Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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ILLPUNSH Do you believe that a person can become ill because of the following reasons: Punishment from God?   1) Yes, very   2) Yes, somewhat   3) No, not really   4) No, not at all   7) Don't know   8) Don't understand   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, very	78	4.1%	4.1%	-1.64
Yes, somewhat	352	18.3%	22.3%	-.97
No, not really	751	39%	61.4%	-.31
No, not at all	521	27.1%	88.4%	.35
Don't know	217	11.3%	99.7%	2.33
Don't understand	3	.2%	99.8%	2.99
Refuse	3	.2%	100%	3.65

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
Yes, very	5.2% 10	5.5% 16	2.8% 8	4.1% 12	2.9% 15	5.0% 17	4.1% 78
Yes, somewhat	13.0% 25	9.3% 27	17.8% 51	16.4% 48	21.8% 114	25.6% 87	18.3% 352
No, not really	33.7% 65	36.8% 107	38.7% 111	38.4% 112	41.2% 215	41.5% 141	39.0% 751
No, not at all	31.1% 60	33.0% 96	28.9% 83	27.1% 79	25.3% 132	20.9% 71	27.1% 521
Don't know	17.1% 33	15.5% 45	11.8% 34	13.4% 39	8.0% 42	7.1% 24	11.3% 217
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	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
Yes, very	6.6% 29	3.9% 11	3.7% 9	2.2% 8	3.3% 10	3.8% 11	4.1% 78
Yes, somewhat	16.7% 73	16.3% 46	23.6% 57	20.9% 76	18.3% 55	14.6% 42	18.2% 349
No, not really	31.8% 139	40.1% 113	37.2% 90	40.7% 148	42.9% 129	44.9% 129	39.1% 748
No, not at all	26.5% 116	25.5% 72	27.3% 66	25.5% 93	27.9% 84	30.0% 86	27.0% 517
Don't know	18.3% 80	14.2% 40	7.9% 19	10.4% 38	7.3% 22	5.6% 16	11.2% 215
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	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
Yes, very	3.8% 37	4.3% 41	4.1% 78
Yes, somewhat	16.0% 154	20.6% 198	18.3% 352
No, not really	39.9% 384	38.1% 367	39.0% 751
No, not at all	31.0% 298	23.2% 223	27.1% 521
Don't know	8.8% 85	13.7% 132	11.3% 217
Don't understand	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.3% 3	0.0% 0	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
Yes, very	4.4% 14	5.9% 15	4.1% 17	3.6% 9	1.8% 6	5.0% 10	4.0% 71
Yes, somewhat	18.1% 58	18.8% 48	20.8% 86	18.4% 46	15.6% 51	15.1% 30	18.1% 319
No, not really	32.7% 105	37.5% 96	40.1% 166	40.4% 101	47.5% 155	38.7% 77	39.6% 700
No, not at all	28.3% 91	23.8% 61	24.6% 102	28.8% 72	27.3% 89	34.7% 69	27.4% 484
Don't know	16.2% 52	14.1% 36	10.1% 42	8.8% 22	7.1% 23	6.5% 13	10.6% 188
Don't understand	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	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
Yes, very	4.7% 22	3.8% 55	0.00% 0	4.0% 77
Yes, somewhat	25.2% 118	16.1% 233	0.00% 0	18.3% 351
No, not really	39.4% 185	39.0% 566	0.00% 0	39.1% 751
No, not at all	23.5% 110	28.1% 407	0.00% 0	26.9% 517
Don't know	6.6% 31	12.8% 186	0.00% 0	11.3% 217
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.4% 2	0.1% 1	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
Yes, very	1.1% 3	3.3% 21	4.5% 23	4.5% 11	12.9% 18	1.6% 2	4.1% 78
Yes, somewhat	11.1% 29	16.3% 105	21.1% 107	18.0% 44	24.5% 34	25.6% 33	18.3% 352
No, not really	39.7% 104	44.3% 285	35.2% 178	40.8% 100	28.1% 39	34.9% 45	39.0% 751
No, not at all	38.2% 100	22.1% 142	27.5% 139	24.5% 60	30.9% 43	28.7% 37	27.1% 521
Don't know	9.2% 24	13.8% 89	11.3% 57	11.8% 29	3.6% 5	9.3% 12	11.2% 216
Don't understand	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	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