Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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REL_NEG Do you think religions have a negative influence on society?   0) Missing   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

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Missing	3	.2%	.2%	-1.64
Yes, a lot	66	3.4%	3.6%	-1.05
Yes, somewhat	1258	65.4%	68.9%	-.47
No, not really	315	16.4%	85.3%	.12
No, not at all	61	3.2%	88.5%	.71
Don't know	192	10%	98.4%	2.46
Don't understand	7	.4%	98.8%	3.05
Refuse	23	1.2%	100%	3.64

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
Missing	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Yes, a lot	4.1% 8	3.4% 10	2.1% 6	3.8% 11	3.3% 17	4.1% 14	3.4% 66
Yes, somewhat	45.1% 87	56.4% 164	64.8% 186	67.1% 196	73.0% 381	71.8% 244	65.4% 1258
No, not really	26.9% 52	18.9% 55	18.8% 54	17.1% 50	12.6% 66	11.2% 38	16.4% 315
No, not at all	4.1% 8	6.2% 18	3.5% 10	2.4% 7	2.1% 11	2.1% 7	3.2% 61
Don't know	18.1% 35	12.7% 37	10.5% 30	7.5% 22	6.5% 34	10.0% 34	10.0% 192
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	0.6% 2	0.4% 7
Refuse	1.6% 3	1.7% 5	0.0% 0	1.7% 5	1.7% 9	0.3% 1	1.2% 23
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
Missing	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 3
Yes, a lot	1.4% 6	2.5% 7	3.7% 9	3.8% 14	5.0% 15	5.2% 15	3.5% 66
Yes, somewhat	44.9% 196	64.5% 182	71.1% 172	67.6% 246	76.1% 229	78.0% 224	65.3% 1249
No, not really	25.9% 113	17.7% 50	14.5% 35	14.8% 54	11.0% 33	9.4% 27	16.3% 312
No, not at all	5.3% 23	3.5% 10	5.0% 12	1.1% 4	2.0% 6	2.1% 6	3.2% 61
Don't know	19.9% 87	11.3% 32	5.4% 13	10.2% 37	4.3% 13	3.5% 10	10.0% 192
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	0.4% 7
Refuse	2.3% 10	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	1.6% 6	0.7% 2	1.0% 3	1.2% 23
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
Missing	0.0% 0	0.3% 3	0.2% 3
Yes, a lot	4.0% 38	2.9% 28	3.4% 66
Yes, somewhat	67.4% 648	63.3% 610	65.4% 1258
No, not really	15.5% 149	17.2% 166	16.4% 315
No, not at all	3.3% 32	3.0% 29	3.2% 61
Don't know	8.5% 82	11.4% 110	10.0% 192
Don't understand	0.5% 5	0.2% 2	0.4% 7
Refuse	0.8% 8	1.6% 15	1.2% 23
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
Missing	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.2% 3
Yes, a lot	2.8% 9	4.3% 11	2.7% 11	5.2% 13	2.5% 8	4.5% 9	3.5% 61
Yes, somewhat	52.0% 167	59.8% 153	64.3% 266	73.2% 183	76.4% 249	71.9% 143	65.7% 1161
No, not really	20.9% 67	16.8% 43	21.5% 89	11.2% 28	12.9% 42	13.1% 26	16.7% 295
No, not at all	4.0% 13	5.1% 13	2.7% 11	3.6% 9	2.5% 8	2.0% 4	3.3% 58
Don't know	17.1% 55	12.5% 32	7.2% 30	6.0% 15	4.9% 16	7.5% 15	9.2% 163
Don't understand	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
Refuse	2.2% 7	1.2% 3	1.2% 5	0.8% 2	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	1.1% 19
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
Missing	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
Yes, a lot	3.6% 17	3.3% 48	0.00% 0	3.4% 65
Yes, somewhat	71.9% 337	63.3% 918	0.00% 0	65.4% 1255
No, not really	11.5% 54	17.9% 260	0.00% 0	16.4% 314
No, not at all	1.9% 9	3.6% 52	0.00% 0	3.2% 61
Don't know	9.6% 45	10.1% 146	0.00% 0	10.0% 191
Don't understand	0.6% 3	0.3% 4	0.00% 0	0.4% 7
Refuse	0.9% 4	1.3% 19	0.00% 0	1.2% 23
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
Missing	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Yes, a lot	5.3% 14	1.7% 11	3.6% 18	2.9% 7	6.5% 9	5.4% 7	3.4% 66
Yes, somewhat	72.9% 191	63.1% 406	66.6% 337	70.2% 172	49.6% 69	63.6% 82	65.3% 1257
No, not really	9.2% 24	17.1% 110	14.8% 75	15.1% 37	31.7% 44	19.4% 25	16.4% 315
No, not at all	1.5% 4	2.2% 14	4.0% 20	4.5% 11	2.9% 4	6.2% 8	3.2% 61
Don't know	9.2% 24	13.7% 88	9.7% 49	6.5% 16	5.8% 8	5.4% 7	10.0% 192
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
Refuse	1.9% 5	1.7% 11	0.8% 4	0.4% 1	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.2% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924