Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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RELYGOD Do you agree with the following sayings? If you work hard, you do not necessarily have to rely on the gods.   1) Yes, very much   2) Yes, somewhat   3) No, not really   4) No, not at all   7) Don't know or forgot   8) Don't understand   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, very much	1023	53.1%	53.1%	-.64
Yes, somewhat	570	29.6%	82.8%	.16
No, not really	213	11.1%	93.8%	.97
No, not at all	66	3.4%	97.2%	1.77
Don't know or forgot	42	2.2%	99.4%	4.18
Don't understand	2	.1%	99.5%	4.98
Refuse	9	.5%	100%	5.79

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
Yes, very much	46.6% 90	51.9% 151	56.4% 162	56.5% 165	51.1% 267	55.3% 188	53.1% 1023
Yes, somewhat	30.6% 59	28.9% 84	26.5% 76	27.7% 81	32.2% 168	30.0% 102	29.6% 570
No, not really	12.4% 24	13.4% 39	11.5% 33	9.9% 29	10.9% 57	9.1% 31	11.1% 213
No, not at all	5.7% 11	3.4% 10	2.1% 6	2.7% 8	4.0% 21	2.9% 10	3.4% 66
Don't know or forgot	4.1% 8	1.7% 5	2.1% 6	2.4% 7	1.5% 8	2.4% 8	2.2% 42
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.5% 1	0.7% 2	1.0% 3	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.5% 9
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
Yes, very much	47.8% 209	50.0% 141	57.9% 140	56.0% 204	57.8% 174	50.2% 144	52.9% 1012
Yes, somewhat	30.9% 135	31.6% 89	27.7% 67	29.1% 106	26.9% 81	31.7% 91	29.7% 569
No, not really	11.9% 52	12.1% 34	9.5% 23	9.6% 35	10.0% 30	13.6% 39	11.1% 213
No, not at all	5.0% 22	2.5% 7	3.3% 8	2.2% 8	3.7% 11	3.5% 10	3.5% 66
Don't know or forgot	3.9% 17	3.2% 9	1.2% 3	2.2% 8	1.3% 4	0.3% 1	2.2% 42
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.5% 2	0.7% 2	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.5% 9
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
Yes, very much	59.1% 569	47.1% 454	53.1% 1023
Yes, somewhat	26.1% 251	33.1% 319	29.6% 570
No, not really	9.6% 92	12.6% 121	11.1% 213
No, not at all	2.9% 28	3.9% 38	3.4% 66
Don't know or forgot	1.7% 16	2.7% 26	2.2% 42
Don't understand	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.5% 5	0.4% 4	0.5% 9
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
Yes, very much	50.5% 162	52.0% 133	53.4% 221	53.2% 133	54.3% 177	56.3% 112	53.1% 938
Yes, somewhat	28.3% 91	29.3% 75	28.7% 119	32.8% 82	29.4% 96	33.2% 66	30.0% 529
No, not really	10.9% 35	11.7% 30	11.6% 48	10.0% 25	13.5% 44	6.5% 13	11.0% 195
No, not at all	5.3% 17	2.7% 7	4.1% 17	2.4% 6	1.8% 6	3.5% 7	3.4% 60
Don't know or forgot	4.0% 13	3.9% 10	1.9% 8	0.8% 2	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	2.0% 36
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.9% 3	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.4% 7
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
Yes, very much	54.4% 255	52.8% 765	0.00% 0	53.2% 1020
Yes, somewhat	30.3% 142	29.4% 426	0.00% 0	29.6% 568
No, not really	10.4% 49	11.2% 163	0.00% 0	11.0% 212
No, not at all	3.0% 14	3.6% 52	0.00% 0	3.4% 66
Don't know or forgot	1.7% 8	2.3% 34	0.00% 0	2.2% 42
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.6% 8	0.00% 0	0.5% 9
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
Yes, very much	61.8% 162	51.2% 329	57.3% 290	56.7% 139	28.8% 40	48.1% 62	53.1% 1022
Yes, somewhat	22.1% 58	35.8% 230	27.3% 138	30.6% 75	18.7% 26	33.3% 43	29.6% 570
No, not really	9.2% 24	7.6% 49	12.5% 63	6.9% 17	32.4% 45	11.6% 15	11.1% 213
No, not at all	3.4% 9	2.0% 13	1.8% 9	2.0% 5	18.7% 26	3.1% 4	3.4% 66
Don't know or forgot	2.3% 6	3.0% 19	1.0% 5	2.9% 7	1.4% 2	2.3% 3	2.2% 42
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.1% 2
Refuse	1.1% 3	0.5% 3	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924