Taiwan Social Change Survey, 1999

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SCRIPTUR Do you engage in reading religious scriptures?   0) No   1) Yes

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
No	1745	90.6%	90.6%	-.32
Yes	180	9.4%	100%	3.11

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	88.6% 171	89.3% 260	90.2% 259	88.4% 258	90.6% 473	95.3% 324	90.6% 1745
Yes	11.4% 22	10.7% 31	9.8% 28	11.6% 34	9.4% 49	4.7% 16	9.4% 180
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	92.2% 403	95.0% 268	90.9% 220	90.1% 328	89.4% 269	86.4% 248	90.7% 1736
Yes	7.8% 34	5.0% 14	9.1% 22	9.9% 36	10.6% 32	13.6% 39	9.3% 177
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	93.2% 897	88.1% 848	90.6% 1745
Yes	6.8% 65	11.9% 115	9.4% 180
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	93.8% 301	91.8% 235	91.8% 380	90.8% 227	89.3% 291	85.9% 171	90.9% 1605
Yes	6.2% 20	8.2% 21	8.2% 34	9.2% 23	10.7% 35	14.1% 28	9.1% 161
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	93.2% 437	89.8% 1302	0.00% 0	90.6% 1739
Yes	6.8% 32	10.2% 148	0.00% 0	9.4% 180
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	98.5% 258	97.5% 627	83.0% 420	95.1% 233	73.4% 102	80.6% 104	90.6% 1744
Yes	1.5% 4	2.5% 16	17.0% 86	4.9% 12	26.6% 37	19.4% 25	9.4% 180
TOTAL	100.0% 262	100.0% 643	100.0% 506	100.0% 245	100.0% 139	100.0% 129	1924