Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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REINCAR The following sayings are found in our society concerning the spirits. Do you believe in them? Man's spirit and soul will reincarnate.   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

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, very much	379	19.7%	19.7%	-1.02
Yes, somewhat	639	33.2%	52.9%	-.55
No, not really	371	19.3%	72.2%	-.07
No, not at all	164	8.5%	80.7%	.41
Don't know or forgot	360	18.7%	99.4%	1.84
Don't understand	3	.2%	99.5%	2.32
Refuse	9	.5%	100%	2.8

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	19.2% 37	17.5% 51	19.2% 55	16.8% 49	20.7% 108	23.2% 79	19.7% 379
Yes, somewhat	22.3% 43	24.4% 71	22.0% 63	31.5% 92	39.1% 204	48.8% 166	33.2% 639
No, not really	16.6% 32	20.3% 59	25.1% 72	21.2% 62	18.2% 95	15.0% 51	19.3% 371
No, not at all	9.3% 18	11.3% 33	9.4% 27	8.6% 25	9.0% 47	4.1% 14	8.5% 164
Don't know or forgot	31.6% 61	25.1% 73	24.0% 69	20.9% 61	12.8% 67	8.5% 29	18.7% 360
Don't understand	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.5% 1	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.2% 1	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	18.8% 82	19.1% 54	21.1% 51	20.9% 76	20.6% 62	17.4% 50	19.6% 375
Yes, somewhat	27.9% 122	29.4% 83	36.4% 88	35.7% 130	40.9% 123	32.1% 92	33.4% 638
No, not really	14.0% 61	19.5% 55	16.9% 41	18.7% 68	20.9% 63	27.9% 80	19.2% 368
No, not at all	8.0% 35	7.1% 20	7.4% 18	9.6% 35	6.3% 19	12.9% 37	8.6% 164
Don't know or forgot	30.0% 131	24.8% 70	17.8% 43	14.8% 54	10.3% 31	9.8% 28	18.7% 357
Don't understand	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 8
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	17.2% 165	22.2% 214	19.7% 379
Yes, somewhat	30.0% 289	36.3% 350	33.2% 639
No, not really	22.7% 218	15.9% 153	19.3% 371
No, not at all	10.6% 102	6.4% 62	8.5% 164
Don't know or forgot	19.0% 183	18.4% 177	18.7% 360
Don't understand	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.4% 4	0.5% 5	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	21.2% 68	16.0% 41	18.6% 77	20.4% 51	21.2% 69	21.1% 42	19.7% 348
Yes, somewhat	25.5% 82	31.3% 80	34.1% 141	34.8% 87	37.4% 122	38.7% 77	33.4% 589
No, not really	15.3% 49	19.1% 49	18.8% 78	21.6% 54	22.4% 73	22.6% 45	19.7% 348
No, not at all	7.2% 23	9.8% 25	9.9% 41	8.4% 21	7.7% 25	9.5% 19	8.7% 154
Don't know or forgot	29.0% 93	23.0% 59	18.4% 76	14.4% 36	11.3% 37	8.0% 16	18.0% 317
Don't understand	0.3% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	1.6% 5	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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	21.7% 102	19.0% 276	0.00% 0	19.7% 378
Yes, somewhat	44.3% 208	29.5% 428	0.00% 0	33.1% 636
No, not really	16.4% 77	20.2% 293	0.00% 0	19.3% 370
No, not at all	7.7% 36	8.8% 128	0.00% 0	8.5% 164
Don't know or forgot	9.4% 44	21.7% 315	0.00% 0	18.7% 359
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.4% 2	0.5% 7	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	10.7% 28	13.8% 89	32.4% 164	18.0% 44	11.5% 16	29.5% 38	19.7% 379
Yes, somewhat	33.2% 87	36.2% 233	31.8% 161	36.7% 90	15.8% 22	34.9% 45	33.2% 638
No, not really	26.3% 69	21.8% 140	14.4% 73	14.7% 36	29.5% 41	9.3% 12	19.3% 371
No, not at all	15.6% 41	4.8% 31	5.1% 26	6.1% 15	31.7% 44	5.4% 7	8.5% 164
Don't know or forgot	13.7% 36	22.7% 146	15.8% 80	23.3% 57	10.8% 15	20.2% 26	18.7% 360
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.6% 4	0.2% 1	0.8% 2	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924