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60.00%
50.00%
50.00%

40.00% 36.84%

30.00%
25.00% Satisfied
21.05% 21.05% Very satisfied
20.00%
12.50% 12.50%
10.53%
10.00%
5.26% 5.26%
0.00% 0.00%
0.00%
Family Friends Marriage / Media Religious Religious
Spouse Activities Teachings

Figure 3.10. Most important factors that caused respondents who are satisfied with TCR
to convert.

Nonetheless, the findings show many respondents of this survey are actually
dissatisfied with their previous religions (see Figure 3.9). The number of dissatisfied
respondents is significantly higher than those who are satisfied, e.g. 35.71 percent of the

respondents who used to be Taoists indicated that they are either dissatisfied or very
dissatisfied. This is followed by those who used to be Buddhists (16.67%) and Chinese folk
religionists (15%). Many respondents chose ‘neutral’ as their answer when asked to express

their level of satisfaction towards their previous religions, as 59.26 percent of those who were
Buddhists did so, followed by those who were Chinese folk religionists (57.5%) and Taoists

(42.86%). These respondents did not specify their satisfaction conclusively. Therefore, their
choice of ‘neutral’ shows some level of dissatisfaction.

The dissatisfaction among the respondents towards their previous religions might be

caused by many factors. Some of the possible factors have been examined and the results
are listed in the table below:

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