Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WHYREL9 Why do you practice this current religion? (Choose all that apply. Skip this question if you have no religious faith.) To bring good luck and avoid evil.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1760	91.4%	91.4%	-.31
Yes	165	8.6%	100%	3.26

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	92.2% 178	93.5% 272	92.0% 264	91.8% 268	92.1% 481	87.4% 297	91.4% 1760
Yes	7.8% 15	6.5% 19	8.0% 23	8.2% 24	7.9% 41	12.6% 43	8.6% 165
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	92.7% 405	89.7% 253	91.3% 221	90.1% 328	91.0% 274	93.0% 267	91.4% 1748
Yes	7.3% 32	10.3% 29	8.7% 21	9.9% 36	9.0% 27	7.0% 20	8.6% 165
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	92.7% 892	90.1% 868	91.4% 1760
Yes	7.3% 70	9.9% 95	8.6% 165
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	93.5% 300	93.4% 239	91.3% 378	88.0% 220	90.5% 295	88.9% 177	91.1% 1609
Yes	6.5% 21	6.6% 17	8.7% 36	12.0% 30	9.5% 31	11.1% 22	8.9% 157
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	89.6% 420	92.0% 1334	0.00% 0	91.4% 1754
Yes	10.4% 49	8.0% 116	0.00% 0	8.6% 165
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	88.6% 570	90.1% 456	89.0% 218	97.8% 136	92.2% 119	91.4% 1759
Yes	0.8% 2	11.4% 73	9.9% 50	11.0% 27	2.2% 3	7.8% 10	8.6% 165
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924