Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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REL_NEG1 If there are negative influences, what are they? Name as many as you would like. [Interviewers did not read a list of options.] Superstition. [This question follows the question: "Do you think religions have a negative influence on society?"]   0) No   1) Yes   7) Don't know   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	755	39.2%	39.2%	-.72
Yes	1146	59.5%	98.8%	.31
Don't know	11	.6%	99.3%	6.51
Refuse	13	.7%	100%	8.57

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	52.8% 102	53.3% 155	43.2% 124	33.9% 99	33.0% 172	30.3% 103	39.2% 755
Yes	43.5% 84	44.3% 129	55.1% 158	65.4% 191	66.7% 348	69.4% 236	59.5% 1146
Don't know	2.1% 4	1.7% 5	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 11
Refuse	1.6% 3	0.7% 2	1.4% 4	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.7% 13
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	57.2% 250	47.9% 135	40.1% 97	34.6% 126	24.3% 73	24.4% 70	39.3% 751
Yes	39.1% 171	51.8% 146	59.1% 143	64.8% 236	75.1% 226	75.6% 217	59.5% 1139
Don't know	2.3% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 10
Refuse	1.4% 6	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	0.5% 2	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 13
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	39.6% 381	38.8% 374	39.2% 755
Yes	59.5% 572	59.6% 574	59.5% 1146
Don't know	0.3% 3	0.8% 8	0.6% 11
Refuse	0.6% 6	0.7% 7	0.7% 13
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	53.3% 171	46.5% 119	38.2% 158	32.4% 81	29.8% 97	27.1% 54	38.5% 680
Yes	44.2% 142	52.0% 133	61.1% 253	66.8% 167	69.6% 227	72.9% 145	60.4% 1067
Don't know	1.6% 5	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 8
Refuse	0.9% 3	0.8% 2	0.7% 3	0.4% 1	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 11
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	32.0% 150	41.7% 604	0.00% 0	39.3% 754
Yes	67.4% 316	56.9% 825	0.00% 0	59.5% 1141
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.7% 10	0.00% 0	0.6% 11
Refuse	0.4% 2	0.8% 11	0.00% 0	0.7% 13
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	26.0% 68	42.9% 276	37.5% 190	45.3% 111	36.7% 51	45.0% 58	39.2% 754
Yes	72.5% 190	55.1% 354	61.5% 311	54.3% 133	63.3% 88	54.3% 70	59.6% 1146
Don't know	1.1% 3	0.6% 4	0.6% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 11
Refuse	0.4% 1	1.4% 9	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924