Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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HAPPY Generally speaking, do you feel happy in your life?   0) Missing or Not applicable   1) Very happy   2) Happy   3) Quite happy   4) Not very unhappy   5) Very unhappy

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Missing or Not applicable	1	.1%	.1%	-2.89
Very happy	278	14.4%	14.5%	-1.71
Happy	651	33.8%	48.3%	-.53
Quite happy	852	44.3%	92.6%	.64
Not very unhappy	127	6.6%	99.2%	1.82
Very unhappy	16	.8%	100%	3

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
Missing or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Very happy	20.7% 40	19.2% 56	13.6% 39	15.1% 44	13.2% 69	8.8% 30	14.4% 278
Happy	29.5% 57	30.9% 90	34.5% 99	36.0% 105	34.3% 179	35.6% 121	33.8% 651
Quite happy	36.8% 71	40.5% 118	44.9% 129	42.1% 123	45.6% 238	50.9% 173	44.3% 852
Not very unhappy	11.4% 22	7.9% 23	5.6% 16	5.8% 17	6.5% 34	4.4% 15	6.6% 127
Very unhappy	1.6% 3	1.0% 3	1.4% 4	1.0% 3	0.4% 2	0.3% 1	0.8% 16
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 or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Very happy	14.4% 63	14.5% 41	13.2% 32	15.7% 57	12.6% 38	15.7% 45	14.4% 276
Happy	29.5% 129	34.8% 98	36.4% 88	32.1% 117	35.9% 108	38.0% 109	33.9% 649
Quite happy	42.1% 184	44.0% 124	44.6% 108	46.7% 170	45.8% 138	42.2% 121	44.2% 845
Not very unhappy	12.1% 53	6.0% 17	4.5% 11	5.2% 19	5.3% 16	3.5% 10	6.6% 126
Very unhappy	1.8% 8	0.4% 1	1.2% 3	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	0.8% 16
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 or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
Very happy	12.9% 124	16.0% 154	14.4% 278
Happy	34.1% 328	33.5% 323	33.8% 651
Quite happy	44.9% 432	43.6% 420	44.3% 852
Not very unhappy	7.3% 70	5.9% 57	6.6% 127
Very unhappy	0.8% 8	0.8% 8	0.8% 16
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 or Not applicable	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Very happy	11.8% 38	11.7% 30	14.5% 60	15.6% 39	16.3% 53	16.6% 33	14.3% 253
Happy	26.5% 85	37.1% 95	34.1% 141	36.4% 91	36.5% 119	37.2% 74	34.3% 605
Quite happy	46.4% 149	44.1% 113	45.9% 190	44.4% 111	42.0% 137	40.2% 80	44.2% 780
Not very unhappy	13.4% 43	5.9% 15	5.1% 21	3.2% 8	4.9% 16	5.5% 11	6.5% 114
Very unhappy	1.6% 5	1.2% 3	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.5% 1	0.7% 13
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 or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
Very happy	9.8% 46	15.8% 229	0.00% 0	14.3% 275
Happy	34.1% 160	33.8% 490	0.00% 0	33.9% 650
Quite happy	48.4% 227	43.0% 623	0.00% 0	44.3% 850
Not very unhappy	6.8% 32	6.6% 95	0.00% 0	6.6% 127
Very unhappy	0.9% 4	0.8% 12	0.00% 0	0.8% 16
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 or Not applicable	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.1% 1
Very happy	14.9% 39	10.1% 65	16.6% 84	13.1% 32	29.5% 41	13.2% 17	14.4% 278
Happy	31.7% 83	34.2% 220	35.6% 180	31.4% 77	30.9% 43	36.4% 47	33.8% 650
Quite happy	47.7% 125	47.3% 304	40.1% 203	48.2% 118	32.4% 45	44.2% 57	44.3% 852
Not very unhappy	4.6% 12	7.3% 47	7.3% 37	5.7% 14	7.2% 10	5.4% 7	6.6% 127
Very unhappy	1.1% 3	1.1% 7	0.4% 2	1.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924