Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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CERTAIN Do you have the following feelings? ‘Do you often feel that there are many things you are not certain of?'   1) Yes, often   2) Yes, sometimes   3) Seldom   4) Never   7) Don't know   8) Don't understand   9) Refuse

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes, often	161	8.4%	8.4%	-1.78
Yes, sometimes	638	33.1%	41.5%	-.82
Seldom	471	24.5%	66%	.14
Never	646	33.6%	99.5%	1.09
Don't know	5	.3%	99.8%	3.97
Don't understand	2	.1%	99.9%	4.93
Refuse	2	.1%	100%	5.89

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, often	5.2% 10	7.9% 23	6.6% 19	4.5% 13	7.3% 38	17.1% 58	8.4% 161
Yes, sometimes	19.2% 37	26.8% 78	30.3% 87	30.5% 89	37.2% 194	45.0% 153	33.1% 638
Seldom	25.4% 49	20.3% 59	22.3% 64	28.1% 82	25.9% 135	24.1% 82	24.5% 471
Never	49.2% 95	44.0% 128	40.1% 115	36.3% 106	29.7% 155	13.8% 47	33.6% 646
Don't know	1.0% 2	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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, often	8.0% 35	6.7% 19	10.3% 25	9.3% 34	8.0% 24	8.4% 24	8.4% 161
Yes, sometimes	25.6% 112	34.0% 96	35.1% 85	33.8% 123	36.2% 109	37.3% 107	33.0% 632
Seldom	20.1% 88	21.6% 61	21.9% 53	24.7% 90	30.6% 92	29.6% 85	24.5% 469
Never	45.1% 197	37.2% 105	32.6% 79	31.6% 115	24.9% 75	24.7% 71	33.6% 642
Don't know	0.5% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 5
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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, often	6.7% 64	10.1% 97	8.4% 161
Yes, sometimes	32.5% 313	33.7% 325	33.1% 638
Seldom	27.2% 262	21.7% 209	24.5% 471
Never	33.3% 320	33.9% 326	33.6% 646
Don't know	0.2% 2	0.3% 3	0.3% 5
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
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, often	9.0% 29	6.6% 17	8.2% 34	10.0% 25	6.7% 22	8.0% 16	8.1% 143
Yes, sometimes	29.0% 93	30.1% 77	33.8% 140	36.0% 90	37.1% 121	33.2% 66	33.2% 587
Seldom	24.3% 78	27.0% 69	22.0% 91	23.6% 59	26.7% 87	26.6% 53	24.7% 437
Never	36.8% 118	35.9% 92	35.5% 147	30.0% 75	29.4% 96	32.2% 64	33.5% 592
Don't know	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 4
Don't understand	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	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, often	13.9% 65	6.6% 96	0.00% 0	8.4% 161
Yes, sometimes	44.1% 207	29.7% 430	0.00% 0	33.2% 637
Seldom	24.3% 114	24.4% 354	0.00% 0	24.4% 468
Never	17.7% 83	38.7% 561	0.00% 0	33.6% 644
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.3% 5	0.00% 0	0.3% 5
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	0.00% 0	0.1% 2
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, often	9.9% 26	6.4% 41	10.7% 54	9.8% 24	5.8% 8	6.2% 8	8.4% 161
Yes, sometimes	33.6% 88	34.8% 224	31.6% 160	39.2% 96	22.3% 31	30.2% 39	33.2% 638
Seldom	27.5% 72	29.4% 189	20.8% 105	16.7% 41	28.1% 39	18.6% 24	24.4% 470
Never	29.0% 76	28.9% 186	36.2% 183	33.9% 83	43.9% 61	44.2% 57	33.6% 646
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.3% 5
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924