Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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DESDEND Do you agree with the following sayings? If you do something bad or good, it will affect the well-being of your descendents.   1) Yes, very much   2) Yes, somewhat   3) No, not really   4) No, not at all   7) Don't know or forgot   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, very much	967	50.2%	50.2%	-.66
Yes, somewhat	736	38.2%	88.5%	.22
No, not really	122	6.3%	94.8%	1.1
No, not at all	51	2.6%	97.5%	1.98
Don't know or forgot	45	2.3%	99.8%	4.62
Refuse	4	.2%	100%	6.38

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	58.5% 113	57.0% 166	53.0% 152	51.7% 151	48.3% 252	39.1% 133	50.2% 967
Yes, somewhat	32.6% 63	33.0% 96	36.9% 106	37.7% 110	39.3% 205	45.9% 156	38.2% 736
No, not really	3.6% 7	3.4% 10	5.9% 17	5.5% 16	7.1% 37	10.3% 35	6.3% 122
No, not at all	1.6% 3	2.7% 8	2.1% 6	2.1% 6	3.4% 18	2.9% 10	2.6% 51
Don't know or forgot	3.1% 6	3.4% 10	2.1% 6	2.4% 7	1.9% 10	1.8% 6	2.3% 45
Refuse	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
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	58.1% 254	52.1% 147	48.8% 118	47.8% 174	46.8% 141	43.6% 125	50.1% 959
Yes, somewhat	32.7% 143	34.0% 96	43.0% 104	39.8% 145	42.2% 127	41.1% 118	38.3% 733
No, not really	3.4% 15	5.7% 16	4.1% 10	8.0% 29	6.6% 20	11.1% 32	6.4% 122
No, not at all	1.8% 8	3.2% 9	1.7% 4	2.5% 9	3.3% 10	3.8% 11	2.7% 51
Don't know or forgot	3.4% 15	5.0% 14	2.1% 5	1.9% 7	1.0% 3	0.3% 1	2.4% 45
Refuse	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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	49.3% 474	51.2% 493	50.2% 967
Yes, somewhat	38.5% 370	38.0% 366	38.2% 736
No, not really	6.4% 62	6.2% 60	6.3% 122
No, not at all	2.8% 27	2.5% 24	2.6% 51
Don't know or forgot	2.6% 25	2.1% 20	2.3% 45
Refuse	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
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	55.5% 178	51.6% 132	50.5% 209	48.4% 121	46.0% 150	50.8% 101	50.5% 891
Yes, somewhat	33.3% 107	35.9% 92	41.8% 173	37.6% 94	42.9% 140	36.7% 73	38.4% 679
No, not really	4.0% 13	6.6% 17	4.1% 17	9.2% 23	7.1% 23	8.5% 17	6.2% 110
No, not at all	3.1% 10	2.0% 5	1.4% 6	4.4% 11	2.1% 7	3.5% 7	2.6% 46
Don't know or forgot	3.7% 12	3.9% 10	2.2% 9	0.4% 1	1.8% 6	0.5% 1	2.2% 39
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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	41.8% 196	53.0% 769	0.00% 0	50.3% 965
Yes, somewhat	43.5% 204	36.4% 528	0.00% 0	38.1% 732
No, not really	8.7% 41	5.6% 81	0.00% 0	6.4% 122
No, not at all	3.8% 18	2.3% 33	0.00% 0	2.7% 51
Don't know or forgot	2.1% 10	2.4% 35	0.00% 0	2.3% 45
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.3% 4	0.00% 0	0.2% 4
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	38.2% 100	44.9% 289	61.3% 310	47.3% 116	56.1% 78	56.6% 73	50.2% 966
Yes, somewhat	43.9% 115	43.5% 280	29.8% 151	43.3% 106	29.5% 41	33.3% 43	38.3% 736
No, not really	8.8% 23	6.7% 43	4.9% 25	4.9% 12	10.1% 14	3.9% 5	6.3% 122
No, not at all	6.1% 16	1.7% 11	1.8% 9	2.0% 5	4.3% 6	3.1% 4	2.7% 51
Don't know or forgot	2.7% 7	3.0% 19	2.0% 10	2.0% 5	0.0% 0	3.1% 4	2.3% 45
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924