Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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REL_INFL Do you think religions have a positive influence on society?   1) Yes, a lot   2) Yes, somewhat   3) No, not really   4) No, not at all   7) Don't know   8) Don't understand   9) Refuse

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, a lot	407	21.1%	21.1%	-.81
Yes, somewhat	1279	66.4%	87.6%	-.17
No, not really	71	3.7%	91.3%	.47
No, not at all	10	.5%	91.8%	1.11
Don't know	141	7.3%	99.1%	3.02
Don't understand	2	.1%	99.2%	3.66
Refuse	15	.8%	100%	4.3

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
Yes, a lot	16.1% 31	18.9% 55	22.0% 63	24.7% 72	24.3% 127	17.4% 59	21.1% 407
Yes, somewhat	56.5% 109	63.6% 185	68.3% 196	65.4% 191	66.9% 349	73.2% 249	66.4% 1279
No, not really	8.3% 16	2.7% 8	3.1% 9	2.4% 7	2.7% 14	5.0% 17	3.7% 71
No, not at all	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.7% 2	0.7% 2	0.6% 3	0.3% 1	0.5% 10
Don't know	17.1% 33	13.1% 38	4.9% 14	6.5% 19	4.4% 23	4.1% 14	7.3% 141
Don't understand	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	1.6% 3	1.0% 3	1.0% 3	0.3% 1	1.0% 5	0.0% 0	0.8% 15
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
Yes, a lot	16.9% 74	18.8% 53	19.0% 46	23.6% 86	27.2% 82	22.6% 65	21.2% 406
Yes, somewhat	57.2% 250	65.2% 184	68.6% 166	68.1% 248	70.1% 211	73.2% 210	66.3% 1269
No, not really	5.3% 23	5.3% 15	6.6% 16	2.2% 8	1.3% 4	1.7% 5	3.7% 71
No, not at all	0.2% 1	1.4% 4	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.5% 10
Don't know	18.3% 80	8.9% 25	5.0% 12	4.9% 18	0.7% 2	1.0% 3	7.3% 140
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 2
Refuse	1.8% 8	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	0.8% 15
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
Yes, a lot	22.9% 220	19.4% 187	21.1% 407
Yes, somewhat	65.3% 628	67.6% 651	66.4% 1279
No, not really	4.1% 39	3.3% 32	3.7% 71
No, not at all	0.6% 6	0.4% 4	0.5% 10
Don't know	6.7% 64	8.0% 77	7.3% 141
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.5% 5	1.0% 10	0.8% 15
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
Yes, a lot	17.8% 57	21.9% 56	23.4% 97	19.2% 48	19.9% 65	27.1% 54	21.3% 377
Yes, somewhat	59.8% 192	60.2% 154	66.9% 277	74.0% 185	74.8% 244	67.8% 135	67.2% 1187
No, not really	6.5% 21	3.9% 10	2.4% 10	2.4% 6	3.1% 10	2.0% 4	3.5% 61
No, not at all	0.9% 3	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 8
Don't know	14.3% 46	12.1% 31	5.6% 23	3.2% 8	2.1% 7	3.0% 6	6.9% 121
Don't understand	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.3% 1	1.2% 3	1.2% 5	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 10
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
Yes, a lot	20.3% 95	21.4% 310	0.00% 0	21.1% 405
Yes, somewhat	71.2% 334	65.0% 942	0.00% 0	66.5% 1276
No, not really	3.6% 17	3.7% 54	0.00% 0	3.7% 71
No, not at all	0.6% 3	0.5% 7	0.00% 0	0.5% 10
Don't know	3.6% 17	8.5% 123	0.00% 0	7.3% 140
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.4% 2	0.9% 13	0.00% 0	0.8% 15
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
Yes, a lot	9.2% 24	12.3% 79	27.3% 138	21.2% 52	48.9% 68	35.7% 46	21.2% 407
Yes, somewhat	75.6% 198	69.1% 444	64.2% 325	70.2% 172	44.6% 62	59.7% 77	66.4% 1278
No, not really	4.6% 12	5.8% 37	2.0% 10	2.9% 7	1.4% 2	2.3% 3	3.7% 71
No, not at all	2.3% 6	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 10
Don't know	6.5% 17	12.0% 77	5.5% 28	4.9% 12	2.9% 4	2.3% 3	7.3% 141
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	1.9% 5	0.6% 4	0.6% 3	0.4% 1	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924