World Values Survey 2013, Wave 6
South Africa, 2013
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Thinking about meaning and purpose of life (V143)
Data file: WV6_Data_Spss_v20180912
Overview
Valid:
3452
Invalid:
79
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
4
Mean:
1.93395133256083
Standard deviation:
0.880409289422011
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
331
End:
332
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 4
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
V143. Now let’s turn to another topic. How often, if at all, do you think about the meaning and purpose of life?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -5 | SE:Inapplicable ; RU:Inappropriate response; BH: HT: Dropped | 0 |
0%
|
| -4 | Not asked in survey | 0 |
0%
|
| -3 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -2 | No answer | 0 |
0%
|
| -1 | Don´t know | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Often | 1238 |
35.9%
|
| 2 | Sometimes | 1425 |
41.3%
|
| 3 | Rarely | 568 |
16.5%
|
| 4 | Never | 221 |
6.4%
|
| Sysmiss | 79 |
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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