Table 4 Distribution of scores on the Taiwanese BCIS among the samples (n = 625)

Gender

Male

14.41

(3.42)

8.42

(2.41)

5.99

(3.59)

11.93

(4.91)

8.98

(3.83)

2.94

(4.61)

Female

13.82

(3.10)

7.60

(2.59)

6.21

(3.45)

12.39

(3.93)

9.25

(3.22)

3.14

(3.43)

t

2.04

3.7

-0.72

0.56

0.41

0.26

P

0.04*

< 0.01**

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

Age

18-29

14.16

(2.95)

7.54

(2.35)

6.62

(3.38)

11.26

(3.84)

8.16

(2.61)

4.11

(2.64)

30-39

13.68

(3.13)

7.80

(2.70)

5.88

(3.33)

11.38

(4.82)

9.60

(4.05)

1.77

(3.45)

40-49

14.63

(3.44)

8.56

(2.38)

6.07

(3.87)

13.04

(3.41)

9.46

(2.98)

3.58

(3.81)

50-59

14.45

(3.74)

8.80

(1.95)

5.64

(4.06)

13.48

(4.48)

8.67

(3.40)

4.81

(5.11)

60-69

14.84

(4.95)

9.63

(2.79)

5.21

(3.77)

0

0

0

0

0

0

F

1.69

5.81

1.63

1.96

1.01

3.78

P

> 0.05

< 0.01**

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

0.012*

Marital status

Unmarried/single

14.06

(3.05)

7.61

(2.56)

6.45

(3.29)

12.27

(4.44)

9.12

(3.58)

3.08

(4.03)

Married

14.09

(3.54)

8.39

(2.46)

5.70

(3.66)

12.0

(1.67)

9.50

(2.74)

2.50

(1.97)

Divorced

14.53

(2.77)

9.27

(2.43)

6.27

(4.71)

10.67

(5.61)

7.50

(2.59)

3.17

(5.19)

F

0.147

5.86

2.80

0.381

0.701

0.061

P

> 0.05

< 0.01 **

0.062

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

Religion

None

14.24

(3.29)

7.98

(2.71)

6.26

(3.40)

12.32

(4.49)

8.78

(3.43)

2.53

(4.46)

Buddhism

13.89

(3.36)

7.99

(2.35)

5.90

(3.76)

11.88

(4.66)

9.29

(3.70)

2.59

(3.77)

Taoism

13.97

(3.10)

7.90

(2.20)

6.06

(3.34)

14.6

(3.21)

11.0

(2.65)

3.60

(2.88)

Christianity

13.93

(2.90)

7.93

(2.63)

6.00

(3.71)

11.8

(1.30)

8.20

(3.63)

3.60

(3.91)

Catholicism

0

0

0

0

0

0

12.33

(2.08)

9.67

(1.15)

2.67

(3.21)

F

0.424

0.021

0.352

0.461

0.599

0.413

P

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05

> 0.05