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Taiwan Social Change Survey, 2004

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PERSIT1 (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Do you often have the following feelings: People often say that accidents happen anytime; do you often worry that catastrophe will strike suddenly?

	1) Yes, often
	2) Yes, sometimes
	3) Seldom
	4) Never
	94) No comment
	97) Don't know or forgot
	98) Refuse

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, often	85	4.5%	4.5%
Yes, sometimes	708	37.6%	42.1%
Seldom	456	24.2%	66.3%
Never	627	33.3%	99.6%
No comment	0	0%	99.6%
Don't know or forgot	3	.2%	99.8%
Refuse	2	.1%	99.9%

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, often	2.8% 27	6.2% 58	4.5% 85
Yes, sometimes	34.9% 332	40.5% 376	37.7% 708
Seldom	24.4% 232	24.1% 224	24.3% 456
Never	37.6% 358	28.8% 268	33.3% 626
No comment	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Don't know or forgot	0.1% 1	0.2% 2	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 951	100.0% 929	1880

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married, and live with my spouse	Married, but we live separately	My spouse is deceased	Divorced	Single and never married	Other	TOTAL
Yes, often	3.7% 44	5.4% 2	6.7% 8	7.0% 3	5.7% 28	0.0% 0	4.5% 85
Yes, sometimes	36.5% 435	43.2% 16	34.5% 41	34.9% 15	41.1% 202	0.0% 0	37.7% 709
Seldom	22.4% 267	13.5% 5	16.8% 20	27.9% 12	30.8% 151	50.0% 1	24.2% 456
Never	37.2% 443	35.1% 13	42.0% 50	30.2% 13	22.0% 108	50.0% 1	33.4% 628
No comment	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Don't know or forgot	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 37	100.0% 119	100.0% 43	100.0% 491	100.0% 2	1883

Education (I-EDUC)

	None, Self-study, Elementary	Junior high school (including vocational)	High school	Vocational high school (or cadet)	Junior college (of any kind) or Police	College or Graduate school	TOTAL
Yes, often	3.7% 16	3.1% 9	3.7% 6	6.5% 28	5.3% 14	4.6% 13	4.6% 86
Yes, sometimes	28.2% 123	32.9% 97	36.2% 59	40.9% 177	45.4% 119	44.9% 128	37.5% 703
Seldom	18.8% 82	18.6% 55	26.4% 43	22.4% 97	32.1% 84	32.6% 93	24.2% 454
Never	48.4% 211	45.4% 134	33.7% 55	30.3% 131	17.2% 45	17.5% 50	33.4% 626
No comment	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Don't know or forgot	0.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 3
Refuse	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 436	100.0% 295	100.0% 163	100.0% 433	100.0% 262	100.0% 285	1874

Household income (I-INCOME)

	NT$ 20,000 or less	NT$ 20,001-$40,000	NT$ 40,001-60,000	NT$ 60,001-80,000	NT$ 80,001-120,000	More than NT$120,000	TOTAL
Yes, often	5.1% 10	3.7% 10	5.4% 18	7.5% 13	6.0% 16	2.4% 3	5.1% 70
Yes, sometimes	26.5% 52	34.5% 92	38.7% 130	47.7% 83	41.5% 110	43.9% 54	38.3% 521
Seldom	20.4% 40	21.7% 58	24.4% 82	21.3% 37	26.0% 69	32.5% 40	24.0% 326
Never	47.4% 93	40.1% 107	31.5% 106	23.6% 41	26.4% 70	21.1% 26	32.5% 443
No comment	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Don't know or forgot	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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% 196	100.0% 267	100.0% 336	100.0% 174	100.0% 265	100.0% 123	1361