Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WHYREL12 Why do you practice this current religion? (Choose all that apply. Skip this question if you have no religious faith.) To make friends.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1877	97.5%	97.5%	-.16
Yes	48	2.5%	100%	6.25

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	97.9% 285	97.6% 280	97.6% 285	96.6% 504	98.8% 336	97.5% 1877
Yes	3.1% 6	2.1% 6	2.4% 7	2.4% 7	3.4% 18	1.2% 4	2.5% 48
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	97.2% 274	97.9% 237	97.8% 356	97.3% 293	98.3% 282	97.5% 1866
Yes	3.0% 13	2.8% 8	2.1% 5	2.2% 8	2.7% 8	1.7% 5	2.5% 47
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	97.8% 941	97.2% 936	97.5% 1877
Yes	2.2% 21	2.8% 27	2.5% 48
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	96.9% 248	98.3% 407	97.2% 243	97.2% 317	98.0% 195	97.5% 1721
Yes	3.1% 10	3.1% 8	1.7% 7	2.8% 7	2.8% 9	2.0% 4	2.5% 45
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	97.9% 459	97.4% 1412	0.00% 0	97.5% 1871
Yes	2.1% 10	2.6% 38	0.00% 0	2.5% 48
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	97.0% 491	99.2% 243	93.5% 130	92.2% 119	97.5% 1876
Yes	0.0% 0	1.9% 12	3.0% 15	0.8% 2	6.5% 9	7.8% 10	2.5% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924