Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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POSSESS2 Do you have the following experiences? How often do they occur? Had the experience of being possessed by the spirits.   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	1829	95%	95%	-.19
Once or twice	32	1.7%	96.7%	1.06
Several times	7	.4%	97%	2.31
Often	6	.3%	97.4%	3.57
Not applicable	42	2.2%	99.5%	4.82
Don't understand	6	.3%	99.8%	8.58
Refuse	3	.2%	100%	9.83

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	96.4% 186	94.5% 275	95.1% 273	97.3% 284	95.0% 496	92.6% 315	95.0% 1829
Once or twice	1.0% 2	1.4% 4	2.8% 8	0.7% 2	1.5% 8	2.4% 8	1.7% 32
Several times	0.0% 0	1.0% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.4% 7
Often	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 6
Not applicable	2.6% 5	2.1% 6	1.0% 3	0.7% 2	2.7% 14	3.5% 12	2.2% 42
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.9% 3	0.3% 6
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	93.8% 410	94.3% 266	97.1% 235	94.2% 343	96.7% 291	95.1% 273	95.0% 1818
Once or twice	2.1% 9	1.8% 5	0.8% 2	1.9% 7	1.7% 5	1.0% 3	1.6% 31
Several times	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.4% 7
Often	0.2% 1	0.7% 2	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
Not applicable	2.7% 12	2.8% 8	0.4% 1	2.7% 10	1.3% 4	2.4% 7	2.2% 42
Don't understand	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 6
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	94.5% 909	95.5% 920	95.0% 1829
Once or twice	2.2% 21	1.1% 11	1.7% 32
Several times	0.5% 5	0.2% 2	0.4% 7
Often	0.5% 5	0.1% 1	0.3% 6
Not applicable	1.9% 18	2.5% 24	2.2% 42
Don't understand	0.2% 2	0.4% 4	0.3% 6
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	93.5% 300	94.9% 243	95.9% 397	95.2% 238	95.7% 312	95.0% 189	95.1% 1679
Once or twice	1.2% 4	1.6% 4	0.7% 3	3.2% 8	2.1% 7	1.5% 3	1.6% 29
Several times	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.9% 3	0.5% 1	0.3% 6
Often	0.3% 1	0.8% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Not applicable	3.7% 12	2.3% 6	2.2% 9	1.2% 3	1.2% 4	3.0% 6	2.3% 40
Don't understand	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
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	93.0% 436	95.7% 1387	0.00% 0	95.0% 1823
Once or twice	2.3% 11	1.4% 21	0.00% 0	1.7% 32
Several times	0.4% 2	0.3% 5	0.00% 0	0.4% 7
Often	0.4% 2	0.3% 4	0.00% 0	0.3% 6
Not applicable	3.2% 15	1.9% 27	0.00% 0	2.2% 42
Don't understand	0.4% 2	0.3% 4	0.00% 0	0.3% 6
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	95.4% 250	94.1% 605	96.2% 487	94.7% 232	97.1% 135	92.2% 119	95.0% 1828
Once or twice	0.4% 1	1.7% 11	1.8% 9	2.4% 6	1.4% 2	2.3% 3	1.7% 32
Several times	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	1.6% 2	0.4% 7
Often	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.3% 6
Not applicable	2.7% 7	3.7% 24	1.0% 5	1.2% 3	0.0% 0	2.3% 3	2.2% 42
Don't understand	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.7% 1	0.8% 1	0.3% 6
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