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Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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POSSESS3

Do you have the following experiences? How often do they occur? Saw others in the process of being possessed by the spirits.
  0) Missing
  1) Never
  2) Once or twice
  3) Several times
  4) Often
  5) Not applicable
  8) Don't understand
  9) Refuse

Category Frequency Percentage Cumulative Percentage Z-Score
Missing 2 .1% .1% -1.34
Never 1627 84.5% 84.6% -.32
Once or twice 163 8.5% 93.1% .69
Several times 52 2.7% 95.8% 1.71
Often 18 .9% 96.7% 2.72
Not applicable 50 2.6% 99.3% 3.74
Don't understand 7 .4% 99.7% 6.78
Refuse 6 .3% 100% 7.8

Variable Comparisons


Age (I-AGE)

22-30 31-40 41-45 46-50 51-60 61-68 TOTAL
Missing 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.3%
1		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.3%
1		 0.1%
2
Never 87.0%
168		 86.6%
252		 84.7%
243		 88.4%
258		 81.8%
427		 82.1%
279		 84.5%
1627
Once or twice 7.3%
14		 6.2%
18		 7.7%
22		 6.5%
19		 10.3%
54		 10.6%
36		 8.5%
163
Several times 1.0%
2		 2.7%
8		 2.8%
8		 2.4%
7		 3.3%
17		 2.9%
10		 2.7%
52
Often 1.0%
2		 1.0%
3		 1.7%
5		 0.7%
2		 1.0%
5		 0.3%
1		 0.9%
18
Not applicable 3.1%
6		 2.1%
6		 2.4%
7		 1.4%
4		 3.1%
16		 3.2%
11		 2.6%
50
Don't understand 0.0%
0		 0.7%
2		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.6%
3		 0.6%
2		 0.4%
7
Refuse 0.5%
1		 0.7%
2		 0.3%
1		 0.7%
2		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 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
Missing 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.3%
1		 0.3%
1		 0.1%
2
Never 85.8%
375		 83.0%
234		 82.6%
200		 81.6%
297		 85.7%
258		 87.5%
251		 84.4%
1615
Once or twice 6.2%
27		 9.9%
28		 9.9%
24		 11.3%
41		 7.6%
23		 7.0%
20		 8.5%
163
Several times 2.5%
11		 2.8%
8		 3.3%
8		 3.0%
11		 3.0%
9		 1.7%
5		 2.7%
52
Often 1.4%
6		 0.7%
2		 0.8%
2		 1.6%
6		 0.3%
1		 0.3%
1		 0.9%
18
Not applicable 3.2%
14		 3.5%
10		 1.7%
4		 2.2%
8		 2.7%
8		 2.1%
6		 2.6%
50
Don't understand 0.5%
2		 0.0%
0		 0.4%
1		 0.3%
1		 0.3%
1		 0.7%
2		 0.4%
7
Refuse 0.5%
2		 0.0%
0		 1.2%
3		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.3%
1		 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
Missing 0.1%
1		 0.1%
1		 0.1%
2
Never 82.4%
793		 86.6%
834		 84.5%
1627
Once or twice 9.8%
94		 7.2%
69		 8.5%
163
Several times 3.7%
36		 1.7%
16		 2.7%
52
Often 1.6%
15		 0.3%
3		 0.9%
18
Not applicable 2.1%
20		 3.1%
30		 2.6%
50
Don't understand 0.1%
1		 0.6%
6		 0.4%
7
Refuse 0.2%
2		 0.4%
4		 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
Missing 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.6%
2		 0.0%
0		 0.1%
2
Never 84.1%
270		 83.2%
213		 83.8%
347		 86.0%
215		 85.9%
280		 82.9%
165		 84.4%
1490
Once or twice 7.8%
25		 9.0%
23		 9.4%
39		 8.4%
21		 7.7%
25		 11.1%
22		 8.8%
155
Several times 0.9%
3		 3.1%
8		 2.4%
10		 3.2%
8		 3.4%
11		 2.0%
4		 2.5%
44
Often 1.6%
5		 0.8%
2		 1.0%
4		 0.8%
2		 0.9%
3		 0.5%
1		 1.0%
17
Not applicable 4.0%
13		 3.1%
8		 2.9%
12		 1.2%
3		 1.5%
5		 3.0%
6		 2.7%
47
Don't understand 1.2%
4		 0.4%
1		 0.2%
1		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.5%
1		 0.4%
7
Refuse 0.3%
1		 0.4%
1		 0.2%
1		 0.4%
1		 0.0%
0		 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 0.2%
1		 0.1%
1		 0.00%
0		 0.1%
2
Never 81.9%
384		 85.3%
1237		 0.00%
0		 84.5%
1621
Once or twice 10.0%
47		 8.0%
116		 0.00%
0		 8.5%
163
Several times 3.2%
15		 2.6%
37		 0.00%
0		 2.7%
52
Often 1.1%
5		 0.9%
13		 0.00%
0		 0.9%
18
Not applicable 2.8%
13		 2.6%
37		 0.00%
0		 2.6%
50
Don't understand 0.6%
3		 0.3%
4		 0.00%
0		 0.4%
7
Refuse 0.2%
1		 0.3%
5		 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
Missing 0.4%
1		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.0%
0		 0.7%
1		 0.0%
0		 0.1%
2
Never 87.4%
229		 82.0%
527		 85.8%
434		 83.3%
204		 91.4%
127		 81.4%
105		 84.5%
1626
Once or twice 6.5%
17		 8.9%
57		 8.1%
41		 11.8%
29		 4.3%
6		 10.1%
13		 8.5%
163
Several times 1.1%
3		 3.6%
23		 2.8%
14		 2.0%
5		 2.2%
3		 3.1%
4		 2.7%
52
Often 0.0%
0		 0.9%
6		 1.4%
7		 1.2%
3		 0.7%
1		 0.8%
1		 0.9%
18
Not applicable 3.4%
9		 4.0%
26		 1.4%
7		 1.6%
4		 0.0%
0		 3.1%
4		 2.6%
50
Don't understand 0.4%
1		 0.3%
2		 0.2%
1		 0.0%
0		 0.7%
1		 1.6%
2		 0.4%
7
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

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