Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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GHOST Do you have the following experiences? How often do they occur? Saw a ghost.   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	1728	89.8%	89.8%	-.26
Once or twice	99	5.1%	94.9%	.87
Several times	36	1.9%	96.8%	2
Often	7	.4%	97.1%	3.13
Not applicable	45	2.3%	99.5%	4.27
Don't understand	4	.2%	99.7%	7.66
Refuse	6	.3%	100%	8.8

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	89.6% 173	90.0% 262	93.4% 268	91.4% 267	88.5% 462	87.1% 296	89.8% 1728
Once or twice	6.7% 13	5.2% 15	3.1% 9	4.5% 13	5.7% 30	5.6% 19	5.1% 99
Several times	0.5% 1	2.1% 6	1.7% 5	2.4% 7	1.5% 8	2.6% 9	1.9% 36
Often	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.3% 1	0.4% 7
Not applicable	2.6% 5	1.7% 5	1.0% 3	1.0% 3	3.3% 17	3.5% 12	2.3% 45
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	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	0.2% 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	88.1% 385	86.9% 245	88.8% 215	90.4% 329	91.7% 276	93.0% 267	89.8% 1717
Once or twice	5.9% 26	7.1% 20	4.5% 11	4.4% 16	5.6% 17	3.1% 9	5.2% 99
Several times	2.5% 11	2.5% 7	3.7% 9	1.6% 6	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	1.8% 35
Often	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
Not applicable	2.5% 11	3.2% 9	0.8% 2	3.0% 11	1.7% 5	2.4% 7	2.4% 45
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	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	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	89.4% 860	90.1% 868	89.8% 1728
Once or twice	5.1% 49	5.2% 50	5.1% 99
Several times	2.3% 22	1.5% 14	1.9% 36
Often	0.6% 6	0.1% 1	0.4% 7
Not applicable	2.2% 21	2.5% 24	2.3% 45
Don't understand	0.1% 1	0.3% 3	0.2% 4
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	88.5% 284	88.3% 226	88.6% 367	90.8% 227	93.9% 306	91.5% 182	90.1% 1592
Once or twice	4.7% 15	6.3% 16	6.5% 27	5.6% 14	2.5% 8	4.0% 8	5.0% 88
Several times	0.9% 3	1.6% 4	1.7% 7	2.4% 6	2.1% 7	1.0% 2	1.6% 29
Often	0.6% 2	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.4% 7
Not applicable	4.4% 14	2.3% 6	2.7% 11	0.8% 2	1.2% 4	3.0% 6	2.4% 43
Don't understand	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Refuse	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	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	87.6% 411	90.4% 1311	0.00% 0	89.7% 1722
Once or twice	5.5% 26	5.0% 73	0.00% 0	5.2% 99
Several times	1.9% 9	1.9% 27	0.00% 0	1.9% 36
Often	0.4% 2	0.3% 5	0.00% 0	0.4% 7
Not applicable	3.4% 16	2.0% 29	0.00% 0	2.3% 45
Don't understand	0.4% 2	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.2% 4
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	88.9% 233	89.9% 578	89.3% 452	89.0% 218	94.2% 131	89.1% 115	89.8% 1727
Once or twice	5.0% 13	5.0% 32	6.3% 32	4.5% 11	2.2% 3	6.2% 8	5.1% 99
Several times	1.1% 3	0.8% 5	2.2% 11	4.5% 11	2.2% 3	2.3% 3	1.9% 36
Often	0.4% 1	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 7
Not applicable	3.4% 9	3.7% 24	1.0% 5	1.2% 3	0.7% 1	2.3% 3	2.3% 45
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	0.2% 1	0.6% 3	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