Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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PREVLIF2 In our society, there are the following sayings. Do you believe in them? Marrying the wrong person is a debt from a previous life.   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	356	18.5%	18.5%	-1.14
Yes, somewhat	625	32.5%	51%	-.48
No, not really	550	28.6%	79.5%	.18
No, not at all	255	13.2%	92.8%	.83
Don't know or forgot	135	7%	99.8%	2.81
Don't understand	1	.1%	99.8%	3.46
Refuse	3	.2%	100%	4.12

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	34.2% 66	23.4% 68	18.1% 52	16.1% 47	15.3% 80	12.6% 43	18.5% 356
Yes, somewhat	33.7% 65	29.9% 87	30.7% 88	37.0% 108	31.8% 166	32.6% 111	32.5% 625
No, not really	14.5% 28	23.4% 68	30.3% 87	24.0% 70	32.6% 170	37.4% 127	28.6% 550
No, not at all	8.3% 16	13.7% 40	12.9% 37	13.4% 39	15.7% 82	12.1% 41	13.2% 255
Don't know or forgot	8.8% 17	9.6% 28	8.0% 23	9.2% 27	4.2% 22	5.3% 18	7.0% 135
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
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	32.0% 140	21.3% 60	18.6% 45	15.4% 56	11.3% 34	6.6% 19	18.5% 354
Yes, somewhat	36.6% 160	33.3% 94	33.1% 80	32.4% 118	32.9% 99	24.0% 69	32.4% 620
No, not really	14.6% 64	25.2% 71	29.3% 71	31.3% 114	34.9% 105	42.2% 121	28.5% 546
No, not at all	5.5% 24	12.1% 34	12.8% 31	12.6% 46	16.9% 51	23.7% 68	13.3% 254
Don't know or forgot	11.0% 48	8.2% 23	5.8% 14	8.0% 29	3.7% 11	3.5% 10	7.1% 135
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
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	13.4% 129	23.6% 227	18.5% 356
Yes, somewhat	31.8% 306	33.1% 319	32.5% 625
No, not really	30.7% 295	26.5% 255	28.6% 550
No, not at all	17.4% 167	9.1% 88	13.2% 255
Don't know or forgot	6.4% 62	7.6% 73	7.0% 135
Don't understand	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.2% 3
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	29.6% 95	18.4% 47	20.3% 84	14.4% 36	12.9% 42	10.6% 21	18.4% 325
Yes, somewhat	30.2% 97	35.9% 92	32.4% 134	34.8% 87	34.0% 111	25.6% 51	32.4% 572
No, not really	22.1% 71	22.3% 57	27.8% 115	32.4% 81	33.7% 110	39.7% 79	29.0% 513
No, not at all	6.5% 21	13.7% 35	13.3% 55	13.6% 34	16.0% 52	20.1% 40	13.4% 237
Don't know or forgot	11.5% 37	9.8% 25	6.0% 25	4.4% 11	3.4% 11	4.0% 8	6.6% 117
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	12.2% 57	20.6% 298	0.00% 0	18.5% 355
Yes, somewhat	30.9% 145	33.0% 479	0.00% 0	32.5% 624
No, not really	35.4% 166	26.2% 380	0.00% 0	28.5% 546
No, not at all	15.4% 72	12.6% 183	0.00% 0	13.3% 255
Don't know or forgot	6.0% 28	7.4% 107	0.00% 0	7.0% 135
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
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	4.6% 12	19.1% 123	24.9% 126	20.4% 50	10.1% 14	24.0% 31	18.5% 356
Yes, somewhat	24.4% 64	35.5% 228	34.0% 172	33.9% 83	22.3% 31	36.4% 47	32.5% 625
No, not really	37.8% 99	27.4% 176	24.1% 122	30.2% 74	31.7% 44	26.4% 34	28.5% 549
No, not at all	24.8% 65	9.2% 59	10.5% 53	9.0% 22	31.7% 44	9.3% 12	13.3% 255
Don't know or forgot	8.0% 21	8.6% 55	6.3% 32	6.5% 16	4.3% 6	3.9% 5	7.0% 135
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924