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Taiwan Social Change Survey, 2004

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PERSIT6 (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Do you often have the following feelings: Do you feel that there are lots of misfortunes 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	532	28.3%	28.3%
No	1011	53.7%	82%
Hard to say	333	17.7%	99.7%
No comment	0	0%	99.7%
Don't understand	1	.1%	99.8%
Don't know or forgot	2	.1%	99.9%
Refuse	2	.1%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	28.7% 273	27.8% 258	28.3% 531
No	53.3% 507	54.3% 504	53.8% 1011
Hard to say	17.8% 169	17.7% 164	17.7% 333
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% 951	100.0% 928	1879

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	29.8% 354	35.1% 13	39.0% 46	41.9% 18	20.6% 101	0.0% 0	28.3% 532
No	54.8% 652	40.5% 15	43.2% 51	39.5% 17	55.8% 274	100.0% 2	53.8% 1011
Hard to say	15.3% 182	21.6% 8	17.8% 21	18.6% 8	23.2% 114	0.0% 0	17.7% 333
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	2.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.1% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 1189	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 43	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	33.6% 147	31.6% 93	25.8% 42	27.3% 118	24.4% 64	23.2% 66	28.3% 530
No	49.7% 217	52.4% 154	57.7% 94	54.7% 237	55.0% 144	56.7% 161	53.8% 1007
Hard to say	15.8% 69	16.0% 47	16.6% 27	18.0% 78	20.6% 54	19.7% 56	17.7% 331
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	0.5% 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% 437	100.0% 294	100.0% 163	100.0% 433	100.0% 262	100.0% 284	1873

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	37.4% 73	28.8% 77	29.6% 99	22.9% 40	27.3% 72	27.9% 34	29.1% 395
No	49.2% 96	55.1% 147	54.3% 182	58.3% 102	54.9% 145	59.8% 73	54.9% 745
Hard to say	12.8% 25	16.1% 43	16.1% 54	18.9% 33	17.8% 47	12.3% 15	16.0% 217
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% 195	100.0% 267	100.0% 335	100.0% 175	100.0% 264	100.0% 122	1358