Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WHYREL1 Why do you practice this current religion? (Choose all that apply. Skip this question if you have no religious faith.) Self-cultivation.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1658	86.1%	86.1%	-.4
Yes	267	13.9%	100%	2.49

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
No	88.6% 171	88.3% 257	85.7% 246	84.6% 247	85.2% 445	85.9% 292	86.1% 1658
Yes	11.4% 22	11.7% 34	14.3% 41	15.4% 45	14.8% 77	14.1% 48	13.9% 267
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
No	91.3% 399	85.5% 241	82.6% 200	84.9% 309	84.7% 255	85.4% 245	86.2% 1649
Yes	8.7% 38	14.5% 41	17.4% 42	15.1% 55	15.3% 46	14.6% 42	13.8% 264
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
No	87.1% 838	85.2% 820	86.1% 1658
Yes	12.9% 124	14.8% 143	13.9% 267
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
No	91.9% 295	88.3% 226	84.1% 348	82.8% 207	84.0% 274	82.4% 164	85.7% 1514
Yes	8.1% 26	11.7% 30	15.9% 66	17.2% 43	16.0% 52	17.6% 35	14.3% 252
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
No	85.9% 403	86.2% 1250	0.00% 0	86.1% 1653
Yes	14.1% 66	13.8% 200	0.00% 0	13.9% 266
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
No	99.6% 261	91.0% 585	74.7% 378	89.8% 220	89.2% 124	69.0% 89	86.1% 1657
Yes	0.4% 1	9.0% 58	25.3% 128	10.2% 25	10.8% 15	31.0% 40	13.9% 267
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924