Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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EXOREVIL Do you believe that spiritual mediums can help people to exorcise evil spirits or cure their diseases?   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%	-2.29
Yes,very much	62	3.2%	3.3%	-1.62
Yes,somewhat	451	23.4%	26.7%	-.95
No, not really	647	33.6%	60.3%	-.28
No, not at all	568	29.5%	89.8%	.4
Don't know	186	9.7%	99.5%	2.41
Don't understand	2	.1%	99.6%	3.08
Refuse	8	.4%	100%	3.75

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	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 1
Yes,very much	6.2% 12	4.8% 14	3.5% 10	1.7% 5	2.3% 12	2.6% 9	3.2% 62
Yes,somewhat	20.2% 39	21.0% 61	20.6% 59	22.3% 65	28.0% 146	23.8% 81	23.4% 451
No, not really	24.4% 47	28.5% 83	36.9% 106	37.0% 108	33.1% 173	38.2% 130	33.6% 647
No, not at all	32.1% 62	32.0% 93	30.0% 86	28.4% 83	29.3% 153	26.8% 91	29.5% 568
Don't know	16.6% 32	13.4% 39	8.0% 23	9.9% 29	6.9% 36	7.9% 27	9.7% 186
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.4% 8
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.1% 1
Yes,very much	7.1% 31	1.4% 4	2.9% 7	3.6% 13	2.0% 6	0.3% 1	3.2% 62
Yes,somewhat	26.1% 114	29.8% 84	26.9% 65	26.6% 97	17.9% 54	12.2% 35	23.5% 449
No, not really	27.5% 120	35.8% 101	33.1% 80	33.2% 121	35.5% 107	40.1% 115	33.7% 644
No, not at all	21.7% 95	23.8% 67	31.0% 75	26.1% 95	36.9% 111	41.8% 120	29.4% 563
Don't know	16.7% 73	9.2% 26	5.4% 13	10.2% 37	7.3% 22	4.9% 14	9.7% 185
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 7
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	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
Yes,very much	2.7% 26	3.7% 36	3.2% 62
Yes,somewhat	21.9% 211	24.9% 240	23.4% 451
No, not really	34.2% 329	33.0% 318	33.6% 647
No, not at all	33.7% 324	25.3% 244	29.5% 568
Don't know	6.9% 66	12.5% 120	9.7% 186
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.6% 6	0.2% 2	0.4% 8
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	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Yes,very much	6.5% 21	4.7% 12	1.9% 8	3.2% 8	1.2% 4	2.0% 4	3.2% 57
Yes,somewhat	24.3% 78	24.2% 62	26.6% 110	24.4% 61	19.9% 65	17.6% 35	23.3% 411
No, not really	27.1% 87	33.6% 86	33.6% 139	40.4% 101	38.7% 126	34.2% 68	34.4% 607
No, not at all	26.2% 84	28.1% 72	29.7% 123	25.2% 63	32.8% 107	40.2% 80	30.0% 529
Don't know	15.3% 49	9.0% 23	8.0% 33	6.4% 16	6.7% 22	6.0% 12	8.8% 155
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
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	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
Yes,very much	2.6% 12	3.4% 50	0.00% 0	3.2% 62
Yes,somewhat	22.4% 105	23.9% 346	0.00% 0	23.5% 451
No, not really	36.9% 173	32.5% 471	0.00% 0	33.6% 644
No, not at all	29.4% 138	29.5% 428	0.00% 0	29.5% 566
Don't know	8.1% 38	10.1% 147	0.00% 0	9.6% 185
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.4% 2	0.4% 6	0.00% 0	0.4% 8
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	0.0% 0	3.3% 21	2.4% 12	5.7% 14	3.6% 5	7.8% 10	3.2% 62
Yes,somewhat	10.7% 28	28.0% 180	25.3% 128	29.8% 73	8.6% 12	23.3% 30	23.4% 451
No, not really	34.0% 89	37.3% 240	31.4% 159	31.8% 78	26.6% 37	34.1% 44	33.6% 647
No, not at all	45.0% 118	21.3% 137	29.1% 147	25.3% 62	51.8% 72	24.8% 32	29.5% 568
Don't know	9.5% 25	9.5% 61	11.5% 58	6.9% 17	8.6% 12	9.3% 12	9.6% 185
Don't understand	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.5% 3	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924