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Taiwan Social Change Survey, 2004

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PERSIT5 (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Do you often have the following feelings: Do you feel that there is more sorrow and less joy in life?

	1) Yes
	2) No
	3) Hard to say
	4) No comment
	5) Don't understand
	7) Don't know or forgot
	8) Refuse

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	628	33.4%	33.4%
No	920	48.9%	82.3%
Hard to say	328	17.4%	99.7%
No comment	0	0%	99.7%
Don't understand	1	.1%	99.8%
Don't know or forgot	1	.1%	99.9%
Refuse	2	.1%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	33.1% 315	33.7% 313	33.4% 628
No	48.4% 461	49.4% 459	48.9% 920
Hard to say	18.3% 174	16.7% 155	17.5% 329
No comment	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
Don't understand	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.1% 1
Don't know or forgot	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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	34.1% 406	50.0% 18	58.5% 69	47.6% 20	23.4% 115	0.0% 0	33.4% 628
No	49.2% 586	38.9% 14	31.4% 37	38.1% 16	54.0% 265	100.0% 2	48.9% 920
Hard to say	16.6% 198	8.3% 3	10.2% 12	14.3% 6	22.2% 109	0.0% 0	17.4% 328
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 understand	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know or forgot	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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% 1191	100.0% 36	100.0% 118	100.0% 42	100.0% 491	100.0% 2	1880

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	52.9% 230	30.3% 89	27.8% 45	32.0% 139	25.2% 66	20.0% 57	33.4% 626
No	35.4% 154	49.3% 145	52.5% 85	50.7% 220	51.9% 136	61.1% 174	48.8% 914
Hard to say	11.0% 48	20.4% 60	19.8% 32	17.3% 75	22.9% 60	18.6% 53	17.5% 328
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 understand	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know or forgot	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
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% 435	100.0% 294	100.0% 162	100.0% 434	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	44.9% 88	35.6% 95	37.0% 124	26.3% 46	26.1% 69	25.2% 31	33.3% 453
No	39.8% 78	48.3% 129	46.3% 155	53.7% 94	54.9% 145	60.2% 74	49.6% 675
Hard to say	14.8% 29	16.1% 43	16.7% 56	20.0% 35	18.9% 50	14.6% 18	17.0% 231
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 understand	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1
Don't know or forgot	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
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% 335	100.0% 175	100.0% 264	100.0% 123	1360