World Values Survey 2006, Wave 5
United States, 2006
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Thinking about meaning and purpose of life (V184)
Data file: WV5_Data_United_States_2006_Spss_v20180912
Overview
Valid:
1202
Invalid:
47
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
4
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
519
End:
520
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 4
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
V184. Now let's turn to another topic. How often, if at all, do you think about the meaning and purpose of life?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Often | 440 |
36.6%
|
| 2 | Sometimes | 522 |
43.4%
|
| 3 | Rarely | 203 |
16.9%
|
| 4 | Never | 37 |
3.1%
|
| -5 | Missing; Not asked by the interviewer | 39 | |
| -4 | Not asked | 0 | |
| -3 | Not applicable | 0 | |
| -2 | No answer | 8 | |
| -1 | Don´t know | 0 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
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