Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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CH_GOOD Do you believe that your personal destiny can be changed by the following methods? Doing good to accumulate virtues.   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%	-1.63
Yes, very much	614	31.9%	32.1%	-.84
Yes, somewhat	947	49.2%	81.2%	-.06
No, not really	174	9%	90.3%	.72
No, not at all	112	5.8%	96.1%	1.5
Don't know	72	3.7%	99.8%	3.84
Don't understand	2	.1%	99.9%	4.62
Refuse	1	.1%	100%	5.4

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	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	40.4% 78	35.1% 102	30.0% 86	35.3% 103	28.9% 151	27.6% 94	31.9% 614
Yes, somewhat	38.9% 75	42.6% 124	48.1% 138	46.9% 137	51.5% 269	60.0% 204	49.2% 947
No, not really	7.8% 15	10.0% 29	10.8% 31	8.2% 24	10.7% 56	5.6% 19	9.0% 174
No, not at all	7.8% 15	6.2% 18	7.0% 20	5.1% 15	5.9% 31	3.8% 13	5.8% 112
Don't know	5.2% 10	5.5% 16	4.2% 12	4.1% 12	2.5% 13	2.6% 9	3.7% 72
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	39.6% 173	30.1% 85	28.9% 70	29.4% 107	31.6% 95	27.2% 78	31.8% 608
Yes, somewhat	42.1% 184	50.0% 141	45.0% 109	53.3% 194	51.2% 154	56.4% 162	49.3% 944
No, not really	8.0% 35	7.1% 20	15.3% 37	8.5% 31	9.0% 27	8.4% 24	9.1% 174
No, not at all	4.6% 20	7.1% 20	7.4% 18	6.3% 23	6.0% 18	4.5% 13	5.9% 112
Don't know	5.5% 24	5.7% 16	2.5% 6	2.5% 9	2.3% 7	2.4% 7	3.6% 69
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	28.9% 278	34.9% 336	31.9% 614
Yes, somewhat	48.9% 470	49.5% 477	49.2% 947
No, not really	10.8% 104	7.3% 70	9.0% 174
No, not at all	7.5% 72	4.2% 40	5.8% 112
Don't know	3.5% 34	3.9% 38	3.7% 72
Don't understand	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Yes, very much	38.0% 122	33.6% 86	30.7% 127	30.8% 77	28.8% 94	32.2% 64	32.3% 570
Yes, somewhat	37.4% 120	46.5% 119	53.1% 220	52.4% 131	55.2% 180	48.7% 97	49.1% 867
No, not really	11.2% 36	7.8% 20	7.7% 32	9.6% 24	9.2% 30	9.5% 19	9.1% 161
No, not at all	5.3% 17	7.4% 19	5.8% 24	4.8% 12	5.2% 17	6.5% 13	5.8% 102
Don't know	7.8% 25	4.3% 11	2.7% 11	2.4% 6	1.2% 4	3.0% 6	3.6% 63
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
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	26.2% 123	33.7% 488	0.00% 0	31.8% 611
Yes, somewhat	56.1% 263	47.0% 682	0.00% 0	49.2% 945
No, not really	8.7% 41	9.2% 133	0.00% 0	9.1% 174
No, not at all	5.5% 26	5.9% 86	0.00% 0	5.8% 112
Don't know	3.0% 14	3.9% 57	0.00% 0	3.7% 71
Don't understand	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
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	0.8% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	21.4% 56	25.8% 166	43.9% 222	29.8% 73	28.1% 39	45.0% 58	31.9% 614
Yes, somewhat	51.1% 134	52.9% 340	44.5% 225	53.1% 130	44.6% 62	42.6% 55	49.2% 946
No, not really	11.8% 31	11.8% 76	5.9% 30	7.3% 18	8.6% 12	5.4% 7	9.0% 174
No, not at all	10.7% 28	4.7% 30	3.2% 16	5.3% 13	14.4% 20	3.9% 5	5.8% 112
Don't know	3.8% 10	4.7% 30	2.4% 12	4.5% 11	3.6% 5	3.1% 4	3.7% 72
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924