Analysis | Taiwan Social Change Survey, 2004 | Data Archive | The Association of Religion Data Archives

About the ARDA | Tools | FAQs | Contact Us

Taiwan Social Change Survey, 2004

Data Archive > International Surveys and Data > Single Nation Surveys > Analysis

PERSIT2 (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Do you often have the following feelings: Do you often feel that you are very lonely?

	1) Yes, often
	2) Yes, sometimes
	3) Seldom
	4) Never
	97) Don't know or forgot
	98) Refuse

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes, often	68	3.6%	3.6%
Yes, sometimes	408	21.7%	25.3%
Seldom	472	25.1%	50.4%
Never	929	49.4%	99.8%
Don't know or forgot	2	.1%	99.9%
Refuse	2	.1%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes, often	2.8% 27	4.3% 40	3.6% 67
Yes, sometimes	22.6% 215	20.9% 194	21.7% 409
Seldom	25.1% 239	25.2% 234	25.1% 473
Never	49.4% 470	49.3% 458	49.3% 928
Don't know or forgot	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.1% 1	0.1% 1	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 952	100.0% 929	1881

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	1.4% 17	5.6% 2	14.3% 17	4.8% 2	5.9% 29	0.0% 0	3.6% 67
Yes, sometimes	17.2% 205	36.1% 13	19.3% 23	23.8% 10	32.0% 157	0.0% 0	21.7% 408
Seldom	21.7% 258	16.7% 6	16.8% 20	23.8% 10	36.0% 177	50.0% 1	25.1% 472
Never	59.5% 707	38.9% 14	49.6% 59	47.6% 20	25.9% 127	50.0% 1	49.4% 928
Don't know or forgot	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
Refuse	0.0% 0	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1189	100.0% 36	100.0% 119	100.0% 42	100.0% 491	100.0% 2	1879

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	5.5% 24	2.0% 6	4.3% 7	2.1% 9	3.8% 10	3.5% 10	3.5% 66
Yes, sometimes	13.5% 59	15.9% 47	19.8% 32	25.0% 108	29.8% 78	28.4% 81	21.6% 405
Seldom	14.4% 63	16.6% 49	22.8% 37	23.4% 101	37.8% 99	42.8% 122	25.2% 471
Never	65.8% 287	65.4% 193	53.1% 86	49.5% 214	28.6% 75	24.9% 71	49.5% 926
Don't know or forgot	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
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% 162	100.0% 432	100.0% 262	100.0% 285	1872

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	6.1% 12	1.9% 5	3.3% 11	4.0% 7	4.2% 11	0.8% 1	3.5% 47
Yes, sometimes	17.9% 35	16.0% 43	22.4% 75	24.0% 42	24.5% 65	22.1% 27	21.1% 287
Seldom	14.3% 28	23.9% 64	23.9% 80	29.1% 51	31.7% 84	36.1% 44	25.8% 351
Never	61.2% 120	58.2% 156	50.4% 169	42.9% 75	39.6% 105	41.0% 50	49.6% 675
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% 268	100.0% 335	100.0% 175	100.0% 265	100.0% 122	1361