Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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REL_BKS Do you read religious books or listen to religious tapes (e.g., Buddhist sutras, the Bible, etc.)?   1) Yes   2) Occasionally, but not intentionally   3) No

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	449	23.3%	23.3%	-1.55
Occasionally, but not intentionally	537	27.9%	51.2%	-.31
No	939	48.8%	100%	.92

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	22.8% 44	21.3% 62	27.9% 80	25.0% 73	24.1% 126	18.8% 64	23.3% 449
Occasionally, but not intentionally	20.2% 39	22.7% 66	25.1% 72	31.5% 92	32.8% 171	28.5% 97	27.9% 537
No	57.0% 110	56.0% 163	47.0% 135	43.5% 127	43.1% 225	52.6% 179	48.8% 939
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	19.0% 83	22.3% 63	24.8% 60	20.9% 76	25.2% 76	30.3% 87	23.3% 445
Occasionally, but not intentionally	18.5% 81	26.2% 74	30.2% 73	32.4% 118	35.5% 107	28.9% 83	28.0% 536
No	62.5% 273	51.4% 145	45.0% 109	46.7% 170	39.2% 118	40.8% 117	48.7% 932
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	19.6% 189	27.0% 260	23.3% 449
Occasionally, but not intentionally	27.0% 260	28.8% 277	27.9% 537
No	53.3% 513	44.2% 426	48.8% 939
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	19.6% 63	21.5% 55	26.3% 109	22.4% 56	23.3% 76	29.6% 59	23.7% 418
Occasionally, but not intentionally	22.7% 73	20.7% 53	28.5% 118	34.0% 85	31.0% 101	31.7% 63	27.9% 493
No	57.6% 185	57.8% 148	45.2% 187	43.6% 109	45.7% 149	38.7% 77	48.4% 855
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	22.8% 107	23.4% 340	0.00% 0	23.3% 447
Occasionally, but not intentionally	29.6% 139	27.3% 396	0.00% 0	27.9% 535
No	47.5% 223	49.2% 714	0.00% 0	48.8% 937
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	8.8% 23	12.1% 78	36.4% 184	17.6% 43	58.3% 81	31.0% 40	23.3% 449
Occasionally, but not intentionally	26.3% 69	27.2% 175	26.5% 134	30.6% 75	27.3% 38	35.7% 46	27.9% 537
No	64.9% 170	60.7% 390	37.2% 188	51.8% 127	14.4% 20	33.3% 43	48.8% 938
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924