Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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VEGHLTH Why have you followed a vegetarian diet? Choose all that apply: For health reasons. [Skipped if VEG=No.]   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	88.1% 170	90.4% 263	90.6% 260	93.5% 273	94.4% 493	94.7% 322	92.5% 1781
Yes	11.9% 23	9.6% 28	9.4% 27	6.5% 19	5.6% 29	5.3% 18	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	89.9% 393	91.1% 257	93.8% 227	93.7% 341	94.0% 283	93.7% 269	92.5% 1770
Yes	10.1% 44	8.9% 25	6.2% 15	6.3% 23	6.0% 18	6.3% 18	7.5% 143
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	94.6% 910	90.4% 871	92.5% 1781
Yes	5.4% 52	9.6% 92	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	90.0% 289	93.0% 238	90.3% 374	90.8% 227	93.9% 306	97.0% 193	92.1% 1627
Yes	10.0% 32	7.0% 18	9.7% 40	9.2% 23	6.1% 20	3.0% 6	7.9% 139
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	94.2% 442	91.9% 1333	0.00% 0	92.5% 1775
Yes	5.8% 27	8.1% 117	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	98.5% 258	94.4% 607	88.3% 447	91.0% 223	99.3% 138	82.9% 107	92.5% 1780
Yes	1.5% 4	5.6% 36	11.7% 59	9.0% 22	0.7% 1	17.1% 22	7.5% 144
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924