Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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RITUAL2 What ritual is that? [Skipped if RELMEM=3]   0) Missing or Not applicable   1) Conversion to Buddhism   2) Passing on Triratna: the Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha   3) Mind-Seal of the Buddhas   4) Ritual to convert to a certain Buddhist sect   5) Baptism   6) To initiate a teacher-student relationship with a master   7) Other

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Missing or Not applicable	1596	82.9%	82.9%	-.37
Conversion to Buddhism	118	6.1%	89%	.31
Passing on Triratna: the Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha	53	2.8%	91.8%	.98
Mind-Seal of the Buddhas	3	.2%	91.9%	1.66
Ritual to convert to a certain Buddhist sect	2	.1%	92.1%	2.33
Baptism	126	6.5%	98.6%	3.01
To initiate a teacher-student relationship with a master	6	.3%	98.9%	3.69
Other	21	1.1%	100%	4.36

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	87.0% 168	84.9% 247	77.4% 222	81.5% 238	79.9% 417	89.4% 304	82.9% 1596
Conversion to Buddhism	4.1% 8	5.8% 17	10.1% 29	6.2% 18	6.5% 34	3.5% 12	6.1% 118
Passing on Triratna: the Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha	2.6% 5	1.7% 5	3.5% 10	1.4% 4	4.0% 21	2.4% 8	2.8% 53
Mind-Seal of the Buddhas	1.0% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Ritual to convert to a certain Buddhist sect	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Baptism	3.1% 6	5.8% 17	8.0% 23	7.9% 23	8.2% 43	4.1% 14	6.5% 126
To initiate a teacher-student relationship with a master	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
Other	1.6% 3	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	2.1% 6	1.3% 7	0.6% 2	1.1% 21
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	84.2% 368	86.9% 245	81.0% 196	80.8% 294	81.1% 244	83.6% 240	83.0% 1587
Conversion to Buddhism	4.1% 18	4.3% 12	6.2% 15	5.8% 21	8.6% 26	8.4% 24	6.1% 116
Passing on Triratna: the Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha	2.5% 11	1.8% 5	3.7% 9	4.7% 17	3.3% 10	0.3% 1	2.8% 53
Mind-Seal of the Buddhas	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.2% 3
Ritual to convert to a certain Buddhist sect	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 2
Baptism	8.0% 35	5.0% 14	7.0% 17	6.3% 23	5.6% 17	6.6% 19	6.5% 125
To initiate a teacher-student relationship with a master	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
Other	0.7% 3	1.8% 5	0.8% 2	1.9% 7	1.3% 4	0.0% 0	1.1% 21
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	85.7% 824	80.2% 772	82.9% 1596
Conversion to Buddhism	4.5% 43	7.8% 75	6.1% 118
Passing on Triratna: the Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha	2.2% 21	3.3% 32	2.8% 53
Mind-Seal of the Buddhas	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.2% 3
Ritual to convert to a certain Buddhist sect	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
Baptism	5.9% 57	7.2% 69	6.5% 126
To initiate a teacher-student relationship with a master	0.4% 4	0.2% 2	0.3% 6
Other	1.1% 11	1.0% 10	1.1% 21
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	82.2% 264	83.2% 213	80.2% 332	82.8% 207	84.4% 275	84.4% 168	82.6% 1459
Conversion to Buddhism	4.4% 14	3.1% 8	6.3% 26	7.2% 18	7.1% 23	9.0% 18	6.1% 107
Passing on Triratna: the Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha	2.8% 9	4.3% 11	3.4% 14	2.0% 5	3.7% 12	0.5% 1	2.9% 52
Mind-Seal of the Buddhas	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Ritual to convert to a certain Buddhist sect	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.1% 2
Baptism	9.0% 29	7.8% 20	8.7% 36	6.8% 17	3.4% 11	4.5% 9	6.9% 122
To initiate a teacher-student relationship with a master	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.3% 5
Other	0.3% 1	1.2% 3	1.2% 5	0.4% 1	1.5% 5	0.5% 1	0.9% 16
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	85.1% 399	82.2% 1192	0.00% 0	82.9% 1591
Conversion to Buddhism	6.0% 28	6.2% 90	0.00% 0	6.1% 118
Passing on Triratna: the Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha	2.6% 12	2.8% 41	0.00% 0	2.8% 53
Mind-Seal of the Buddhas	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
Ritual to convert to a certain Buddhist sect	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
Baptism	4.9% 23	7.0% 102	0.00% 0	6.5% 125
To initiate a teacher-student relationship with a master	0.2% 1	0.3% 5	0.00% 0	0.3% 6
Other	1.3% 6	1.0% 15	0.00% 0	1.1% 21
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	99.6% 261	97.0% 624	75.5% 382	95.5% 234	13.7% 19	58.1% 75	82.9% 1595
Conversion to Buddhism	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	21.3% 108	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	5.4% 7	6.1% 118
Passing on Triratna: the Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha	0.0% 0	2.0% 13	1.0% 5	2.0% 5	0.7% 1	22.5% 29	2.8% 53
Mind-Seal of the Buddhas	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Ritual to convert to a certain Buddhist sect	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.1% 2
Baptism	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	84.9% 118	3.9% 5	6.5% 126
To initiate a teacher-student relationship with a master	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.3% 6
Other	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.8% 4	1.2% 3	0.7% 1	7.8% 10	1.1% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924