Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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CH_MAGIC Do you believe that your personal destiny can be changed by the following methods? Changing luck by using magic.   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	4	.2%	.2%	-2.41
Yes, very much	46	2.4%	2.6%	-1.72
Yes, somewhat	322	16.7%	19.3%	-1.03
No, not really	806	41.9%	61.2%	-.34
No, not at all	537	27.9%	89.1%	.35
Don't know	203	10.5%	99.6%	2.41
Don't understand	4	.2%	99.8%	3.1
Refuse	3	.2%	100%	3.79

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	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Yes, very much	3.6% 7	3.4% 10	1.4% 4	2.7% 8	1.3% 7	2.9% 10	2.4% 46
Yes, somewhat	16.1% 31	14.4% 42	17.1% 49	14.4% 42	16.9% 88	20.6% 70	16.7% 322
No, not really	37.3% 72	36.4% 106	40.8% 117	42.5% 124	43.5% 227	47.1% 160	41.9% 806
No, not at all	26.4% 51	32.0% 93	30.7% 88	29.1% 85	28.4% 148	21.2% 72	27.9% 537
Don't know	16.1% 31	12.4% 36	9.8% 28	11.0% 32	9.4% 49	7.9% 27	10.5% 203
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
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	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 4
Yes, very much	3.4% 15	2.5% 7	2.9% 7	1.9% 7	1.7% 5	1.7% 5	2.4% 46
Yes, somewhat	18.8% 82	18.1% 51	15.7% 38	16.8% 61	16.3% 49	13.6% 39	16.7% 320
No, not really	35.9% 157	43.3% 122	42.1% 102	41.2% 150	47.8% 144	43.6% 125	41.8% 800
No, not at all	24.9% 109	24.5% 69	27.3% 66	30.5% 111	27.2% 82	34.1% 98	28.0% 535
Don't know	16.2% 71	11.7% 33	10.7% 26	9.6% 35	6.6% 20	5.6% 16	10.5% 201
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
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	0.2% 2	0.2% 4
Yes, very much	2.2% 21	2.6% 25	2.4% 46
Yes, somewhat	14.1% 136	19.3% 186	16.7% 322
No, not really	42.6% 410	41.1% 396	41.9% 806
No, not at all	31.5% 303	24.3% 234	27.9% 537
Don't know	8.8% 85	12.3% 118	10.5% 203
Don't understand	0.2% 2	0.2% 2	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Yes, very much	4.0% 13	2.7% 7	1.7% 7	2.8% 7	1.8% 6	1.0% 2	2.4% 42
Yes, somewhat	18.1% 58	16.8% 43	16.7% 69	13.2% 33	16.0% 52	17.6% 35	16.4% 290
No, not really	32.7% 105	40.2% 103	45.9% 190	52.8% 132	43.3% 141	41.2% 82	42.6% 753
No, not at all	26.2% 84	30.9% 79	24.9% 103	25.2% 63	31.6% 103	31.7% 63	28.0% 495
Don't know	18.1% 58	9.0% 23	10.4% 43	6.0% 15	7.1% 23	8.5% 17	10.1% 179
Don't understand	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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	0.3% 4	0.00% 0	0.2% 4
Yes, very much	3.0% 14	2.2% 32	0.00% 0	2.4% 46
Yes, somewhat	17.7% 83	16.5% 239	0.00% 0	16.8% 322
No, not really	44.6% 209	40.9% 593	0.00% 0	41.8% 802
No, not at all	25.6% 120	28.7% 416	0.00% 0	27.9% 536
Don't know	8.7% 41	11.1% 161	0.00% 0	10.5% 202
Don't understand	0.4% 2	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.2% 3	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
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	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Yes, very much	0.8% 2	3.1% 20	2.4% 12	3.3% 8	0.7% 1	2.3% 3	2.4% 46
Yes, somewhat	8.4% 22	20.1% 129	17.6% 89	20.8% 51	4.3% 6	19.4% 25	16.7% 322
No, not really	39.7% 104	46.8% 301	39.9% 202	41.2% 101	32.4% 45	40.3% 52	41.8% 805
No, not at all	38.9% 102	18.8% 121	29.4% 149	24.1% 59	51.8% 72	26.4% 34	27.9% 537
Don't know	10.7% 28	10.7% 69	10.3% 52	10.6% 26	9.4% 13	11.6% 15	10.6% 203
Don't understand	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924