Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WHYREL6 Why do you practice this current religion? (Choose all that apply. Skip this question if you have no religious faith.) To seek wisdom.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1812	94.1%	94.1%	-.25
Yes	113	5.9%	100%	4

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	96.9% 187	96.2% 280	95.8% 275	91.8% 268	92.3% 482	94.1% 320	94.1% 1812
Yes	3.1% 6	3.8% 11	4.2% 12	8.2% 24	7.7% 40	5.9% 20	5.9% 113
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	97.5% 426	96.8% 273	92.1% 223	92.3% 336	94.7% 285	90.2% 259	94.2% 1802
Yes	2.5% 11	3.2% 9	7.9% 19	7.7% 28	5.3% 16	9.8% 28	5.8% 111
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	95.5% 919	92.7% 893	94.1% 1812
Yes	4.5% 43	7.3% 70	5.9% 113
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	96.9% 311	95.3% 244	92.5% 383	94.4% 236	92.0% 300	93.0% 185	93.9% 1659
Yes	3.1% 10	4.7% 12	7.5% 31	5.6% 14	8.0% 26	7.0% 14	6.1% 107
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	94.8% 1374	0.00% 0	94.2% 1807
Yes	7.7% 36	5.2% 76	0.00% 0	5.8% 112
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	98.1% 631	88.5% 448	97.1% 238	84.9% 118	88.4% 114	94.1% 1811
Yes	0.0% 0	1.9% 12	11.5% 58	2.9% 7	15.1% 21	11.6% 15	5.9% 113
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924