Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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PREVLIF4 In our society, there are the following sayings. Do you believe in them? Relatives and friends had a special bond with us in 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	418	21.7%	21.7%	-.97
Yes, somewhat	861	44.7%	66.4%	-.33
No, not really	323	16.8%	83.2%	.31
No, not at all	178	9.2%	92.5%	.95
Don't know or forgot	138	7.2%	99.6%	2.86
Don't understand	1	.1%	99.7%	3.5
Refuse	6	.3%	100%	4.14

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	31.6% 61	24.4% 71	22.6% 65	19.5% 57	19.7% 103	17.9% 61	21.7% 418
Yes, somewhat	36.8% 71	35.4% 103	44.6% 128	46.2% 135	46.6% 243	53.2% 181	44.7% 861
No, not really	10.9% 21	15.8% 46	18.8% 54	14.7% 43	18.8% 98	17.9% 61	16.8% 323
No, not at all	7.8% 15	11.7% 34	8.7% 25	11.6% 34	9.0% 47	6.8% 23	9.2% 178
Don't know or forgot	12.4% 24	11.7% 34	5.2% 15	7.5% 22	5.6% 29	4.1% 14	7.2% 138
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.5% 1	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
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	31.1% 136	17.4% 49	25.2% 61	19.5% 71	17.9% 54	15.7% 45	21.7% 416
Yes, somewhat	39.8% 174	50.0% 141	43.4% 105	46.4% 169	51.5% 155	39.0% 112	44.7% 856
No, not really	11.0% 48	16.3% 46	15.7% 38	16.5% 60	17.9% 54	25.8% 74	16.7% 320
No, not at all	5.9% 26	7.4% 21	9.5% 23	9.3% 34	9.0% 27	15.7% 45	9.2% 176
Don't know or forgot	11.2% 49	8.5% 24	5.8% 14	8.2% 30	3.3% 10	3.8% 11	7.2% 138
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.7% 3	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
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	25.1% 242	21.7% 418
Yes, somewhat	42.0% 404	47.5% 457	44.7% 861
No, not really	20.7% 199	12.9% 124	16.8% 323
No, not at all	12.1% 116	6.4% 62	9.2% 178
Don't know or forgot	6.8% 65	7.6% 73	7.2% 138
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.2% 2	0.4% 4	0.3% 6
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	27.7% 89	23.0% 59	23.7% 98	20.0% 50	16.3% 53	16.6% 33	21.6% 382
Yes, somewhat	39.3% 126	40.2% 103	47.1% 195	46.4% 116	51.2% 167	44.7% 89	45.1% 796
No, not really	11.8% 38	17.2% 44	15.5% 64	20.8% 52	18.1% 59	24.1% 48	17.3% 305
No, not at all	9.3% 30	8.2% 21	7.5% 31	7.6% 19	11.3% 37	11.6% 23	9.1% 161
Don't know or forgot	11.2% 36	11.3% 29	6.0% 25	4.8% 12	3.1% 10	3.0% 6	6.7% 118
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	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
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	17.9% 84	22.9% 332	0.00% 0	21.7% 416
Yes, somewhat	50.7% 238	42.8% 621	0.00% 0	44.8% 859
No, not really	17.5% 82	16.6% 240	0.00% 0	16.8% 322
No, not at all	9.8% 46	9.0% 131	0.00% 0	9.2% 177
Don't know or forgot	4.1% 19	8.2% 119	0.00% 0	7.2% 138
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.4% 6	0.00% 0	0.3% 6
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	8.4% 22	17.6% 113	31.4% 159	22.9% 56	21.6% 30	29.5% 38	21.7% 418
Yes, somewhat	42.7% 112	50.2% 323	43.1% 218	46.5% 114	25.9% 36	44.2% 57	44.7% 860
No, not really	22.1% 58	17.9% 115	12.1% 61	15.9% 39	21.6% 30	15.5% 20	16.8% 323
No, not at all	17.6% 46	5.8% 37	7.5% 38	4.9% 12	28.8% 40	3.9% 5	9.3% 178
Don't know or forgot	8.4% 22	8.1% 52	5.7% 29	9.4% 23	2.2% 3	7.0% 9	7.2% 138
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	0.8% 2	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924