World Values Survey 1981, Wave 1

Australia, 1981

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Reference ID

AUS_1981_WVS-W1_v01_M

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The World Values Survey Association

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Thinking about meaning and purpose of life (V177)

Data file: WV1_Data_Australia_1981_Spss_v20180912

Overview

Valid: 1216

Invalid: 12

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 179

End: 180

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	419	34.5%
2	Sometimes	504	41.4%
3	Rarely	196	16.1%
4	Never	97	8%
-4	Not asked	0
-2	No answer	12

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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