World Values Survey 1981-1984, Wave 1

World, 1981 - 1984

Reference ID

WLD_1981-1984_WVS-W1_v01_M

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R. Inglehart, C. Haerpfer, A. Moreno, C. Welzel, K. Kizilova, J. Diez-Medrano, M. Lagos, P. Norris, E. Ponarin, B. Puranen

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Thinking about meaning and purpose of life (V177)

Data file: WV1_Data_spss_v20200208

Overview

Valid: 13266

Invalid: 320

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 187

End: 188

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Question 146: How often, if at all, do you think about the meaning and purpose of life?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Often	4650	35.1%
2	Sometimes	5425	40.9%
3	Rarely	2365	17.8%
4	Never	826	6.2%
-4	Not asked	0
-2	No answer	320

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

(Read out, codes 1-4, reversing order for alternate contacts)

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