Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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READVIRT Do you read books that promote virtues   0) Missing or Not applicable   1) Never   2) Occasionally   3) Read Some   4) Read a lot

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Missing or Not applicable	2	.1%	.1%	-2.2
Never	800	41.6%	41.7%	-.96
Occasionally	832	43.2%	84.9%	.27
Read Some	205	10.6%	95.5%	1.51
Read a lot	86	4.5%	100%	2.74

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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.1% 2
Never	66.3% 128	51.9% 151	45.3% 130	31.8% 93	33.7% 176	35.9% 122	41.6% 800
Occasionally	20.2% 39	33.0% 96	38.7% 111	51.0% 149	50.2% 262	51.5% 175	43.2% 832
Read Some	6.7% 13	10.7% 31	11.1% 32	12.3% 36	11.7% 61	9.4% 32	10.6% 205
Read a lot	6.7% 13	4.5% 13	4.9% 14	4.8% 14	4.2% 22	2.9% 10	4.5% 86
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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 2
Never	66.4% 290	44.7% 126	34.3% 83	32.4% 118	29.6% 89	30.7% 88	41.5% 794
Occasionally	22.7% 99	43.6% 123	51.2% 124	49.2% 179	52.2% 157	51.2% 147	43.3% 829
Read Some	8.0% 35	7.8% 22	10.3% 25	13.2% 48	11.6% 35	13.2% 38	10.6% 203
Read a lot	3.0% 13	3.9% 11	4.1% 10	4.9% 18	6.6% 20	4.5% 13	4.4% 85
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
Missing or Not applicable	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
Never	44.9% 432	38.2% 368	41.6% 800
Occasionally	42.1% 405	44.3% 427	43.2% 832
Read Some	8.7% 84	12.6% 121	10.6% 205
Read a lot	4.2% 40	4.8% 46	4.5% 86
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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Never	56.7% 182	52.7% 135	38.6% 160	34.4% 86	31.3% 102	27.1% 54	40.7% 719
Occasionally	31.2% 100	32.0% 82	46.4% 192	50.4% 126	52.1% 170	53.8% 107	44.0% 777
Read Some	10.0% 32	9.0% 23	11.4% 47	10.8% 27	11.0% 36	14.6% 29	11.0% 194
Read a lot	2.2% 7	6.3% 16	3.6% 15	4.4% 11	5.5% 18	4.5% 9	4.3% 76
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
Missing or Not applicable	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
Never	35.2% 165	43.7% 634	0.00% 0	41.6% 799
Occasionally	49.5% 232	41.1% 596	0.00% 0	43.1% 828
Read Some	10.7% 50	10.7% 155	0.00% 0	10.7% 205
Read a lot	4.5% 21	4.4% 64	0.00% 0	4.4% 85
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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Never	53.1% 139	50.7% 326	33.4% 169	39.2% 96	25.9% 36	25.6% 33	41.5% 799
Occasionally	38.9% 102	40.4% 260	45.1% 228	50.2% 123	46.8% 65	41.9% 54	43.2% 832
Read Some	7.6% 20	6.8% 44	13.0% 66	7.3% 18	19.4% 27	23.3% 30	10.7% 205
Read a lot	0.4% 1	2.0% 13	8.3% 42	3.3% 8	7.2% 10	9.3% 12	4.5% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924