Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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PREVLIFE In our society, there are the following sayings. Do you believe in them? To meet someone or be with someone is something that has been predestined in the previous life or several lives before.   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	483	25.1%	25.1%	-.94
Yes, somewhat	834	43.3%	68.4%	-.27
No, not really	343	17.8%	86.2%	.41
No, not at all	143	7.4%	93.7%	1.08
Don't know or forgot	117	6.1%	99.7%	3.11
Don't understand	3	.2%	99.9%	3.78
Refuse	2	.1%	100%	4.46

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	33.2% 64	26.1% 76	26.1% 75	24.0% 70	25.7% 134	18.8% 64	25.1% 483
Yes, somewhat	36.3% 70	35.7% 104	42.5% 122	45.2% 132	43.5% 227	52.6% 179	43.3% 834
No, not really	11.9% 23	18.2% 53	20.6% 59	14.7% 43	18.6% 97	20.0% 68	17.8% 343
No, not at all	8.8% 17	10.0% 29	5.6% 16	7.9% 23	7.5% 39	5.6% 19	7.4% 143
Don't know or forgot	9.3% 18	9.6% 28	4.9% 14	7.9% 23	4.6% 24	2.9% 10	6.1% 117
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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	33.4% 146	24.8% 70	24.8% 60	26.1% 95	19.3% 58	18.1% 52	25.1% 481
Yes, somewhat	37.8% 165	46.5% 131	45.0% 109	43.7% 159	50.8% 153	39.0% 112	43.3% 829
No, not really	11.2% 49	15.2% 43	19.0% 46	19.2% 70	18.6% 56	26.8% 77	17.8% 341
No, not at all	5.7% 25	7.4% 21	7.0% 17	6.6% 24	6.0% 18	12.9% 37	7.4% 142
Don't know or forgot	11.2% 49	5.7% 16	3.7% 9	4.4% 16	5.3% 16	3.1% 9	6.0% 115
Don't understand	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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	20.6% 198	29.6% 285	25.1% 483
Yes, somewhat	44.3% 426	42.4% 408	43.3% 834
No, not really	19.6% 189	16.0% 154	17.8% 343
No, not at all	9.6% 92	5.3% 51	7.4% 143
Don't know or forgot	5.5% 53	6.6% 64	6.1% 117
Don't understand	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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	32.1% 103	25.0% 64	29.5% 122	20.0% 50	21.5% 70	18.6% 37	25.3% 446
Yes, somewhat	33.6% 108	45.7% 117	42.3% 175	46.8% 117	47.9% 156	48.7% 97	43.6% 770
No, not really	13.1% 42	13.7% 35	17.6% 73	22.0% 55	21.5% 70	19.6% 39	17.8% 314
No, not at all	7.8% 25	8.2% 21	5.3% 22	7.6% 19	6.7% 22	11.1% 22	7.4% 131
Don't know or forgot	12.5% 40	7.4% 19	5.3% 22	3.6% 9	2.5% 8	2.0% 4	5.8% 102
Don't understand	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
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	19.8% 93	26.8% 388	0.00% 0	25.1% 481
Yes, somewhat	49.3% 231	41.5% 602	0.00% 0	43.4% 833
No, not really	19.2% 90	17.3% 251	0.00% 0	17.8% 341
No, not at all	6.6% 31	7.7% 111	0.00% 0	7.4% 142
Don't know or forgot	4.7% 22	6.6% 95	0.00% 0	6.1% 117
Don't understand	0.4% 2	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
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	11.5% 30	21.5% 138	34.4% 174	28.2% 69	21.6% 30	32.6% 42	25.1% 483
Yes, somewhat	40.5% 106	48.2% 310	42.3% 214	43.7% 107	29.5% 41	42.6% 55	43.3% 833
No, not really	26.0% 68	18.0% 116	12.6% 64	19.2% 47	22.3% 31	13.2% 17	17.8% 343
No, not at all	14.5% 38	4.5% 29	5.9% 30	3.3% 8	21.6% 30	6.2% 8	7.4% 143
Don't know or forgot	6.9% 18	7.5% 48	4.5% 23	5.7% 14	5.0% 7	5.4% 7	6.1% 117
Don't understand	0.4% 1	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924