World Values Survey 1995-1998, Wave 3

Albania, Argentina, Armenia...and 46 more, 1995 - 1998

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WLD_1995-1998_WVS-W3_v01_M

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

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How often do you think about the meaning and purpose of life (V177)

Data file: WV3_Data_Spss_v20180912

Overview

Valid: 69131

Invalid: 8687

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 4

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 413

End: 414

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 4

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

V177. How often, if at all, do you think about the meaning and purpose of life?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Often	30724	44.4%
2	Sometimes	25194	36.4%
3	Rarely	10308	14.9%
4	Never	2905	4.2%
-4	Not asked	7257
-2	NA	669
-1	DK	761

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.

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