Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WHYREL3 Why do you practice this current religion? (Choose all that apply. Skip this question if you have no religious faith.) To seek the truth.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1808	93.9%	93.9%	-.26
Yes	117	6.1%	100%	3.93

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	95.3% 184	95.2% 277	91.3% 262	94.9% 277	92.9% 485	95.0% 323	93.9% 1808
Yes	4.7% 9	4.8% 14	8.7% 25	5.1% 15	7.1% 37	5.0% 17	6.1% 117
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	97.0% 424	95.7% 270	94.2% 228	92.6% 337	93.7% 282	89.5% 257	94.0% 1798
Yes	3.0% 13	4.3% 12	5.8% 14	7.4% 27	6.3% 19	10.5% 30	6.0% 115
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	95.4% 918	92.4% 890	93.9% 1808
Yes	4.6% 44	7.6% 73	6.1% 117
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	95.3% 306	93.0% 238	94.0% 389	95.2% 238	93.6% 305	92.5% 184	94.0% 1660
Yes	4.7% 15	7.0% 18	6.0% 25	4.8% 12	6.4% 21	7.5% 15	6.0% 106
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	92.8% 435	94.3% 1367	0.00% 0	93.9% 1802
Yes	7.2% 34	5.7% 83	0.00% 0	6.1% 117
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	100.0% 262	98.8% 635	89.3% 452	97.1% 238	79.1% 110	85.3% 110	93.9% 1807
Yes	0.0% 0	1.2% 8	10.7% 54	2.9% 7	20.9% 29	14.7% 19	6.1% 117
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924