Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WR_PROT Do you agree with the following sayings? If we offer worship to our ancestors at the allotted time, we will be protected and blessed by them.   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	402	20.9%	20.9%	-.99
Yes, somewhat	721	37.5%	58.3%	-.41
No, not really	462	24%	82.3%	.17
No, not at all	144	7.5%	89.8%	.76
Don't know or forgot	183	9.5%	99.3%	2.51
Don't understand	4	.2%	99.5%	3.09
Refuse	9	.5%	100%	3.68

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	28.5% 55	23.4% 68	16.0% 46	17.8% 52	19.7% 103	22.9% 78	20.9% 402
Yes, somewhat	39.4% 76	31.3% 91	31.7% 91	38.4% 112	39.5% 206	42.6% 145	37.5% 721
No, not really	14.0% 27	22.7% 66	33.8% 97	26.0% 76	22.6% 118	22.9% 78	24.0% 462
No, not at all	6.2% 12	9.6% 28	8.4% 24	8.9% 26	7.7% 40	4.1% 14	7.5% 144
Don't know or forgot	11.4% 22	12.0% 35	9.4% 27	7.9% 23	10.2% 53	6.8% 23	9.5% 183
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.5% 1	1.0% 3	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	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	31.8% 139	23.0% 65	20.2% 49	17.0% 62	17.3% 52	12.2% 35	21.0% 402
Yes, somewhat	35.9% 157	38.7% 109	36.8% 89	42.3% 154	38.2% 115	32.4% 93	37.5% 717
No, not really	16.7% 73	21.3% 60	26.4% 64	23.1% 84	29.2% 88	31.4% 90	24.0% 459
No, not at all	3.4% 15	6.7% 19	5.4% 13	7.4% 27	7.0% 21	16.7% 48	7.5% 143
Don't know or forgot	11.2% 49	9.9% 28	10.3% 25	9.3% 34	7.6% 23	7.0% 20	9.4% 179
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.7% 2	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	18.3% 176	23.5% 226	20.9% 402
Yes, somewhat	35.6% 342	39.4% 379	37.5% 721
No, not really	27.3% 263	20.7% 199	24.0% 462
No, not at all	8.2% 79	6.7% 65	7.5% 144
Don't know or forgot	9.5% 91	9.6% 92	9.5% 183
Don't understand	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.7% 7	0.2% 2	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	28.7% 92	24.2% 62	21.0% 87	18.8% 47	15.3% 50	14.1% 28	20.7% 366
Yes, somewhat	37.1% 119	34.4% 88	38.2% 158	39.6% 99	40.5% 132	35.2% 70	37.7% 666
No, not really	17.1% 55	19.5% 50	25.8% 107	27.2% 68	27.3% 89	30.2% 60	24.3% 429
No, not at all	4.4% 14	7.4% 19	6.5% 27	7.6% 19	9.2% 30	13.1% 26	7.6% 135
Don't know or forgot	11.5% 37	14.1% 36	7.7% 32	6.0% 15	7.1% 23	7.5% 15	8.9% 158
Don't understand	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.8% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 8
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	21.5% 101	20.8% 301	0.00% 0	20.9% 402
Yes, somewhat	39.4% 185	36.8% 534	0.00% 0	37.5% 719
No, not really	24.3% 114	23.9% 347	0.00% 0	24.0% 461
No, not at all	6.6% 31	7.7% 112	0.00% 0	7.5% 143
Don't know or forgot	7.7% 36	10.0% 145	0.00% 0	9.4% 181
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.2% 3	0.00% 0	0.2% 4
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	11.1% 29	22.4% 144	25.1% 127	20.0% 49	18.0% 25	21.7% 28	20.9% 402
Yes, somewhat	34.0% 89	40.9% 263	35.8% 181	42.0% 103	23.0% 32	41.1% 53	37.5% 721
No, not really	30.9% 81	21.5% 138	23.3% 118	24.9% 61	26.6% 37	20.9% 27	24.0% 462
No, not at all	13.4% 35	3.6% 23	7.5% 38	4.5% 11	23.0% 32	3.9% 5	7.5% 144
Don't know or forgot	9.9% 26	10.6% 68	7.7% 39	8.2% 20	9.4% 13	12.4% 16	9.5% 182
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.8% 2	0.8% 5	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	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