Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WR_DEATH Do you agree with the following sayings? It is good to have children and grandchildren to worship you after your death.   0) Missing or Not applicable   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
Missing or Not applicable	2	.1%	.1%	-1.45
Yes, very much	736	38.2%	38.3%	-.76
Yes, somewhat	732	38%	76.4%	-.08
No, not really	272	14.1%	90.5%	.6
No, not at all	81	4.2%	94.7%	1.29
Don't know or forgot	91	4.7%	99.4%	3.34
Don't understand	1	.1%	99.5%	4.02
Refuse	10	.5%	100%	4.71

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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Yes, very much	50.3% 97	40.5% 118	36.9% 106	36.6% 107	34.5% 180	37.6% 128	38.2% 736
Yes, somewhat	34.2% 66	36.8% 107	37.3% 107	38.7% 113	38.1% 199	41.2% 140	38.0% 732
No, not really	6.7% 13	12.4% 36	18.5% 53	15.4% 45	15.5% 81	12.9% 44	14.1% 272
No, not at all	4.1% 8	4.8% 14	4.9% 14	3.4% 10	5.0% 26	2.6% 9	4.2% 81
Don't know or forgot	4.7% 9	4.5% 13	1.7% 5	4.8% 14	6.7% 35	4.4% 15	4.7% 91
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.7% 2	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 4	0.5% 10
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
Missing or Not applicable	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Yes, very much	50.1% 219	44.3% 125	38.0% 92	35.7% 130	33.9% 102	23.3% 67	38.4% 735
Yes, somewhat	35.9% 157	38.3% 108	37.6% 91	40.1% 146	38.2% 115	38.7% 111	38.1% 728
No, not really	8.0% 35	9.9% 28	15.3% 37	15.4% 56	16.9% 51	21.6% 62	14.1% 269
No, not at all	1.1% 5	2.8% 8	4.5% 11	3.3% 12	5.3% 16	9.8% 28	4.2% 80
Don't know or forgot	4.3% 19	3.9% 11	3.7% 9	4.9% 18	4.7% 14	5.9% 17	4.6% 88
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	1.0% 3	0.7% 2	0.5% 10
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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
Yes, very much	38.8% 373	37.7% 363	38.2% 736
Yes, somewhat	38.0% 366	38.0% 366	38.0% 732
No, not really	13.6% 131	14.6% 141	14.1% 272
No, not at all	4.2% 40	4.3% 41	4.2% 81
Don't know or forgot	4.6% 44	4.9% 47	4.7% 91
Don't understand	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.7% 7	0.3% 3	0.5% 10
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
Missing or Not applicable	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Yes, very much	43.6% 140	44.9% 115	39.1% 162	36.8% 92	31.9% 104	30.2% 60	38.1% 673
Yes, somewhat	40.2% 129	31.6% 81	40.8% 169	40.0% 100	39.6% 129	34.7% 69	38.3% 677
No, not really	7.5% 24	13.7% 35	12.6% 52	13.6% 34	19.0% 62	20.1% 40	14.0% 247
No, not at all	1.2% 4	3.9% 10	2.9% 12	5.2% 13	5.5% 18	7.5% 15	4.1% 72
Don't know or forgot	6.2% 20	5.5% 14	3.9% 16	3.6% 9	3.4% 11	7.5% 15	4.8% 85
Don't understand	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	0.8% 2	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.5% 9
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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
Yes, very much	35.4% 166	39.3% 570	0.00% 0	38.4% 736
Yes, somewhat	38.0% 178	37.9% 550	0.00% 0	37.9% 728
No, not really	15.1% 71	13.7% 199	0.00% 0	14.1% 270
No, not at all	4.9% 23	4.0% 58	0.00% 0	4.2% 81
Don't know or forgot	5.5% 26	4.5% 65	0.00% 0	4.7% 91
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	1.1% 5	0.3% 5	0.00% 0	0.5% 10
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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Yes, very much	29.0% 76	39.3% 253	42.1% 213	42.4% 104	27.3% 38	40.3% 52	38.3% 736
Yes, somewhat	38.9% 102	42.1% 271	32.2% 163	43.3% 106	28.1% 39	39.5% 51	38.0% 732
No, not really	15.6% 41	12.6% 81	15.6% 79	9.8% 24	20.9% 29	13.2% 17	14.1% 271
No, not at all	6.9% 18	1.6% 10	4.3% 22	1.6% 4	18.7% 26	0.8% 1	4.2% 81
Don't know or forgot	8.8% 23	3.6% 23	4.7% 24	2.9% 7	4.3% 6	6.2% 8	4.7% 91
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.8% 2	0.8% 5	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924