Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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ILL_EVIL Do you believe that a person can become ill because of the following reasons: The work of evil spirits?   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	183	9.5%	9.5%	-1.28
Yes, somewhat	668	34.7%	44.2%	-.66
No, not really	502	26.1%	70.3%	-.04
No, not at all	380	19.7%	90%	.58
Don't know	182	9.5%	99.5%	2.44
Don't understand	5	.3%	99.7%	3.06
Refuse	5	.3%	100%	3.69

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	16.6% 32	11.3% 33	10.1% 29	6.2% 18	6.9% 36	10.3% 35	9.5% 183
Yes, somewhat	28.5% 55	24.4% 71	27.9% 80	30.8% 90	40.8% 213	46.8% 159	34.7% 668
No, not really	19.7% 38	26.1% 76	29.6% 85	29.5% 86	24.5% 128	26.2% 89	26.1% 502
No, not at all	18.1% 35	26.1% 76	22.3% 64	21.9% 64	19.5% 102	11.5% 39	19.7% 380
Don't know	16.6% 32	11.0% 32	10.1% 29	11.0% 32	7.5% 39	5.3% 18	9.5% 182
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.5% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
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	17.2% 75	9.2% 26	8.7% 21	6.9% 25	7.3% 22	4.9% 14	9.6% 183
Yes, somewhat	32.0% 140	32.6% 92	34.7% 84	39.8% 145	40.2% 121	28.9% 83	34.8% 665
No, not really	21.7% 95	27.7% 78	26.0% 63	25.8% 94	25.9% 78	32.1% 92	26.1% 500
No, not at all	14.2% 62	18.4% 52	24.0% 58	18.7% 68	18.6% 56	27.9% 80	19.7% 376
Don't know	14.0% 61	12.1% 34	6.2% 15	8.5% 31	7.6% 23	5.2% 15	9.4% 179
Don't understand	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.3% 5
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	7.9% 76	11.1% 107	9.5% 183
Yes, somewhat	31.9% 307	37.5% 361	34.7% 668
No, not really	27.3% 263	24.8% 239	26.1% 502
No, not at all	24.2% 233	15.3% 147	19.7% 380
Don't know	8.0% 77	10.9% 105	9.5% 182
Don't understand	0.1% 1	0.4% 4	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
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	11.2% 36	12.1% 31	9.7% 40	8.4% 21	6.4% 21	8.0% 16	9.3% 165
Yes, somewhat	29.3% 94	34.0% 87	34.5% 143	38.4% 96	37.4% 122	31.2% 62	34.2% 604
No, not really	23.1% 74	27.3% 70	28.7% 119	25.2% 63	29.4% 96	28.6% 57	27.1% 479
No, not at all	21.5% 69	17.6% 45	17.9% 74	19.6% 49	20.2% 66	26.1% 52	20.1% 355
Don't know	13.7% 44	9.0% 23	8.9% 37	8.4% 21	5.8% 19	6.0% 12	8.8% 156
Don't understand	0.9% 3	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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	8.7% 41	9.8% 142	0.00% 0	9.5% 183
Yes, somewhat	44.3% 208	31.5% 457	0.00% 0	34.7% 665
No, not really	23.2% 109	27.1% 393	0.00% 0	26.2% 502
No, not at all	16.6% 78	20.6% 299	0.00% 0	19.6% 377
Don't know	6.4% 30	10.5% 152	0.00% 0	9.5% 182
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.3% 4	0.00% 0	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.4% 2	0.2% 3	0.00% 0	0.3% 5
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	5.3% 14	9.8% 63	10.9% 55	9.4% 23	6.5% 9	14.7% 19	9.5% 183
Yes, somewhat	26.0% 68	37.0% 238	40.9% 207	36.7% 90	11.5% 16	38.0% 49	34.7% 668
No, not really	29.4% 77	28.3% 182	19.8% 100	29.8% 73	28.8% 40	23.3% 30	26.1% 502
No, not at all	29.0% 76	13.8% 89	19.2% 97	13.5% 33	48.2% 67	14.0% 18	19.8% 380
Don't know	9.5% 25	10.6% 68	8.5% 43	10.2% 25	5.0% 7	10.1% 13	9.4% 181
Don't understand	0.4% 1	0.3% 2	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Refuse	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924