World Values Survey 1982, Wave 1

United States, 1981

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USA_1982_WVS-W1_v01_M

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Ronald Inglehart

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Thinking about meaning and purpose of life (V177)

Data file: WV1_Data_United_States_1981_Spss_v20180912

Overview

Valid: 2303

Invalid: 22

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 181

End: 182

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	1132	49.2%
2	Sometimes	772	33.5%
3	Rarely	306	13.3%
4	Never	93	4%
-4	Not asked	0
-2	No answer	22

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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