Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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FORTAST 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: Astrology, horoscope. [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	1899	98.6%	98.6%	-.12
Yes	26	1.4%	100%	8.57

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	99.7% 290	100.0% 287	99.0% 289	97.7% 510	97.1% 330	98.6% 1899
Yes	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	2.3% 12	2.9% 10	1.4% 26
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	99.6% 281	98.8% 239	98.6% 359	97.7% 294	96.9% 278	98.6% 1887
Yes	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	1.2% 3	1.4% 5	2.3% 7	3.1% 9	1.4% 26
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	99.3% 955	98.0% 944	98.6% 1899
Yes	0.7% 7	2.0% 19	1.4% 26
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	98.4% 316	99.6% 255	98.8% 409	97.6% 244	99.1% 323	98.5% 196	98.7% 1743
Yes	1.6% 5	0.4% 1	1.2% 5	2.4% 6	0.9% 3	1.5% 3	1.3% 23
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	96.4% 452	99.4% 1441	0.00% 0	98.6% 1893
Yes	3.6% 17	0.6% 9	0.00% 0	1.4% 26
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	97.7% 256	99.2% 638	98.4% 498	98.0% 240	100.0% 139	98.4% 127	98.6% 1898
Yes	2.3% 6	0.8% 5	1.6% 8	2.0% 5	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	1.4% 26
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924