Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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DESTINY Do you agree with the following sayings? If you do something bad or good, it will affect your destiny in the latter part of your 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

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, very much	784	40.7%	40.7%	-.73
Yes, somewhat	705	36.6%	77.4%	-.1
No, not really	206	10.7%	88.1%	.53
No, not at all	92	4.8%	92.8%	1.16
Don't know or forgot	134	7%	99.8%	3.05
Don't understand	1	.1%	99.8%	3.68
Refuse	3	.2%	100%	4.31

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	45.6% 88	43.6% 127	39.4% 113	41.1% 120	39.5% 206	38.2% 130	40.7% 784
Yes, somewhat	33.7% 65	32.0% 93	33.1% 95	35.6% 104	37.7% 197	44.4% 151	36.6% 705
No, not really	6.2% 12	7.2% 21	15.0% 43	10.3% 30	11.7% 61	11.5% 39	10.7% 206
No, not at all	3.1% 6	7.2% 21	4.2% 12	4.5% 13	5.6% 29	3.2% 11	4.8% 92
Don't know or forgot	10.9% 21	9.3% 27	8.4% 24	8.2% 24	5.6% 29	2.6% 9	7.0% 134
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	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	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	47.4% 207	39.0% 110	47.9% 116	37.9% 138	38.9% 117	31.7% 91	40.7% 779
Yes, somewhat	34.8% 152	39.7% 112	33.1% 80	37.6% 137	37.9% 114	37.6% 108	36.7% 703
No, not really	5.0% 22	9.2% 26	7.4% 18	12.6% 46	12.0% 36	19.9% 57	10.7% 205
No, not at all	3.0% 13	3.5% 10	3.7% 9	4.1% 15	6.3% 19	8.7% 25	4.8% 91
Don't know or forgot	9.2% 40	8.5% 24	7.4% 18	7.7% 28	5.0% 15	2.1% 6	6.8% 131
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	0.5% 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	37.2% 358	44.2% 426	40.7% 784
Yes, somewhat	35.7% 343	37.6% 362	36.6% 705
No, not really	13.0% 125	8.4% 81	10.7% 206
No, not at all	6.2% 60	3.3% 32	4.8% 92
Don't know or forgot	7.7% 74	6.2% 60	7.0% 134
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	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	46.7% 150	44.1% 113	42.8% 177	39.6% 99	33.4% 109	35.2% 70	40.7% 718
Yes, somewhat	35.2% 113	30.1% 77	40.1% 166	37.2% 93	41.7% 136	35.7% 71	37.1% 656
No, not really	5.9% 19	10.5% 27	8.7% 36	13.2% 33	12.6% 41	15.6% 31	10.6% 187
No, not at all	3.7% 12	4.7% 12	2.9% 12	4.8% 12	6.1% 20	9.0% 18	4.9% 86
Don't know or forgot	8.1% 26	10.5% 27	5.6% 23	5.2% 13	6.1% 20	4.5% 9	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	0.0% 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	38.0% 178	41.7% 604	0.00% 0	40.8% 782
Yes, somewhat	42.0% 197	35.0% 507	0.00% 0	36.7% 704
No, not really	11.7% 55	10.2% 148	0.00% 0	10.6% 203
No, not at all	4.9% 23	4.8% 69	0.00% 0	4.8% 92
Don't know or forgot	3.4% 16	8.1% 118	0.00% 0	7.0% 134
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	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	26.7% 70	33.3% 214	55.9% 283	38.8% 95	43.9% 61	46.5% 60	40.7% 783
Yes, somewhat	39.3% 103	43.2% 278	29.4% 149	38.4% 94	23.7% 33	37.2% 48	36.6% 705
No, not really	18.3% 48	12.6% 81	6.3% 32	9.8% 24	13.7% 19	1.6% 2	10.7% 206
No, not at all	9.5% 25	2.8% 18	2.8% 14	3.7% 9	15.1% 21	3.9% 5	4.8% 92
Don't know or forgot	5.7% 15	7.9% 51	5.1% 26	9.4% 23	3.6% 5	10.9% 14	7.0% 134
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	0.4% 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