Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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WHYREL16 Why do you practice this current religion? (Choose all that apply. Skip this question if you have no religious faith.) To follow the faith of my parents.   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	822	42.7%	42.7%	-1.16
Yes	1103	57.3%	100%	.86

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	38.9% 75	44.3% 129	40.1% 115	45.9% 134	42.5% 222	43.2% 147	42.7% 822
Yes	61.1% 118	55.7% 162	59.9% 172	54.1% 158	57.5% 300	56.8% 193	57.3% 1103
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	36.2% 158	29.8% 84	43.0% 104	44.8% 163	52.8% 159	51.6% 148	42.7% 816
Yes	63.8% 279	70.2% 198	57.0% 138	55.2% 201	47.2% 142	48.4% 139	57.3% 1097
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	40.1% 386	45.3% 436	42.7% 822
Yes	59.9% 576	54.7% 527	57.3% 1103
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	35.2% 113	39.1% 100	37.9% 157	44.8% 112	47.2% 154	53.8% 107	42.1% 743
Yes	64.8% 208	60.9% 156	62.1% 257	55.2% 138	52.8% 172	46.2% 92	57.9% 1023
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	46.7% 219	41.4% 600	0.00% 0	42.7% 819
Yes	53.3% 250	58.6% 850	0.00% 0	57.3% 1100
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	98.9% 259	29.4% 189	41.5% 210	15.9% 39	41.7% 58	51.2% 66	42.7% 821
Yes	1.1% 3	70.6% 454	58.5% 296	84.1% 206	58.3% 81	48.8% 63	57.3% 1103
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924