Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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CH_REL Do you believe that your personal destiny can be changed by the following methods? Making personal efforts in practicing a religion.   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	1	.1%	.1%	-1.65
Yes, very much	310	16.1%	16.2%	-1.08
Yes, somewhat	738	38.3%	54.5%	-.51
No, not really	411	21.4%	75.8%	.06
No, not at all	242	12.6%	88.4%	.63
Don't know	213	11.1%	99.5%	2.35
Don't understand	7	.4%	99.8%	2.92
Refuse	3	.2%	100%	3.49

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	20.2% 39	16.2% 47	16.4% 47	21.2% 62	14.9% 78	10.9% 37	16.1% 310
Yes, somewhat	29.0% 56	32.6% 95	36.9% 106	36.6% 107	42.5% 222	44.7% 152	38.3% 738
No, not really	20.2% 39	19.6% 57	19.9% 57	18.8% 55	22.4% 117	25.3% 86	21.4% 411
No, not at all	15.5% 30	12.7% 37	15.7% 45	11.3% 33	12.8% 67	8.8% 30	12.6% 242
Don't know	15.0% 29	18.2% 53	10.8% 31	10.3% 30	6.9% 36	10.0% 34	11.1% 213
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	1.0% 3	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.4% 7
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	15.1% 66	16.0% 45	12.4% 30	15.4% 56	18.9% 57	17.8% 51	15.9% 305
Yes, somewhat	31.1% 136	31.6% 89	38.8% 94	42.3% 154	43.2% 130	46.3% 133	38.5% 736
No, not really	21.7% 95	24.1% 68	26.0% 63	18.1% 66	21.3% 64	18.1% 52	21.3% 408
No, not at all	13.0% 57	12.4% 35	14.9% 36	14.8% 54	9.6% 29	10.8% 31	12.7% 242
Don't know	18.3% 80	15.6% 44	6.6% 16	9.1% 33	7.0% 21	6.3% 18	11.1% 212
Don't understand	0.7% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.4% 7
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	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	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	14.7% 141	17.5% 169	16.1% 310
Yes, somewhat	37.0% 356	39.7% 382	38.3% 738
No, not really	22.7% 218	20.0% 193	21.4% 411
No, not at all	15.6% 150	9.6% 92	12.6% 242
Don't know	9.5% 91	12.7% 122	11.1% 213
Don't understand	0.2% 2	0.5% 5	0.4% 7
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Yes, very much	15.9% 51	13.7% 35	15.5% 64	16.8% 42	15.3% 50	20.6% 41	16.0% 283
Yes, somewhat	29.0% 93	37.1% 95	38.4% 159	40.4% 101	46.9% 153	40.7% 81	38.6% 682
No, not really	22.7% 73	21.1% 54	24.6% 102	24.4% 61	19.6% 64	17.1% 34	22.0% 388
No, not at all	14.0% 45	14.8% 38	12.8% 53	12.4% 31	9.2% 30	13.6% 27	12.7% 224
Don't know	17.1% 55	12.9% 33	8.2% 34	5.6% 14	8.9% 29	8.0% 16	10.2% 181
Don't understand	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
Refuse	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	13.0% 61	17.1% 248	0.00% 0	16.1% 309
Yes, somewhat	45.2% 212	36.1% 523	0.00% 0	38.3% 735
No, not really	22.6% 106	21.0% 304	0.00% 0	21.4% 410
No, not at all	10.0% 47	13.4% 194	0.00% 0	12.6% 241
Don't know	8.7% 41	11.9% 172	0.00% 0	11.1% 213
Don't understand	0.4% 2	0.3% 5	0.00% 0	0.4% 7
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	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes, very much	9.9% 26	10.7% 69	28.3% 143	11.8% 29	5.8% 8	27.1% 35	16.1% 310
Yes, somewhat	34.4% 90	38.4% 247	40.5% 205	43.3% 106	24.5% 34	42.6% 55	38.3% 737
No, not really	23.3% 61	27.4% 176	14.2% 72	21.6% 53	20.9% 29	15.5% 20	21.4% 411
No, not at all	18.3% 48	9.2% 59	6.7% 34	13.1% 32	42.4% 59	7.8% 10	12.6% 242
Don't know	13.4% 35	14.0% 90	10.1% 51	9.0% 22	5.0% 7	6.2% 8	11.1% 213
Don't understand	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.8% 2	0.7% 1	0.8% 1	0.4% 7
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	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