Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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CH_PRAY Do you believe that your personal destiny can be changed by the following methods? Praying to God.   0) Missing   1) Yes, very much   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%	-2.16
Yes, very much	129	6.7%	6.9%	-1.44
Yes, somewhat	611	31.7%	38.6%	-.73
No, not really	696	36.2%	74.8%	-.01
No, not at all	350	18.2%	92.9%	.71
Don't know	131	6.8%	99.7%	2.86
Don't understand	3	.2%	99.9%	3.58
Refuse	2	.1%	100%	4.29

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	0.3% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	10.4% 20	6.9% 20	4.2% 12	7.2% 21	7.5% 39	5.0% 17	6.7% 129
Yes, somewhat	27.5% 53	28.2% 82	29.6% 85	31.5% 92	33.0% 172	37.4% 127	31.7% 611
No, not really	30.1% 58	31.3% 91	36.9% 106	35.3% 103	37.4% 195	42.1% 143	36.2% 696
No, not at all	19.2% 37	24.1% 70	21.3% 61	19.5% 57	17.0% 89	10.6% 36	18.2% 350
Don't know	12.4% 24	8.9% 26	8.0% 23	5.8% 17	4.6% 24	5.0% 17	6.8% 131
Don't understand	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	9.8% 43	6.0% 17	9.1% 22	5.5% 20	4.3% 13	4.9% 14	6.7% 129
Yes, somewhat	34.8% 152	33.0% 93	28.9% 70	33.0% 120	29.2% 88	30.3% 87	31.9% 610
No, not really	28.1% 123	34.0% 96	38.0% 92	36.8% 134	41.5% 125	40.8% 117	35.9% 687
No, not at all	16.9% 74	18.8% 53	17.8% 43	18.1% 66	19.6% 59	18.8% 54	18.2% 349
Don't know	10.1% 44	7.4% 21	5.4% 13	6.3% 23	5.3% 16	4.5% 13	6.8% 130
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	5.2% 50	8.2% 79	6.7% 129
Yes, somewhat	27.7% 266	35.8% 345	31.7% 611
No, not really	37.5% 361	34.8% 335	36.2% 696
No, not at all	23.2% 223	13.2% 127	18.2% 350
Don't know	6.0% 58	7.6% 73	6.8% 131
Don't understand	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
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	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Yes, very much	10.6% 34	9.0% 23	6.3% 26	4.4% 11	4.6% 15	6.0% 12	6.9% 121
Yes, somewhat	30.5% 98	31.6% 81	33.6% 139	32.0% 80	30.7% 100	31.7% 63	31.8% 561
No, not really	27.4% 88	32.4% 83	37.2% 154	42.4% 106	41.4% 135	39.7% 79	36.5% 645
No, not at all	18.7% 60	19.1% 49	17.4% 72	16.4% 41	19.3% 63	18.1% 36	18.2% 321
Don't know	12.5% 40	7.4% 19	5.3% 22	4.4% 11	3.7% 12	4.5% 9	6.4% 113
Don't understand	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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, very much	5.5% 26	7.1% 103	0.00% 0	6.7% 129
Yes, somewhat	35.6% 167	30.6% 444	0.00% 0	31.8% 611
No, not really	39.2% 184	35.0% 508	0.00% 0	36.1% 692
No, not at all	13.4% 63	19.7% 286	0.00% 0	18.2% 349
Don't know	5.8% 27	7.1% 103	0.00% 0	6.8% 130
Don't understand	0.4% 2	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
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	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	1.5% 4	5.3% 34	4.3% 22	5.3% 13	36.0% 50	4.7% 6	6.7% 129
Yes, somewhat	19.5% 51	32.8% 211	34.8% 176	29.0% 71	33.8% 47	41.9% 54	31.7% 610
No, not really	42.0% 110	39.5% 254	34.2% 173	39.6% 97	12.9% 18	34.1% 44	36.2% 696
No, not at all	28.2% 74	13.7% 88	20.4% 103	18.4% 45	12.9% 18	17.1% 22	18.2% 350
Don't know	8.4% 22	8.4% 54	5.5% 28	7.8% 19	3.6% 5	2.3% 3	6.8% 131
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924