Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WR_ANCES Do you agree with the following sayings? If we do not offer worship to our ancestors, they will be angry about it.   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	329	17.1%	17.1%	-1.1
Yes, somewhat	577	30%	47.1%	-.55
No, not really	568	29.5%	76.6%	0
No, not at all	197	10.2%	86.8%	.55
Don't know or forgot	242	12.6%	99.4%	2.2
Don't understand	1	.1%	99.4%	2.75
Refuse	11	.6%	100%	3.29

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	25.4% 49	18.6% 54	16.0% 46	12.7% 37	16.3% 85	17.1% 58	17.1% 329
Yes, somewhat	25.4% 49	25.8% 75	22.6% 65	29.8% 87	33.7% 176	36.8% 125	30.0% 577
No, not really	22.3% 43	27.5% 80	36.9% 106	35.3% 103	26.8% 140	28.2% 96	29.5% 568
No, not at all	10.4% 20	14.1% 41	12.2% 35	11.3% 33	8.8% 46	6.5% 22	10.2% 197
Don't know or forgot	16.1% 31	13.7% 40	11.5% 33	10.6% 31	13.6% 71	10.6% 36	12.6% 242
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	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	0.6% 3	0.9% 3	0.6% 11
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	28.4% 124	17.7% 50	18.6% 45	12.4% 45	12.6% 38	9.4% 27	17.2% 329
Yes, somewhat	30.2% 132	27.7% 78	29.3% 71	34.6% 126	28.2% 85	28.2% 81	30.0% 573
No, not really	21.3% 93	29.8% 84	28.9% 70	28.3% 103	37.5% 113	35.5% 102	29.5% 565
No, not at all	5.9% 26	10.3% 29	10.3% 25	9.3% 34	10.3% 31	17.8% 51	10.2% 196
Don't know or forgot	14.0% 61	14.2% 40	12.0% 29	14.8% 54	10.6% 32	7.7% 22	12.4% 238
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	0.7% 2	1.4% 4	0.6% 11
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	16.3% 157	17.9% 172	17.1% 329
Yes, somewhat	28.4% 273	31.6% 304	30.0% 577
No, not really	31.3% 301	27.7% 267	29.5% 568
No, not at all	12.0% 115	8.5% 82	10.2% 197
Don't know or forgot	11.1% 107	14.0% 135	12.6% 242
Don't understand	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.8% 8	0.3% 3	0.6% 11
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	23.1% 74	21.1% 54	17.4% 72	12.8% 32	12.0% 39	13.6% 27	16.9% 298
Yes, somewhat	28.0% 90	25.4% 65	30.0% 124	36.8% 92	30.7% 100	31.7% 63	30.2% 534
No, not really	22.7% 73	30.1% 77	30.7% 127	30.8% 77	35.9% 117	28.1% 56	29.8% 527
No, not at all	8.7% 28	9.4% 24	8.5% 35	10.0% 25	11.7% 38	15.1% 30	10.2% 180
Don't know or forgot	16.8% 54	14.1% 36	12.8% 53	8.4% 21	9.5% 31	10.6% 21	12.2% 216
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	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 3	1.2% 3	0.3% 1	1.0% 2	0.6% 10
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	18.6% 87	16.7% 242	0.00% 0	17.1% 329
Yes, somewhat	34.8% 163	28.4% 412	0.00% 0	30.0% 575
No, not really	27.7% 130	30.1% 437	0.00% 0	29.5% 567
No, not at all	8.1% 38	10.9% 158	0.00% 0	10.2% 196
Don't know or forgot	10.0% 47	13.3% 193	0.00% 0	12.5% 240
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.9% 4	0.5% 7	0.00% 0	0.6% 11
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	9.9% 26	17.6% 113	20.4% 103	19.2% 47	12.2% 17	17.8% 23	17.1% 329
Yes, somewhat	29.0% 76	32.3% 208	26.9% 136	37.1% 91	19.4% 27	30.2% 39	30.0% 577
No, not really	29.0% 76	30.6% 197	30.0% 152	24.9% 61	30.9% 43	30.2% 39	29.5% 568
No, not at all	17.9% 47	4.2% 27	11.3% 57	6.9% 17	28.8% 40	7.0% 9	10.2% 197
Don't know or forgot	12.2% 32	14.6% 94	10.9% 55	11.8% 29	8.6% 12	14.7% 19	12.5% 241
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	1.9% 5	0.6% 4	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 11
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924