Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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LONELY Do you have the following feelings? ‘Do you often feel that you are very lonely?'   0) Missing or Not applicable   1) Yes, often   2) Yes, sometimes   3) Seldom   4) Never   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Missing or Not applicable	1	.1%	.1%	-3.63
Yes, often	61	3.2%	3.2%	-2.51
Yes, sometimes	388	20.2%	23.4%	-1.4
Seldom	477	24.8%	48.2%	-.28
Never	997	51.8%	99.9%	.83
Refuse	1	.1%	100%	6.4

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
Yes, often	5.2% 10	2.7% 8	2.4% 7	2.7% 8	2.1% 11	5.0% 17	3.2% 61
Yes, sometimes	10.4% 20	15.5% 45	17.1% 49	18.8% 55	22.0% 115	30.6% 104	20.2% 388
Seldom	21.2% 41	15.8% 46	20.9% 60	22.3% 65	26.6% 139	37.1% 126	24.8% 477
Never	63.2% 122	65.3% 190	59.6% 171	56.2% 164	49.2% 257	27.4% 93	51.8% 997
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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
Yes, often	4.3% 19	3.2% 9	2.1% 5	3.0% 11	2.0% 6	3.8% 11	3.2% 61
Yes, sometimes	13.5% 59	14.2% 40	19.8% 48	25.8% 94	23.9% 72	24.4% 70	20.0% 383
Seldom	17.6% 77	20.6% 58	26.4% 64	25.5% 93	32.9% 99	29.6% 85	24.9% 476
Never	64.3% 281	61.7% 174	51.7% 125	45.6% 166	41.2% 124	42.2% 121	51.8% 991
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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
Yes, often	2.9% 28	3.4% 33	3.2% 61
Yes, sometimes	18.1% 174	22.2% 214	20.2% 388
Seldom	24.4% 235	25.1% 242	24.8% 477
Never	54.5% 524	49.1% 473	51.8% 997
Refuse	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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
Yes, often	5.3% 17	3.5% 9	1.9% 8	2.0% 5	2.5% 8	3.5% 7	3.1% 54
Yes, sometimes	18.1% 58	18.4% 47	21.3% 88	21.2% 53	19.9% 65	22.6% 45	20.2% 356
Seldom	21.5% 69	21.9% 56	24.4% 101	26.8% 67	30.1% 98	25.6% 51	25.0% 442
Never	54.8% 176	56.3% 144	52.4% 217	50.0% 125	47.5% 155	48.2% 96	51.7% 913
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
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
Yes, often	4.3% 20	2.8% 40	0.00% 0	3.1% 60
Yes, sometimes	33.0% 155	16.0% 232	0.00% 0	20.2% 387
Seldom	32.2% 151	22.4% 325	0.00% 0	24.8% 476
Never	30.5% 143	58.7% 851	0.00% 0	51.8% 994
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.1% 1
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
Yes, often	3.1% 8	3.6% 23	3.2% 16	2.4% 6	2.9% 4	3.1% 4	3.2% 61
Yes, sometimes	21.4% 56	22.6% 145	18.4% 93	20.0% 49	15.1% 21	18.6% 24	20.2% 388
Seldom	31.7% 83	26.0% 167	22.3% 113	19.2% 47	28.1% 39	21.7% 28	24.8% 477
Never	43.9% 115	47.7% 307	56.1% 284	58.4% 143	54.0% 75	55.8% 72	51.8% 996
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924