Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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REL_NEG2 If there are negative influences, what are they? Name as many as you would like. [Interviewers did not read a list of options.] People being cheated out of their money or charity. [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	680	35.3%	35.3%	-.77
Yes	1221	63.4%	98.8%	.28
Don't know	12	.6%	99.4%	6.58
Refuse	12	.6%	100%	8.68

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	45.1% 87	41.2% 120	37.3% 107	31.5% 92	30.8% 161	33.2% 113	35.3% 680
Yes	51.3% 99	56.4% 164	61.0% 175	67.8% 198	68.8% 359	66.5% 226	63.4% 1221
Don't know	2.6% 5	1.7% 5	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 12
Refuse	1.0% 2	0.7% 2	1.4% 4	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.6% 12
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	43.9% 192	41.1% 116	33.1% 80	29.7% 108	30.9% 93	30.7% 88	35.4% 677
Yes	52.4% 229	58.5% 165	66.1% 160	69.8% 254	68.4% 206	69.3% 199	63.4% 1213
Don't know	2.5% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 11
Refuse	1.1% 5	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	0.5% 2	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.6% 12
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	34.4% 331	36.2% 349	35.3% 680
Yes	64.7% 622	62.2% 599	63.4% 1221
Don't know	0.3% 3	0.9% 9	0.6% 12
Refuse	0.6% 6	0.6% 6	0.6% 12
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	43.3% 139	37.1% 95	36.2% 150	29.6% 74	31.6% 103	28.6% 57	35.0% 618
Yes	54.2% 174	61.3% 157	63.0% 261	69.6% 174	67.8% 221	71.4% 142	63.9% 1129
Don't know	1.9% 6	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 9
Refuse	0.6% 2	0.8% 2	0.7% 3	0.4% 1	0.6% 2	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
No	33.0% 155	36.1% 523	0.00% 0	35.3% 678
Yes	66.3% 311	62.5% 906	0.00% 0	63.4% 1217
Don't know	0.2% 1	0.8% 11	0.00% 0	0.6% 12
Refuse	0.4% 2	0.7% 10	0.00% 0	0.6% 12
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	30.5% 80	36.7% 236	33.4% 169	36.3% 89	44.6% 62	34.1% 44	35.3% 680
Yes	67.9% 178	61.3% 394	65.6% 332	63.3% 155	55.4% 77	65.1% 84	63.4% 1220
Don't know	1.1% 3	0.8% 5	0.6% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 12
Refuse	0.4% 1	1.2% 8	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.6% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924