Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WHYREL10 Why do you practice this current religion? (Choose all that apply. Skip this question if you have no religious faith.) To seek consolation.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1753	91.1%	91.1%	-.31
Yes	172	8.9%	100%	3.2

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	86.5% 167	90.0% 262	93.7% 269	92.5% 270	92.0% 480	89.7% 305	91.1% 1753
Yes	13.5% 26	10.0% 29	6.3% 18	7.5% 22	8.0% 42	10.3% 35	8.9% 172
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	88.8% 388	87.9% 248	90.1% 218	95.3% 347	94.0% 283	90.2% 259	91.1% 1743
Yes	11.2% 49	12.1% 34	9.9% 24	4.7% 17	6.0% 18	9.8% 28	8.9% 170
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	92.2% 887	89.9% 866	91.1% 1753
Yes	7.8% 75	10.1% 97	8.9% 172
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	90.0% 289	88.3% 226	91.5% 379	92.4% 231	93.9% 306	90.5% 180	91.2% 1611
Yes	10.0% 32	11.7% 30	8.5% 35	7.6% 19	6.1% 20	9.5% 19	8.8% 155
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	90.8% 426	91.1% 1321	0.00% 0	91.0% 1747
Yes	9.2% 43	8.9% 129	0.00% 0	9.0% 172
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	89.6% 576	89.3% 452	94.7% 232	82.0% 114	90.7% 117	91.1% 1752
Yes	0.4% 1	10.4% 67	10.7% 54	5.3% 13	18.0% 25	9.3% 12	8.9% 172
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924