Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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O_BOOKS Do you own the following items at home: Books   0) No   1) Yes   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	302	15.7%	15.7%	-1.9
Yes	1621	84.2%	99.9%	.33
Refuse	2	.1%	100%	18.15

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	32.1% 62	22.7% 66	13.2% 38	14.4% 42	11.5% 60	10.0% 34	15.7% 302
Yes	67.9% 131	77.0% 224	86.8% 249	85.6% 250	88.5% 462	89.7% 305	84.2% 1621
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 2
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	32.0% 140	23.0% 65	10.7% 26	12.9% 47	4.0% 12	3.5% 10	15.7% 300
Yes	67.7% 296	77.0% 217	89.3% 216	87.1% 317	95.7% 288	96.5% 277	84.2% 1611
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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	16.5% 159	14.8% 143	15.7% 302
Yes	83.4% 802	85.0% 819	84.2% 1621
Refuse	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
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	31.5% 101	22.7% 58	14.7% 61	8.0% 20	7.4% 24	7.0% 14	15.7% 278
Yes	68.5% 220	77.3% 198	85.3% 353	92.0% 230	92.6% 302	93.0% 185	84.3% 1488
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
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	10.4% 49	17.4% 252	0.00% 0	15.7% 301
Yes	89.3% 419	82.6% 1197	0.00% 0	84.2% 1616
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
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	11.8% 31	22.4% 144	12.6% 64	17.1% 42	5.8% 8	10.1% 13	15.7% 302
Yes	88.2% 231	77.4% 498	87.4% 442	82.4% 202	94.2% 131	89.9% 116	84.2% 1620
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924