Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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SCI_SOUL Do you believe in the following sayings? Science can prove the existence of the spirit and the soul.   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	182	9.5%	9.5%	-1.31
Yes, somewhat	432	22.4%	31.9%	-.84
No, not really	564	29.3%	61.2%	-.37
No, not at all	240	12.5%	73.7%	.1
Don't know or forgot	476	24.7%	98.4%	1.52
Don't understand	28	1.5%	99.8%	1.99
Refuse	3	.2%	100%	2.46

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	8.8% 17	8.6% 25	9.4% 27	11.0% 32	9.4% 49	9.4% 32	9.5% 182
Yes, somewhat	14.5% 28	15.5% 45	20.2% 58	21.2% 62	27.0% 141	28.8% 98	22.4% 432
No, not really	23.8% 46	25.8% 75	26.8% 77	30.1% 88	31.0% 162	34.1% 116	29.3% 564
No, not at all	7.8% 15	13.7% 40	17.8% 51	12.3% 36	11.7% 61	10.9% 37	12.5% 240
Don't know or forgot	39.4% 76	33.7% 98	24.4% 70	24.7% 72	19.7% 103	16.8% 57	24.7% 476
Don't understand	5.2% 10	2.7% 8	1.4% 4	0.0% 0	1.1% 6	0.0% 0	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	8.0% 35	8.9% 25	10.3% 25	8.8% 32	11.6% 35	10.1% 29	9.5% 181
Yes, somewhat	15.1% 66	22.0% 62	25.2% 61	29.4% 107	25.2% 76	19.9% 57	22.4% 429
No, not really	22.2% 97	30.1% 85	28.9% 70	26.6% 97	32.9% 99	39.0% 112	29.3% 560
No, not at all	11.4% 50	9.2% 26	16.1% 39	12.1% 44	13.6% 41	13.9% 40	12.5% 240
Don't know or forgot	39.1% 171	28.7% 81	18.6% 45	22.3% 81	16.6% 50	16.0% 46	24.8% 474
Don't understand	3.9% 17	1.1% 3	0.4% 1	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	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	10.3% 99	8.6% 83	9.5% 182
Yes, somewhat	19.6% 189	25.2% 243	22.4% 432
No, not really	31.7% 305	26.9% 259	29.3% 564
No, not at all	15.3% 147	9.7% 93	12.5% 240
Don't know or forgot	21.9% 211	27.5% 265	24.7% 476
Don't understand	0.8% 8	2.1% 20	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	9.7% 31	8.2% 21	8.5% 35	8.4% 21	9.2% 30	13.1% 26	9.3% 164
Yes, somewhat	16.8% 54	19.1% 49	24.4% 101	24.4% 61	26.7% 87	23.1% 46	22.5% 398
No, not really	21.2% 68	26.6% 68	29.0% 120	36.4% 91	35.9% 117	29.1% 58	29.6% 522
No, not at all	11.5% 37	11.3% 29	14.3% 59	12.0% 30	13.5% 44	12.6% 25	12.7% 224
Don't know or forgot	36.4% 117	33.2% 85	22.7% 94	18.4% 46	14.1% 46	21.6% 43	24.4% 431
Don't understand	4.0% 13	1.6% 4	1.2% 5	0.4% 1	0.6% 2	0.5% 1	1.5% 26
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	10.4% 49	9.1% 132	0.00% 0	9.4% 181
Yes, somewhat	26.9% 126	21.0% 305	0.00% 0	22.5% 431
No, not really	32.4% 152	28.3% 410	0.00% 0	29.3% 562
No, not at all	11.3% 53	12.8% 186	0.00% 0	12.5% 239
Don't know or forgot	18.6% 87	26.8% 388	0.00% 0	24.8% 475
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	6.9% 18	5.0% 32	13.8% 70	9.4% 23	12.9% 18	16.3% 21	9.5% 182
Yes, somewhat	23.7% 62	19.1% 123	25.7% 130	24.1% 59	21.6% 30	21.7% 28	22.5% 432
No, not really	30.5% 80	32.8% 211	26.1% 132	29.0% 71	30.2% 42	20.9% 27	29.3% 563
No, not at all	17.6% 46	9.0% 58	10.5% 53	16.3% 40	15.8% 22	16.3% 21	12.5% 240
Don't know or forgot	19.5% 51	32.5% 209	22.1% 112	20.0% 49	18.7% 26	22.5% 29	24.7% 476
Don't understand	1.5% 4	1.6% 10	1.6% 8	0.8% 2	0.7% 1	2.3% 3	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