Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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BEADMAG Do you believe in the following sayings? What Buddhist beads you should wear depend on what suits your personal magnetic field.   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%	-1.99
Yes, very much	96	5%	5%	-1.52
Yes, somewhat	336	17.5%	22.5%	-1.04
No, not really	540	28.1%	50.5%	-.57
No, not at all	340	17.7%	68.2%	-.09
Don't know or forgot	563	29.2%	97.5%	1.33
Don't understand	45	2.3%	99.8%	1.8
Refuse	4	.2%	100%	2.27

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	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	6.7% 13	3.1% 9	5.6% 16	2.7% 8	6.1% 32	5.3% 18	5.0% 96
Yes, somewhat	11.9% 23	15.1% 44	11.8% 34	12.7% 37	20.1% 105	27.4% 93	17.5% 336
No, not really	18.7% 36	24.1% 70	30.0% 86	31.5% 92	27.6% 144	32.9% 112	28.1% 540
No, not at all	18.1% 35	17.5% 51	19.2% 55	16.4% 48	20.3% 106	13.2% 45	17.7% 340
Don't know or forgot	38.3% 74	35.4% 103	29.3% 84	35.3% 103	24.9% 130	20.3% 69	29.2% 563
Don't understand	6.2% 12	4.8% 14	3.8% 11	1.0% 3	0.6% 3	0.6% 2	2.3% 45
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	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	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	5.3% 23	5.0% 14	5.4% 13	4.7% 17	5.6% 17	4.2% 12	5.0% 96
Yes, somewhat	11.7% 51	19.1% 54	20.2% 49	17.0% 62	19.9% 60	20.2% 58	17.5% 334
No, not really	20.4% 89	26.2% 74	28.1% 68	32.7% 119	30.2% 91	33.1% 95	28.0% 536
No, not at all	15.3% 67	17.4% 49	19.8% 48	13.7% 50	19.3% 58	23.3% 67	17.7% 339
Don't know or forgot	40.5% 177	30.1% 85	24.8% 60	30.8% 112	23.9% 72	18.5% 53	29.2% 559
Don't understand	6.6% 29	1.8% 5	1.2% 3	1.1% 4	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	2.3% 44
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	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	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	4.1% 39	5.9% 57	5.0% 96
Yes, somewhat	14.1% 136	20.8% 200	17.5% 336
No, not really	31.6% 304	24.5% 236	28.1% 540
No, not at all	21.3% 205	14.0% 135	17.7% 340
Don't know or forgot	26.4% 254	32.1% 309	29.2% 563
Don't understand	2.0% 19	2.7% 26	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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	3.7% 12	6.3% 16	5.1% 21	4.8% 12	4.3% 14	4.0% 8	4.7% 83
Yes, somewhat	13.1% 42	14.5% 37	17.1% 71	19.2% 48	22.7% 74	17.1% 34	17.3% 306
No, not really	20.9% 67	21.9% 56	29.7% 123	34.8% 87	34.0% 111	30.2% 60	28.5% 504
No, not at all	19.0% 61	18.4% 47	16.9% 70	17.6% 44	16.6% 54	23.6% 47	18.3% 323
Don't know or forgot	36.8% 118	36.3% 93	29.7% 123	23.2% 58	20.2% 66	24.1% 48	28.7% 506
Don't understand	6.2% 20	2.7% 7	1.4% 6	0.4% 1	1.5% 5	1.0% 2	2.3% 41
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	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	6.2% 29	4.6% 67	0.00% 0	5.0% 96
Yes, somewhat	24.7% 116	15.2% 220	0.00% 0	17.5% 336
No, not really	30.3% 142	27.2% 394	0.00% 0	27.9% 536
No, not at all	15.6% 73	18.4% 267	0.00% 0	17.7% 340
Don't know or forgot	21.5% 101	31.7% 460	0.00% 0	29.2% 561
Don't understand	1.3% 6	2.7% 39	0.00% 0	2.3% 45
Refuse	0.4% 2	0.1% 2	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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	2.7% 7	4.2% 27	7.3% 37	6.5% 16	2.2% 3	4.7% 6	5.0% 96
Yes, somewhat	12.2% 32	17.3% 111	21.7% 110	20.0% 49	8.6% 12	17.1% 22	17.5% 336
No, not really	29.4% 77	29.7% 191	27.1% 137	28.2% 69	19.4% 27	30.2% 39	28.1% 540
No, not at all	23.3% 61	12.4% 80	15.0% 76	16.7% 41	44.6% 62	15.5% 20	17.7% 340
Don't know or forgot	31.7% 83	33.0% 212	26.7% 135	25.7% 63	23.0% 32	28.7% 37	29.2% 562
Don't understand	0.4% 1	3.3% 21	1.8% 9	2.4% 6	2.2% 3	3.9% 5	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