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Table 5 Religious belief switch pattern

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

Current religious belief

Previous religious belief %

No Religion

Buddhism

Taoism

Christianity

Others

N

No Religion

49.21%

2.86%

2.10%

8.38%

32.09%

851

Buddhism

19.03%

79.47%

19.46%

17.37%

51.64%

718

Taoism

4.48%

0.48%

61.68%

4.19%

10.44%

275

Christianity/Catholicism

7.76%

5.97%

2.99%

56.29%

1.79%

245

Others

19.52%

11.22%

13.77%

13.77%

4.05%

214

Total

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

3029