Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WHYREL7 Why do you practice this current religion? (Choose all that apply. Skip this question if you have no religious faith.) To reduce worries.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1771	92%	92%	-.3
Yes	154	8%	100%	3.39

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	90.7% 175	92.8% 270	92.3% 265	92.5% 270	91.8% 479	91.8% 312	92.0% 1771
Yes	9.3% 18	7.2% 21	7.7% 22	7.5% 22	8.2% 43	8.2% 28	8.0% 154
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	88.6% 387	94.0% 265	92.6% 224	94.5% 344	93.4% 281	90.2% 259	92.0% 1760
Yes	11.4% 50	6.0% 17	7.4% 18	5.5% 20	6.6% 20	9.8% 28	8.0% 153
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	93.7% 901	90.3% 870	92.0% 1771
Yes	6.3% 61	9.7% 93	8.0% 154
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	92.8% 298	94.1% 241	90.6% 375	91.6% 229	92.3% 301	90.5% 180	92.0% 1624
Yes	7.2% 23	5.9% 15	9.4% 39	8.4% 21	7.7% 25	9.5% 19	8.0% 142
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	90.6% 425	92.5% 1341	0.00% 0	92.0% 1766
Yes	9.4% 44	7.5% 109	0.00% 0	8.0% 153
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	99.2% 260	94.9% 610	86.4% 437	96.7% 237	81.3% 113	87.6% 113	92.0% 1770
Yes	0.8% 2	5.1% 33	13.6% 69	3.3% 8	18.7% 26	12.4% 16	8.0% 154
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924