Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WHYREL5 Why do you practice this current religion? (Choose all that apply. Skip this question if you have no religious faith.) To understand the meaning of life.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1797	93.4%	93.4%	-.27
Yes	128	6.6%	100%	3.75

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	95.9% 185	95.2% 277	94.4% 271	90.8% 265	92.5% 483	92.9% 316	93.4% 1797
Yes	4.1% 8	4.8% 14	5.6% 16	9.2% 27	7.5% 39	7.1% 24	6.6% 128
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	95.4% 269	93.4% 226	93.1% 339	91.4% 275	88.9% 255	93.5% 1788
Yes	3.0% 13	4.6% 13	6.6% 16	6.9% 25	8.6% 26	11.1% 32	6.5% 125
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	94.7% 911	92.0% 886	93.4% 1797
Yes	5.3% 51	8.0% 77	6.6% 128
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	96.0% 308	94.5% 242	93.0% 385	93.6% 234	92.6% 302	88.4% 176	93.3% 1647
Yes	4.0% 13	5.5% 14	7.0% 29	6.4% 16	7.4% 24	11.6% 23	6.7% 119
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	92.3% 433	93.7% 1359	0.00% 0	93.4% 1792
Yes	7.7% 36	6.3% 91	0.00% 0	6.6% 127
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	98.6% 634	87.5% 443	98.4% 241	77.0% 107	85.3% 110	93.3% 1796
Yes	0.4% 1	1.4% 9	12.5% 63	1.6% 4	23.0% 32	14.7% 19	6.7% 128
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924