Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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MEDITATE Do you engage in sitting in meditation (Za-Zen), sitting still as a form of therapy?   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1811	94.1%	94.1%	-.25
Yes	114	5.9%	100%	3.99

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
No	93.3% 180	93.1% 271	93.4% 268	92.5% 270	95.2% 497	95.6% 325	94.1% 1811
Yes	6.7% 13	6.9% 20	6.6% 19	7.5% 22	4.8% 25	4.4% 15	5.9% 114
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
No	95.9% 419	96.8% 273	95.0% 230	93.4% 340	92.4% 278	90.9% 261	94.1% 1801
Yes	4.1% 18	3.2% 9	5.0% 12	6.6% 24	7.6% 23	9.1% 26	5.9% 112
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
No	94.6% 910	93.6% 901	94.1% 1811
Yes	5.4% 52	6.4% 62	5.9% 114
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
No	95.6% 307	94.1% 241	95.7% 396	94.0% 235	93.9% 306	91.0% 181	94.3% 1666
Yes	4.4% 14	5.9% 15	4.3% 18	6.0% 15	6.1% 20	9.0% 18	5.7% 100
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
No	94.0% 441	94.1% 1364	0.00% 0	94.1% 1805
Yes	6.0% 28	5.9% 86	0.00% 0	5.9% 114
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
No	96.9% 254	97.8% 629	87.0% 440	95.1% 233	98.6% 137	90.7% 117	94.1% 1810
Yes	3.1% 8	2.2% 14	13.0% 66	4.9% 12	1.4% 2	9.3% 12	5.9% 114
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924