According to a survey on the opinion towards Taiwan's international relations, about 57 percent of the respondents with more education supported closer economic ties with mainland China, higher than 49 percent of respondents with less education. About 36 percent of respondents with more education supported closer political relations with mainland China.
Opinion among Taiwanese adults on relations with mainland China in Taiwan in 2020, by education level
among selected respondents from households who answered landline
Method of interview
Telephone interview
Supplementary notes
Original question:
1) Overall, do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of mainland China?
2) Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose closer economic relations with mainland China?
3) Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose closer political relations with mainland China?
Survey was conducted among:
50 percent of random-digit-dial probability sample of landline households and 50 percent mobile phone numbers. Landline samples are stratified by region. Individuals within landline households are selected using the Rizzo method. Interviews in the mobile sample are conducted with the person who answered the phone, if age 18 or older. For both landline and mobile samples, up to seven phone calls are made to complete the interview with the selected respondent.
Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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Pew Research Center. (May 12, 2020). Opinion among Taiwanese adults on relations with mainland China in Taiwan in 2020, by education level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118289/taiwan-attitude-towards-relations-with-mainland-china-by-education/
Pew Research Center. "Opinion among Taiwanese adults on relations with mainland China in Taiwan in 2020, by education level." Chart. May 12, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118289/taiwan-attitude-towards-relations-with-mainland-china-by-education/
Pew Research Center. (2020). Opinion among Taiwanese adults on relations with mainland China in Taiwan in 2020, by education level. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118289/taiwan-attitude-towards-relations-with-mainland-china-by-education/
Pew Research Center. "Opinion among Taiwanese Adults on Relations with Mainland China in Taiwan in 2020, by Education Level." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118289/taiwan-attitude-towards-relations-with-mainland-china-by-education/
Pew Research Center, Opinion among Taiwanese adults on relations with mainland China in Taiwan in 2020, by education level Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118289/taiwan-attitude-towards-relations-with-mainland-china-by-education/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Opinion among Taiwanese adults on relations with mainland China in Taiwan in 2020, by education level [Graph], Pew Research Center, May 12, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1118289/taiwan-attitude-towards-relations-with-mainland-china-by-education/