Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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SCI_QI Do you believe in the following sayings? Science today has proved that qigong is beneficial to the human body.   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
Yes, very much	329	17.1%	17.1%	-1.05
Yes, somewhat	698	36.3%	53.4%	-.6
No, not really	298	15.5%	68.8%	-.16
No, not at all	134	7%	75.8%	.29
Don't know or forgot	435	22.6%	98.4%	1.63
Don't understand	28	1.5%	99.8%	2.07
Refuse	3	.2%	100%	2.52

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	16.1% 31	17.9% 52	19.2% 55	20.5% 60	16.7% 87	12.9% 44	17.1% 329
Yes, somewhat	19.2% 37	30.6% 89	34.1% 98	37.3% 109	42.0% 219	42.9% 146	36.3% 698
No, not really	19.2% 37	12.0% 35	15.0% 43	12.7% 37	17.0% 89	16.8% 57	15.5% 298
No, not at all	4.7% 9	6.9% 20	7.3% 21	7.5% 22	7.5% 39	6.8% 23	7.0% 134
Don't know or forgot	34.7% 67	29.6% 86	23.7% 68	20.9% 61	16.3% 85	20.0% 68	22.6% 435
Don't understand	5.7% 11	3.1% 9	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	0.6% 3	0.6% 2	1.5% 28
Refuse	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	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	13.0% 57	12.1% 34	21.9% 53	14.8% 54	21.9% 66	22.6% 65	17.2% 329
Yes, somewhat	22.7% 99	33.7% 95	44.2% 107	40.4% 147	39.5% 119	43.9% 126	36.2% 693
No, not really	16.2% 71	18.1% 51	9.1% 22	15.1% 55	17.3% 52	15.3% 44	15.4% 295
No, not at all	6.6% 29	9.9% 28	4.1% 10	8.0% 29	7.0% 21	5.6% 16	7.0% 133
Don't know or forgot	37.1% 162	25.2% 71	19.4% 47	20.9% 76	14.3% 43	12.2% 35	22.7% 434
Don't understand	4.1% 18	1.1% 3	0.8% 2	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	1.4% 27
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
Yes, very much	19.8% 190	14.4% 139	17.1% 329
Yes, somewhat	35.9% 345	36.7% 353	36.3% 698
No, not really	16.3% 157	14.6% 141	15.5% 298
No, not at all	7.8% 75	6.1% 59	7.0% 134
Don't know or forgot	18.9% 182	26.3% 253	22.6% 435
Don't understand	1.0% 10	1.9% 18	1.5% 28
Refuse	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	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	15.6% 50	15.6% 40	11.6% 48	18.0% 45	22.1% 72	21.1% 42	16.8% 297
Yes, somewhat	23.7% 76	30.5% 78	43.5% 180	40.4% 101	41.1% 134	41.2% 82	36.9% 651
No, not really	15.0% 48	14.5% 37	15.9% 66	14.4% 36	18.7% 61	15.1% 30	15.7% 278
No, not at all	8.7% 28	7.4% 19	8.2% 34	8.0% 20	3.7% 12	6.0% 12	7.1% 125
Don't know or forgot	33.6% 108	29.7% 76	20.0% 83	18.4% 46	13.5% 44	16.6% 33	22.1% 390
Don't understand	3.1% 10	2.3% 6	0.7% 3	0.8% 2	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	1.4% 24
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	17.3% 81	16.9% 245	0.00% 0	17.0% 326
Yes, somewhat	40.5% 190	34.9% 506	0.00% 0	36.3% 696
No, not really	15.4% 72	15.5% 225	0.00% 0	15.5% 297
No, not at all	7.0% 33	7.0% 101	0.00% 0	7.0% 134
Don't know or forgot	19.4% 91	23.7% 344	0.00% 0	22.7% 435
Don't understand	0.4% 2	1.8% 26	0.00% 0	1.5% 28
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	17.6% 46	11.7% 75	24.1% 122	14.3% 35	15.1% 21	22.5% 29	17.0% 328
Yes, somewhat	40.8% 107	33.3% 214	37.4% 189	39.6% 97	35.3% 49	32.6% 42	36.3% 698
No, not really	11.8% 31	20.4% 131	11.1% 56	16.3% 40	15.1% 21	14.7% 19	15.5% 298
No, not at all	10.3% 27	4.2% 27	5.7% 29	7.3% 18	18.0% 25	6.2% 8	7.0% 134
Don't know or forgot	17.6% 46	29.2% 188	19.4% 98	20.8% 51	15.8% 22	23.3% 30	22.6% 435
Don't understand	1.5% 4	1.2% 8	2.2% 11	1.2% 3	0.7% 1	0.8% 1	1.5% 28
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	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