Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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SAWGODS Do you have the following experiences? How often do they occur? Saw the appearance of the gods or some miracles that the gods had performed.   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%	-1.36
Never	1705	88.6%	88.6%	-.28
Once or twice	104	5.4%	94%	.8
Several times	43	2.2%	96.3%	1.88
Often	17	.9%	97.1%	2.96
Not applicable	44	2.3%	99.4%	4.04
Don't understand	4	.2%	99.6%	7.28
Refuse	7	.4%	100%	8.36

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	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Never	86.5% 167	88.7% 258	92.7% 266	89.0% 260	86.8% 453	88.5% 301	88.6% 1705
Once or twice	7.3% 14	3.8% 11	2.1% 6	6.8% 20	6.9% 36	5.0% 17	5.4% 104
Several times	3.1% 6	4.1% 12	2.8% 8	1.4% 4	1.5% 8	1.5% 5	2.2% 43
Often	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.4% 4	1.0% 3	1.0% 5	1.2% 4	0.9% 17
Not applicable	2.1% 4	2.7% 8	1.0% 3	0.7% 2	3.1% 16	3.2% 11	2.3% 44
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.6% 2	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
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
Never	85.4% 373	85.1% 240	87.6% 212	87.4% 318	93.7% 282	93.4% 268	88.5% 1693
Once or twice	7.3% 32	4.3% 12	7.4% 18	8.0% 29	2.3% 7	2.1% 6	5.4% 104
Several times	3.4% 15	5.3% 15	1.2% 3	0.8% 3	1.7% 5	0.7% 2	2.2% 43
Often	0.7% 3	1.8% 5	2.1% 5	0.8% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 17
Not applicable	2.7% 12	3.2% 9	0.4% 1	3.0% 11	1.7% 5	2.1% 6	2.3% 44
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	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
Never	89.7% 863	87.4% 842	88.6% 1705
Once or twice	4.7% 45	6.1% 59	5.4% 104
Several times	2.2% 21	2.3% 22	2.2% 43
Often	0.9% 9	0.8% 8	0.9% 17
Not applicable	2.0% 19	2.6% 25	2.3% 44
Don't understand	0.1% 1	0.3% 3	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.4% 4	0.3% 3	0.4% 7
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	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Never	86.3% 277	87.1% 223	87.7% 363	89.2% 223	92.6% 302	86.9% 173	88.4% 1561
Once or twice	6.5% 21	5.5% 14	5.1% 21	6.0% 15	3.7% 12	7.0% 14	5.5% 97
Several times	2.5% 8	2.0% 5	4.1% 17	1.6% 4	0.9% 3	2.5% 5	2.4% 42
Often	0.6% 2	2.3% 6	0.2% 1	1.2% 3	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.8% 15
Not applicable	3.1% 10	2.7% 7	2.4% 10	1.6% 4	1.2% 4	3.5% 7	2.4% 42
Don't understand	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	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	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
Never	88.9% 417	88.4% 1282	0.00% 0	88.5% 1699
Once or twice	4.5% 21	5.7% 83	0.00% 0	5.4% 104
Several times	1.5% 7	2.5% 36	0.00% 0	2.2% 43
Often	1.3% 6	0.8% 11	0.00% 0	0.9% 17
Not applicable	3.0% 14	2.1% 30	0.00% 0	2.3% 44
Don't understand	0.4% 2	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.4% 2	0.3% 5	0.00% 0	0.4% 7
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	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Never	92.4% 242	88.8% 571	90.3% 457	82.9% 203	90.6% 126	81.4% 105	88.6% 1704
Once or twice	2.3% 6	4.7% 30	5.5% 28	10.2% 25	5.0% 7	6.2% 8	5.4% 104
Several times	0.8% 2	1.9% 12	2.2% 11	2.4% 6	1.4% 2	7.8% 10	2.2% 43
Often	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.2% 1	2.9% 7	1.4% 2	3.1% 4	0.9% 17
Not applicable	3.1% 8	3.7% 24	1.0% 5	1.6% 4	0.7% 1	1.6% 2	2.3% 44
Don't understand	0.4% 1	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.8% 2	0.2% 1	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924