World Values Survey 1990-1994, Wave 2
Argentina, Brazil, Switzerland...and 14 more, 1990 - 1994
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Thinking about meaning and purpose of life (V133)
Data file: WV2_Data_Spss_v20180912
Overview
Valid:
23371
Invalid:
1187
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
4
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
273
End:
274
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 4
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
How often, if at all, do you think about the meaning and purpose
of life?
of life?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Often | 9693 |
41.5%
|
| 2 | At times | 8935 |
38.2%
|
| 3 | Rarely | 3222 |
13.8%
|
| 4 | Never | 1521 |
6.5%
|
| -5 | Missing; Unknown; Inappropiate | 0 | |
| -4 | Not asked | 938 | |
| -3 | Not applicable | 0 | |
| -2 | No answer | 29 | |
| -1 | Don't know | 220 |
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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