Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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MAGNET_I Do you believe in the following sayings? It is scientific to say that the individual is a small 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%	-1.65
Yes, very much	226	11.7%	11.8%	-1.23
Yes, somewhat	538	27.9%	39.7%	-.82
No, not really	335	17.4%	57.1%	-.41
No, not at all	181	9.4%	66.5%	.01
Don't know or forgot	515	26.8%	93.3%	1.25
Don't understand	126	6.5%	99.8%	1.66
Refuse	3	.2%	100%	2.07

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	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	7.8% 15	8.2% 24	11.5% 33	15.1% 44	14.0% 73	10.9% 37	11.7% 226
Yes, somewhat	10.9% 21	15.8% 46	25.1% 72	28.1% 82	34.7% 181	40.0% 136	27.9% 538
No, not really	14.5% 28	14.1% 41	17.1% 49	16.1% 47	19.9% 104	19.4% 66	17.4% 335
No, not at all	6.7% 13	11.0% 32	11.8% 34	8.9% 26	8.8% 46	8.8% 30	9.4% 181
Don't know or forgot	39.4% 76	39.9% 116	27.9% 80	25.3% 74	19.7% 103	19.4% 66	26.8% 515
Don't understand	20.2% 39	11.0% 32	6.6% 19	5.8% 17	2.7% 14	1.5% 5	6.5% 126
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.2% 1	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
Missing or Not applicable	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	4.6% 20	9.2% 26	11.2% 27	11.0% 40	17.3% 52	21.3% 61	11.8% 226
Yes, somewhat	12.4% 54	21.3% 60	32.2% 78	32.1% 117	36.2% 109	40.8% 117	28.0% 535
No, not really	13.5% 59	21.3% 60	21.1% 51	20.6% 75	16.3% 49	12.5% 36	17.3% 330
No, not at all	7.6% 33	10.6% 30	11.6% 28	9.3% 34	10.3% 31	8.7% 25	9.5% 181
Don't know or forgot	41.6% 182	31.2% 88	20.2% 49	24.5% 89	19.3% 58	16.4% 47	26.8% 513
Don't understand	19.9% 87	6.4% 18	3.3% 8	2.5% 9	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	6.5% 125
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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	13.6% 131	9.9% 95	11.7% 226
Yes, somewhat	28.1% 270	27.8% 268	27.9% 538
No, not really	18.6% 179	16.2% 156	17.4% 335
No, not at all	10.5% 101	8.3% 80	9.4% 181
Don't know or forgot	23.7% 228	29.8% 287	26.8% 515
Don't understand	5.2% 50	7.9% 76	6.5% 126
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
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	7.2% 23	6.6% 17	9.2% 38	14.0% 35	17.5% 57	19.6% 39	11.8% 209
Yes, somewhat	15.6% 50	20.3% 52	29.0% 120	32.4% 81	36.2% 118	35.7% 71	27.9% 492
No, not really	15.0% 48	17.2% 44	20.5% 85	18.0% 45	20.2% 66	14.1% 28	17.9% 316
No, not at all	10.0% 32	12.5% 32	9.2% 38	11.2% 28	8.0% 26	9.0% 18	9.9% 174
Don't know or forgot	36.4% 117	34.8% 89	26.8% 111	22.0% 55	15.3% 50	20.1% 40	26.2% 462
Don't understand	15.6% 50	8.6% 22	4.8% 20	2.4% 6	2.8% 9	1.5% 3	6.2% 110
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	12.2% 57	11.4% 166	0.00% 0	11.6% 223
Yes, somewhat	40.9% 192	23.9% 346	0.00% 0	28.0% 538
No, not really	18.1% 85	17.2% 249	0.00% 0	17.4% 334
No, not at all	7.7% 36	10.0% 145	0.00% 0	9.4% 181
Don't know or forgot	18.8% 88	29.4% 426	0.00% 0	26.8% 514
Don't understand	2.3% 11	7.9% 114	0.00% 0	6.5% 125
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
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	13.0% 34	6.2% 40	17.6% 89	12.7% 31	10.1% 14	14.0% 18	11.7% 226
Yes, somewhat	30.9% 81	27.1% 174	28.3% 143	29.8% 73	24.5% 34	24.8% 32	27.9% 537
No, not really	16.4% 43	19.6% 126	15.4% 78	15.9% 39	20.9% 29	15.5% 20	17.4% 335
No, not at all	13.4% 35	7.0% 45	7.5% 38	8.2% 20	18.7% 26	13.2% 17	9.4% 181
Don't know or forgot	21.8% 57	31.7% 204	24.7% 125	26.5% 65	21.6% 30	26.4% 34	26.8% 515
Don't understand	4.2% 11	8.4% 54	6.5% 33	6.5% 16	3.6% 5	5.4% 7	6.5% 126
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924