Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WHYDON3 Why do you donate money to temples/monasteries/churches? [Choose all that apply.] To make a thanksgiving offering.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1501	78%	78%	-.53
Yes	424	22%	100%	1.88

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	78.8% 152	81.8% 238	77.7% 223	76.7% 224	75.7% 395	79.1% 269	78.0% 1501
Yes	21.2% 41	18.2% 53	22.3% 64	23.3% 68	24.3% 127	20.9% 71	22.0% 424
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	76.9% 336	79.4% 224	73.6% 178	80.5% 293	80.7% 243	76.0% 218	78.0% 1492
Yes	23.1% 101	20.6% 58	26.4% 64	19.5% 71	19.3% 58	24.0% 69	22.0% 421
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	79.7% 767	76.2% 734	78.0% 1501
Yes	20.3% 195	23.8% 229	22.0% 424
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	79.4% 255	72.7% 186	76.6% 317	77.2% 193	82.5% 269	75.9% 151	77.6% 1371
Yes	20.6% 66	27.3% 70	23.4% 97	22.8% 57	17.5% 57	24.1% 48	22.4% 395
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	78.9% 370	77.7% 1126	0.00% 0	78.0% 1496
Yes	21.1% 99	22.3% 324	0.00% 0	22.0% 423
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	91.2% 239	85.8% 552	79.2% 401	79.6% 195	16.5% 23	69.8% 90	78.0% 1500
Yes	8.8% 23	14.2% 91	20.8% 105	20.4% 50	83.5% 116	30.2% 39	22.0% 424
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924