Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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SOC_VALU Do you agree with the following statements? Social values are constantly changing, so we don't know the right thing to do.   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	838	43.5%	43.5%	-.69
Yes,somewhat	648	33.7%	77.2%	-.1
No, not really	216	11.2%	88.4%	.49
No, not at all	66	3.4%	91.8%	1.09
Don't know	137	7.1%	99%	2.86
Don't understand	14	.7%	99.7%	3.45
Refuse	6	.3%	100%	4.05

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	39.4% 76	48.8% 142	49.5% 142	42.8% 125	41.2% 215	40.6% 138	43.5% 838
Yes,somewhat	29.5% 57	24.7% 72	28.2% 81	31.8% 93	39.8% 208	40.3% 137	33.7% 648
No, not really	5.2% 10	9.6% 28	10.1% 29	14.4% 42	12.3% 64	12.6% 43	11.2% 216
No, not at all	3.6% 7	3.4% 10	3.8% 11	3.8% 11	3.3% 17	2.9% 10	3.4% 66
Don't know	20.2% 39	11.0% 32	7.0% 20	6.2% 18	3.3% 17	3.2% 11	7.1% 137
Don't understand	1.0% 2	2.4% 7	1.4% 4	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 14
Refuse	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.2% 1	0.3% 1	0.3% 6
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	37.5% 164	52.8% 149	51.7% 125	50.0% 182	38.5% 116	34.5% 99	43.6% 835
Yes,somewhat	30.2% 132	30.1% 85	34.3% 83	33.2% 121	37.9% 114	37.6% 108	33.6% 643
No, not really	6.4% 28	7.1% 20	9.9% 24	8.8% 32	15.6% 47	22.0% 63	11.2% 214
No, not at all	2.3% 10	2.1% 6	1.2% 3	3.3% 12	6.3% 19	5.2% 15	3.4% 65
Don't know	20.4% 89	7.1% 20	2.1% 5	4.7% 17	1.0% 3	0.7% 2	7.1% 136
Don't understand	2.7% 12	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 14
Refuse	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
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	44.4% 427	42.7% 411	43.5% 838
Yes,somewhat	34.4% 331	32.9% 317	33.7% 648
No, not really	11.0% 106	11.4% 110	11.2% 216
No, not at all	4.2% 40	2.7% 26	3.4% 66
Don't know	5.2% 50	9.0% 87	7.1% 137
Don't understand	0.4% 4	1.0% 10	0.7% 14
Refuse	0.4% 4	0.2% 2	0.3% 6
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	44.2% 142	46.1% 118	50.0% 207	46.0% 115	35.9% 117	37.7% 75	43.8% 774
Yes,somewhat	28.7% 92	29.7% 76	33.3% 138	37.2% 93	40.5% 132	33.7% 67	33.9% 598
No, not really	7.8% 25	10.2% 26	8.9% 37	9.2% 23	15.3% 50	21.1% 42	11.5% 203
No, not at all	2.5% 8	2.0% 5	1.9% 8	4.0% 10	5.8% 19	6.5% 13	3.6% 63
Don't know	14.3% 46	10.2% 26	5.3% 22	3.6% 9	2.5% 8	0.5% 1	6.3% 112
Don't understand	2.2% 7	1.6% 4	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.7% 13
Refuse	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
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	38.2% 179	45.4% 658	0.00% 0	43.6% 837
Yes,somewhat	40.9% 192	31.3% 454	0.00% 0	33.7% 646
No, not really	13.4% 63	10.4% 151	0.00% 0	11.2% 214
No, not at all	3.2% 15	3.5% 51	0.00% 0	3.4% 66
Don't know	3.8% 18	8.1% 118	0.00% 0	7.1% 136
Don't understand	0.2% 1	0.9% 13	0.00% 0	0.7% 14
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.3% 5	0.00% 0	0.3% 6
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	40.8% 107	40.9% 263	49.4% 250	43.3% 106	42.4% 59	41.1% 53	43.6% 838
Yes,somewhat	35.1% 92	37.0% 238	29.1% 147	36.7% 90	31.7% 44	27.9% 36	33.6% 647
No, not really	14.9% 39	9.3% 60	11.1% 56	10.6% 26	13.7% 19	12.4% 16	11.2% 216
No, not at all	4.2% 11	2.8% 18	4.0% 20	2.4% 6	2.9% 4	5.4% 7	3.4% 66
Don't know	3.8% 10	9.2% 59	5.5% 28	6.1% 15	7.9% 11	10.9% 14	7.1% 137
Don't understand	0.4% 1	0.6% 4	0.6% 3	0.4% 1	1.4% 2	2.3% 3	0.7% 14
Refuse	0.8% 2	0.2% 1	0.4% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924