Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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NEXTLIFE Do you have the following experiences? How often do they occur? Seemed to see (or dream about) things which happen in the past or the next life.   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
Never	1648	85.6%	85.6%	-.32
Once or twice	133	6.9%	92.5%	.68
Several times	61	3.2%	95.7%	1.69
Often	9	.5%	96.2%	2.7
Not applicable	63	3.3%	99.4%	3.7
Don't understand	5	.3%	99.7%	6.73
Refuse	6	.3%	100%	7.73

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
Never	91.7% 177	89.7% 261	90.2% 259	87.3% 255	82.6% 431	77.9% 265	85.6% 1648
Once or twice	3.1% 6	2.4% 7	5.2% 15	5.8% 17	8.4% 44	12.9% 44	6.9% 133
Several times	0.5% 1	3.8% 11	2.1% 6	3.8% 11	3.6% 19	3.8% 13	3.2% 61
Often	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	0.6% 3	0.6% 2	0.5% 9
Not applicable	3.6% 7	3.1% 9	2.1% 6	1.7% 5	4.4% 23	3.8% 13	3.3% 63
Don't understand	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.6% 2	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 6
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
Never	90.6% 396	86.9% 245	88.0% 213	81.6% 297	81.7% 246	83.6% 240	85.6% 1637
Once or twice	3.0% 13	4.6% 13	7.0% 17	9.6% 35	10.6% 32	8.0% 23	7.0% 133
Several times	2.1% 9	3.2% 9	1.7% 4	4.1% 15	4.7% 14	3.5% 10	3.2% 61
Often	0.0% 0	1.4% 4	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.5% 9
Not applicable	3.7% 16	3.9% 11	1.7% 4	4.1% 15	2.7% 8	2.8% 8	3.2% 62
Don't understand	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.3% 6
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
Never	85.9% 826	85.4% 822	85.6% 1648
Once or twice	7.6% 73	6.2% 60	6.9% 133
Several times	3.0% 29	3.3% 32	3.2% 61
Often	0.3% 3	0.6% 6	0.5% 9
Not applicable	2.8% 27	3.7% 36	3.3% 63
Don't understand	0.1% 1	0.4% 4	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.3% 3	0.3% 3	0.3% 6
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
Never	86.0% 276	87.9% 225	86.2% 357	86.8% 217	84.7% 276	83.9% 167	86.0% 1518
Once or twice	4.7% 15	3.9% 10	7.2% 30	8.4% 21	8.0% 26	8.0% 16	6.7% 118
Several times	1.9% 6	2.7% 7	2.9% 12	2.8% 7	4.3% 14	5.5% 11	3.2% 57
Often	0.6% 2	0.8% 2	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.5% 9
Not applicable	5.6% 18	4.3% 11	2.7% 11	1.6% 4	2.5% 8	2.0% 4	3.2% 56
Don't understand	0.9% 3	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
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
Never	80.4% 377	87.3% 1266	0.00% 0	85.6% 1643
Once or twice	10.9% 51	5.6% 81	0.00% 0	6.9% 132
Several times	3.6% 17	3.0% 44	0.00% 0	3.2% 61
Often	0.6% 3	0.4% 6	0.00% 0	0.5% 9
Not applicable	3.4% 16	3.2% 47	0.00% 0	3.3% 63
Don't understand	0.4% 2	0.2% 3	0.00% 0	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.6% 3	0.2% 3	0.00% 0	0.3% 6
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
Never	84.4% 221	86.5% 556	85.6% 433	81.2% 199	93.5% 130	84.5% 109	85.7% 1648
Once or twice	7.6% 20	5.8% 37	8.1% 41	7.8% 19	2.9% 4	8.5% 11	6.9% 132
Several times	3.4% 9	2.3% 15	3.0% 15	6.5% 16	2.2% 3	2.3% 3	3.2% 61
Often	0.4% 1	0.3% 2	0.6% 3	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.5% 9
Not applicable	3.1% 8	4.7% 30	2.2% 11	3.3% 8	0.7% 1	3.9% 5	3.3% 63
Don't understand	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.8% 2	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924