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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Family Structure, Market Competition and Local Culture: The Mechanisms of Religious mobility beyond Christianity

Variable

N

Mean

Standard deviation

Min

Max

Religious affiliation

 No Religion

5730

.157

.364

0

1

 Buddhism

5730

.233

.433

0

1

 Daoism

5730

.138

.345

0

1

 Christianity

5730

.055

.228

0

1

Father’s religious affiliation

 No Religion

5730

.093

.290

0

1

 Buddhism

5730

.216

.412

0

1

 Daoism

5730

.195

.397

0

1

 Christianity

5730

.043

.204

0

1

Mother’s religious affiliation

5730

    

 No Religion

5730

.064

.244

0

1

 Buddhism

5730

.241

.428

0

1

 Daoism

5730

.195

.396

0

1

 Christianity

5730

.047

.212

0

1

Education

 Junior school and lower

5730

.483

.271

0

1

 High school

5730

.299

.458

0

1

 College and higher degree

5730

.330

.470

0

1

Ethnicity

 Fukienese of Taiwan

5730

.756

.430

0

1

 Hakka of Taiwan

5730

.107

.310

0

1

 Mainlander

5730

.084

.278

0

1

 Aborigine

5730

.047

.212

0

1

Gender (male = 1)

5730

.508

.500

0

1

Age

5730

43.573

15.644

19

94

Marriage (married = 1)

5730

.497

.500

0

1

Household (New Taiwan Dollars)

 ≤ 10,000

5730

.048

.214

0

1

 10,001–30,000

5730

.149

.356

0

1

 30,001–50,000

5730

.206

.405

0

1

 50,001–80,000

5730

.206

.405

0

1

 ≥ 80,000

5730

.240

.427

0

1