Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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REL_NEG4 If there are negative influences, what are they? Name as many as you would like. [Interviewers did not read a list of options.] Belief in utilitarianism (doing good reaps goodness in return). [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	1613	83.8%	83.8%	-.26
Yes	288	15%	98.8%	.79
Don't know	12	.6%	99.4%	7.12
Refuse	12	.6%	100%	9.23

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	82.9% 160	84.9% 247	82.2% 236	82.2% 240	86.2% 450	82.4% 280	83.8% 1613
Yes	13.5% 26	12.7% 37	16.0% 46	17.1% 50	13.4% 70	17.4% 59	15.0% 288
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	86.7% 379	91.8% 259	83.1% 201	81.9% 298	81.4% 245	78.4% 225	84.0% 1607
Yes	9.6% 42	7.8% 22	16.1% 39	17.6% 64	17.9% 54	21.6% 62	14.8% 283
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	84.4% 812	83.2% 801	83.8% 1613
Yes	14.7% 141	15.3% 147	15.0% 288
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	84.7% 272	84.0% 215	85.7% 355	82.4% 206	84.7% 276	78.9% 157	83.9% 1481
Yes	12.8% 41	14.5% 37	13.5% 56	16.8% 42	14.7% 48	21.1% 42	15.1% 266
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	83.4% 391	83.9% 1216	0.00% 0	83.7% 1607
Yes	16.0% 75	14.7% 213	0.00% 0	15.0% 288
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	79.0% 207	86.6% 557	86.2% 436	86.1% 211	69.8% 97	80.6% 104	83.8% 1612
Yes	19.5% 51	11.4% 73	12.8% 65	13.5% 33	30.2% 42	18.6% 24	15.0% 288
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