Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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BUY5 Did you buy the book 'The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying?' yourself?   0) No   1) Others bought them   2) Bought by my family members   3) Bought by myself   7) Don't know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1825	94.8%	94.8%	-.21
Others bought them	41	2.1%	96.9%	1.73
Bought by my family members	15	.8%	97.7%	3.66
Bought by myself	43	2.2%	99.9%	5.59
Don't know	1	.1%	100%	13.33

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	99.0% 191	97.6% 284	93.0% 267	94.5% 276	93.7% 489	93.5% 318	94.8% 1825
Others bought them	0.5% 1	0.7% 2	2.8% 8	1.4% 4	2.5% 13	3.8% 13	2.1% 41
Bought by my family members	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.7% 2	0.7% 2	0.8% 4	1.2% 4	0.8% 15
Bought by myself	0.5% 1	0.7% 2	3.1% 9	3.4% 10	3.1% 16	1.5% 5	2.2% 43
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	99.5% 435	98.9% 279	97.5% 236	95.6% 348	91.4% 275	84.0% 241	94.8% 1814
Others bought them	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	1.2% 3	1.4% 5	4.0% 12	6.3% 18	2.1% 40
Bought by my family members	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	0.3% 1	1.7% 5	2.1% 6	0.8% 15
Bought by myself	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	2.5% 9	3.0% 9	7.7% 22	2.2% 43
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	94.5% 909	95.1% 916	94.8% 1825
Others bought them	2.4% 23	1.9% 18	2.1% 41
Bought by my family members	0.9% 9	0.6% 6	0.8% 15
Bought by myself	2.1% 20	2.4% 23	2.2% 43
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	98.8% 317	98.4% 252	98.1% 406	94.4% 236	90.2% 294	86.4% 172	95.0% 1677
Others bought them	0.3% 1	0.8% 2	1.0% 4	3.2% 8	2.8% 9	7.0% 14	2.2% 38
Bought by my family members	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 8	1.5% 3	0.7% 12
Bought by myself	0.9% 3	0.8% 2	0.7% 3	2.4% 6	4.3% 14	5.0% 10	2.2% 38
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	91.9% 431	95.7% 1388	0.00% 0	94.8% 1819
Others bought them	4.3% 20	1.4% 21	0.00% 0	2.1% 41
Bought by my family members	1.1% 5	0.7% 10	0.00% 0	0.8% 15
Bought by myself	2.8% 13	2.1% 30	0.00% 0	2.2% 43
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
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	97.3% 255	96.9% 623	90.1% 456	96.3% 236	95.7% 133	93.8% 121	94.8% 1824
Others bought them	0.8% 2	1.7% 11	3.4% 17	2.0% 5	2.2% 3	2.3% 3	2.1% 41
Bought by my family members	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	1.8% 9	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.8% 1	0.8% 15
Bought by myself	1.9% 5	0.8% 5	4.7% 24	1.2% 3	1.4% 2	3.1% 4	2.2% 43
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924