% 4	0.9% 6	1.2% 6	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	5.4% 7	1.2% 24
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924