Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WHYDON2 Why do you donate money to temples/monasteries/churches? [Choose all that apply.] To redeem a vow and show gratitude to the gods.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1817	94.4%	94.4%	-.24
Yes	108	5.6%	100%	4.1

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	94.3% 182	93.1% 271	94.8% 272	93.5% 273	94.8% 495	95.3% 324	94.4% 1817
Yes	5.7% 11	6.9% 20	5.2% 15	6.5% 19	5.2% 27	4.7% 16	5.6% 108
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	92.4% 404	93.6% 264	94.2% 228	94.8% 345	96.3% 290	95.5% 274	94.4% 1805
Yes	7.6% 33	6.4% 18	5.8% 14	5.2% 19	3.7% 11	4.5% 13	5.6% 108
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	94.8% 912	94.0% 905	94.4% 1817
Yes	5.2% 50	6.0% 58	5.6% 108
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	91.9% 295	94.5% 242	94.7% 392	94.8% 237	96.3% 314	94.0% 187	94.4% 1667
Yes	8.1% 26	5.5% 14	5.3% 22	5.2% 13	3.7% 12	6.0% 12	5.6% 99
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	95.7% 449	94.0% 1363	0.00% 0	94.4% 1812
Yes	4.3% 20	6.0% 87	0.00% 0	5.6% 107
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	93.9% 604	93.9% 475	93.5% 229	93.5% 130	94.6% 122	94.4% 1816
Yes	2.3% 6	6.1% 39	6.1% 31	6.5% 16	6.5% 9	5.4% 7	5.6% 108
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924