Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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MAGNETIC Do you believe in the following sayings? An individual is a small magnetic field, and the universe is a big magnetic field. A person is sick because there is no harmony between the two.   0) Missing or Not applicable   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
Missing or Not applicable	1	.1%	.1%	-1.65
Yes, very much	203	10.5%	10.6%	-1.22
Yes, somewhat	527	27.4%	38%	-.8
No, not really	443	23%	61%	-.37
No, not at all	179	9.3%	70.3%	.05
Don't know or forgot	417	21.7%	91.9%	1.33
Don't understand	151	7.8%	99.8%	1.75
Refuse	4	.2%	100%	2.18

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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	6.2% 12	7.6% 22	15.0% 43	11.0% 32	11.9% 62	9.4% 32	10.5% 203
Yes, somewhat	13.5% 26	20.3% 59	28.2% 81	29.1% 85	33.3% 174	30.0% 102	27.4% 527
No, not really	13.0% 25	14.8% 43	17.8% 51	24.0% 70	25.9% 135	35.0% 119	23.0% 443
No, not at all	7.3% 14	9.6% 28	9.1% 26	9.2% 27	10.9% 57	7.9% 27	9.3% 179
Don't know or forgot	33.2% 64	34.0% 99	22.3% 64	19.9% 58	15.9% 83	14.4% 49	21.7% 417
Don't understand	26.4% 51	13.4% 39	7.7% 22	6.2% 18	2.1% 11	2.9% 10	7.8% 151
Refuse	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	6.4% 28	9.9% 28	12.0% 29	10.2% 37	15.9% 48	10.8% 31	10.5% 201
Yes, somewhat	14.4% 63	20.2% 57	37.6% 91	29.9% 109	33.6% 101	36.6% 105	27.5% 526
No, not really	13.0% 57	20.2% 57	19.4% 47	28.8% 105	28.9% 87	30.0% 86	22.9% 439
No, not at all	8.0% 35	12.4% 35	9.5% 23	8.5% 31	10.0% 30	8.0% 23	9.3% 177
Don't know or forgot	34.8% 152	29.1% 82	19.4% 47	18.1% 66	10.0% 30	13.6% 39	21.7% 416
Don't understand	23.1% 101	8.2% 23	1.7% 4	3.6% 13	1.7% 5	1.0% 3	7.8% 149
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	11.3% 109	9.8% 94	10.5% 203
Yes, somewhat	27.4% 264	27.3% 263	27.4% 527
No, not really	24.4% 235	21.6% 208	23.0% 443
No, not at all	10.8% 104	7.8% 75	9.3% 179
Don't know or forgot	18.7% 180	24.6% 237	21.7% 417
Don't understand	6.9% 66	8.8% 85	7.8% 151
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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	8.4% 27	9.0% 23	9.4% 39	14.0% 35	10.4% 34	12.1% 24	10.3% 182
Yes, somewhat	13.4% 43	17.6% 45	26.8% 111	38.0% 95	35.6% 116	35.7% 71	27.2% 481
No, not really	18.1% 58	20.7% 53	25.4% 105	21.2% 53	29.4% 96	25.6% 51	23.6% 416
No, not at all	11.5% 37	12.1% 31	10.4% 43	7.6% 19	8.3% 27	6.5% 13	9.6% 170
Don't know or forgot	31.8% 102	30.1% 77	21.3% 88	16.0% 40	12.6% 41	17.1% 34	21.6% 382
Don't understand	16.5% 53	10.5% 27	6.3% 26	3.2% 8	3.7% 12	3.0% 6	7.5% 132
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	11.7% 55	10.1% 147	0.00% 0	10.5% 202
Yes, somewhat	34.1% 160	25.2% 366	0.00% 0	27.4% 526
No, not really	30.5% 143	20.6% 299	0.00% 0	23.0% 442
No, not at all	7.2% 34	10.0% 145	0.00% 0	9.3% 179
Don't know or forgot	13.0% 61	24.4% 354	0.00% 0	21.6% 415
Don't understand	3.2% 15	9.3% 135	0.00% 0	7.8% 150
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.2% 3	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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	6.9% 18	6.1% 39	16.8% 85	14.7% 36	5.0% 7	14.0% 18	10.6% 203
Yes, somewhat	30.5% 80	24.7% 159	30.4% 154	26.5% 65	22.3% 31	28.7% 37	27.3% 526
No, not really	27.5% 72	24.6% 158	19.6% 99	22.0% 54	22.3% 31	22.5% 29	23.0% 443
No, not at all	13.0% 34	6.1% 39	7.7% 39	9.8% 24	25.2% 35	6.2% 8	9.3% 179
Don't know or forgot	15.6% 41	28.0% 180	18.0% 91	20.4% 50	20.1% 28	20.9% 27	21.7% 417
Don't understand	6.1% 16	10.6% 68	7.3% 37	6.5% 16	3.6% 5	7.0% 9	7.8% 151
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.8% 1	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924