Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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POSSESS1 Do you have the following experiences? How often do they occur? Had the experience of being possessed by the gods.   1) Never   2) Once or twice   3) Several times   4) Often   5) Can't choose   8) Don't understand   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Never	1818	94.4%	94.4%	-.21
Once or twice	23	1.2%	95.6%	1.08
Several times	25	1.3%	96.9%	2.38
Often	11	.6%	97.5%	3.67
Can't choose	43	2.2%	99.7%	4.97
Don't understand	2	.1%	99.8%	8.85
Refuse	3	.2%	100%	10.15

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	92.2% 178	92.1% 268	96.9% 278	94.5% 276	95.4% 498	94.1% 320	94.4% 1818
Once or twice	2.1% 4	1.4% 4	0.7% 2	2.1% 6	0.8% 4	0.9% 3	1.2% 23
Several times	3.1% 6	3.1% 9	0.7% 2	1.0% 3	0.4% 2	0.9% 3	1.3% 25
Often	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	1.0% 3	1.0% 3	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.6% 11
Can't choose	2.6% 5	2.4% 7	0.7% 2	0.7% 2	2.9% 15	3.5% 12	2.2% 43
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.1% 2
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
Never	90.6% 396	92.2% 260	97.1% 235	95.1% 346	96.3% 290	97.2% 279	94.4% 1806
Once or twice	2.3% 10	1.4% 4	0.4% 1	1.4% 5	1.0% 3	0.0% 0	1.2% 23
Several times	3.4% 15	1.8% 5	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.3% 25
Often	0.9% 4	1.1% 3	1.2% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 11
Can't choose	2.5% 11	3.5% 10	0.4% 1	2.7% 10	1.7% 5	2.1% 6	2.2% 43
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	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
Never	94.3% 907	94.6% 911	94.4% 1818
Once or twice	1.5% 14	0.9% 9	1.2% 23
Several times	1.5% 14	1.1% 11	1.3% 25
Often	0.6% 6	0.5% 5	0.6% 11
Can't choose	2.0% 19	2.5% 24	2.2% 43
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.2% 2	0.1% 1	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
Never	92.5% 297	93.0% 238	95.2% 394	95.2% 238	96.6% 315	95.0% 189	94.6% 1671
Once or twice	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	1.4% 6	2.8% 7	0.6% 2	1.0% 2	1.1% 20
Several times	1.9% 6	2.3% 6	1.0% 4	0.8% 2	1.2% 4	1.0% 2	1.4% 24
Often	1.2% 4	2.0% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 10
Can't choose	3.1% 10	2.0% 5	2.4% 10	1.2% 3	1.2% 4	3.0% 6	2.2% 38
Don't understand	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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
Never	94.7% 444	94.3% 1368	0.00% 0	94.4% 1812
Once or twice	0.9% 4	1.3% 19	0.00% 0	1.2% 23
Several times	0.4% 2	1.6% 23	0.00% 0	1.3% 25
Often	0.2% 1	0.7% 10	0.00% 0	0.6% 11
Can't choose	3.2% 15	1.9% 28	0.00% 0	2.2% 43
Don't understand	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.1% 2	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
Never	95.0% 249	93.2% 599	97.0% 491	91.4% 224	97.1% 135	92.2% 119	94.4% 1817
Once or twice	0.8% 2	1.6% 10	1.0% 5	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	1.2% 23
Several times	0.0% 0	1.2% 8	0.8% 4	2.9% 7	0.7% 1	3.9% 5	1.3% 25
Often	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 1	2.4% 6	0.7% 1	0.8% 1	0.6% 11
Can't choose	3.4% 9	3.4% 22	1.0% 5	1.6% 4	0.7% 1	1.6% 2	2.2% 43
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.8% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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