Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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RECV_MSG Do you have the following experiences? How often do they occur? Felt that I seem to be able to receive messages from relatives who are far away in my dreams.   0) Missing   1) Never   2) Once or twice   3) Several times   4) Often   5) Not applicable   8) Don't understand   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Missing	1	.1%	.1%	-1.48
Never	1368	71.1%	71.1%	-.49
Once or twice	340	17.7%	88.8%	.5
Several times	132	6.9%	95.6%	1.49
Often	23	1.2%	96.8%	2.49
Not applicable	52	2.7%	99.5%	3.48
Don't understand	4	.2%	99.7%	6.45
Refuse	5	.3%	100%	7.44

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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Never	69.4% 134	73.5% 214	71.1% 204	68.5% 200	69.7% 364	74.1% 252	71.1% 1368
Once or twice	20.2% 39	14.8% 43	18.1% 52	20.2% 59	18.8% 98	14.4% 49	17.7% 340
Several times	7.3% 14	7.6% 22	7.7% 22	7.5% 22	6.5% 34	5.3% 18	6.9% 132
Often	1.6% 3	0.7% 2	1.4% 4	1.4% 4	1.1% 6	1.2% 4	1.2% 23
Not applicable	1.6% 3	2.7% 8	1.7% 5	1.7% 5	3.4% 18	3.8% 13	2.7% 52
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.9% 3	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 5
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Never	63.6% 278	67.4% 190	72.7% 176	73.6% 268	77.1% 232	74.6% 214	71.0% 1358
Once or twice	23.3% 102	17.7% 50	15.7% 38	15.9% 58	15.3% 46	15.3% 44	17.7% 338
Several times	8.2% 36	9.2% 26	9.1% 22	5.5% 20	4.3% 13	5.2% 15	6.9% 132
Often	1.6% 7	2.1% 6	0.8% 2	1.4% 5	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	1.2% 23
Not applicable	2.7% 12	3.5% 10	0.8% 2	3.0% 11	2.3% 7	3.5% 10	2.7% 52
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.3% 5
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
Never	76.7% 738	65.4% 630	71.1% 1368
Once or twice	14.3% 138	21.0% 202	17.7% 340
Several times	5.7% 55	8.0% 77	6.9% 132
Often	0.8% 8	1.6% 15	1.2% 23
Not applicable	2.0% 19	3.4% 33	2.7% 52
Don't understand	0.1% 1	0.3% 3	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.3% 3	0.2% 2	0.3% 5
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Never	68.5% 220	66.8% 171	71.7% 297	72.8% 182	75.2% 245	70.9% 141	71.1% 1256
Once or twice	19.3% 62	18.4% 47	19.3% 80	16.4% 41	16.6% 54	15.6% 31	17.8% 315
Several times	5.0% 16	10.5% 27	5.6% 23	7.2% 18	4.6% 15	9.5% 19	6.7% 118
Often	1.9% 6	1.6% 4	1.2% 5	0.8% 2	0.6% 2	1.5% 3	1.2% 22
Not applicable	4.4% 14	2.3% 6	1.9% 8	2.8% 7	2.8% 9	2.5% 5	2.8% 49
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	0.3% 1	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
Never	74.4% 349	69.9% 1013	0.00% 0	71.0% 1362
Once or twice	13.9% 65	19.0% 275	0.00% 0	17.7% 340
Several times	5.5% 26	7.3% 106	0.00% 0	6.9% 132
Often	1.5% 7	1.1% 16	0.00% 0	1.2% 23
Not applicable	3.4% 16	2.5% 36	0.00% 0	2.7% 52
Don't understand	0.6% 3	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.6% 3	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.3% 5
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	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Never	78.2% 205	69.7% 448	70.0% 354	68.6% 168	77.7% 108	65.1% 84	71.0% 1367
Once or twice	15.3% 40	17.6% 113	18.6% 94	19.2% 47	15.1% 21	19.4% 25	17.7% 340
Several times	1.9% 5	6.5% 42	8.1% 41	8.6% 21	6.5% 9	10.9% 14	6.9% 132
Often	0.4% 1	1.7% 11	1.0% 5	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	2.3% 3	1.2% 23
Not applicable	3.1% 8	4.0% 26	2.0% 10	2.0% 5	0.0% 0	2.3% 3	2.7% 52
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	0.8% 2	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924