Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WHYDON1 Why do you donate money to temples/monasteries/churches? [Choose all that apply.] To eliminate disasters and to invite blessings, as well as to do charitable and pious deeds.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1482	77%	77%	-.55
Yes	443	23%	100%	1.83

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	73.6% 142	78.0% 227	79.1% 227	82.5% 241	72.0% 376	79.1% 269	77.0% 1482
Yes	26.4% 51	22.0% 64	20.9% 60	17.5% 51	28.0% 146	20.9% 71	23.0% 443
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	75.5% 330	68.8% 194	77.7% 188	76.1% 277	78.4% 236	85.7% 246	76.9% 1471
Yes	24.5% 107	31.2% 88	22.3% 54	23.9% 87	21.6% 65	14.3% 41	23.1% 442
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	78.9% 759	75.1% 723	77.0% 1482
Yes	21.1% 203	24.9% 240	23.0% 443
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	78.8% 253	78.9% 202	72.7% 301	72.4% 181	80.7% 263	78.9% 157	76.8% 1357
Yes	21.2% 68	21.1% 54	27.3% 113	27.6% 69	19.3% 63	21.1% 42	23.2% 409
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	80.8% 379	75.7% 1097	0.00% 0	76.9% 1476
Yes	19.2% 90	24.3% 353	0.00% 0	23.1% 443
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	86.6% 227	74.2% 477	71.5% 362	78.0% 191	95.0% 132	71.3% 92	77.0% 1481
Yes	13.4% 35	25.8% 166	28.5% 144	22.0% 54	5.0% 7	28.7% 37	23.0% 443
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924