Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WHYREL4 Why do you practice this current religion? (Choose all that apply. Skip this question if you have no religious faith.) To seek peace.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1443	75%	75%	-.58
Yes	482	25%	100%	1.73

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	67.9% 131	71.5% 208	76.3% 219	78.1% 228	76.6% 400	75.6% 257	75.0% 1443
Yes	32.1% 62	28.5% 83	23.7% 68	21.9% 64	23.4% 122	24.4% 83	25.0% 482
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	66.8% 292	71.6% 202	74.8% 181	76.6% 279	81.7% 246	80.8% 232	74.9% 1432
Yes	33.2% 145	28.4% 80	25.2% 61	23.4% 85	18.3% 55	19.2% 55	25.1% 481
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	78.0% 750	72.0% 693	75.0% 1443
Yes	22.0% 212	28.0% 270	25.0% 482
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	73.5% 236	74.6% 191	73.4% 304	76.8% 192	75.8% 247	78.9% 157	75.1% 1327
Yes	26.5% 85	25.4% 65	26.6% 110	23.2% 58	24.2% 79	21.1% 42	24.9% 439
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	76.5% 359	74.4% 1079	0.00% 0	74.9% 1438
Yes	23.5% 110	25.6% 371	0.00% 0	25.1% 481
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	98.9% 259	64.7% 416	71.9% 364	79.2% 194	79.1% 110	76.7% 99	74.9% 1442
Yes	1.1% 3	35.3% 227	28.1% 142	20.8% 51	20.9% 29	23.3% 30	25.1% 482
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924