Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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REL_POS2 If there are positive influences, what are they? Name as many as you would like. [Interviewers did not read a list of options.] Spiritual and soulish sustenance.   0) No   1) Yes   7) Don't know   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	876	45.5%	45.5%	-.78
Yes	1037	53.9%	99.4%	.55
Don't know	8	.4%	99.8%	8.52
Refuse	4	.2%	100%	11.17

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	56.0% 108	58.8% 171	47.4% 136	45.9% 134	41.0% 214	33.2% 113	45.5% 876
Yes	42.0% 81	39.5% 115	52.3% 150	54.1% 158	58.8% 307	66.5% 226	53.9% 1037
Don't know	1.6% 3	1.4% 4	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 8
Refuse	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 4
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	60.2% 263	50.7% 143	42.1% 102	46.7% 170	36.2% 109	28.9% 83	45.5% 870
Yes	38.0% 166	48.6% 137	57.4% 139	53.0% 193	63.8% 192	71.1% 204	53.9% 1031
Don't know	1.4% 6	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 8
Refuse	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
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	46.7% 449	44.3% 427	45.5% 876
Yes	52.9% 509	54.8% 528	53.9% 1037
Don't know	0.1% 1	0.7% 7	0.4% 8
Refuse	0.3% 3	0.1% 1	0.2% 4
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	51.7% 166	52.7% 135	46.9% 194	41.6% 104	38.3% 125	36.2% 72	45.1% 796
Yes	47.0% 151	46.1% 118	53.1% 220	58.0% 145	61.7% 201	63.3% 126	54.4% 961
Don't know	0.9% 3	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.4% 7
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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	34.5% 162	49.0% 711	0.00% 0	45.5% 873
Yes	65.2% 306	50.2% 728	0.00% 0	53.9% 1034
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.6% 8	0.00% 0	0.4% 8
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.2% 3	0.00% 0	0.2% 4
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	37.0% 97	49.5% 318	45.5% 230	44.5% 109	46.8% 65	43.4% 56	45.5% 875
Yes	62.2% 163	49.5% 318	54.0% 273	55.5% 136	53.2% 74	56.6% 73	53.9% 1037
Don't know	0.8% 2	0.5% 3	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 8
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924