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World Values Survey 2012, Wave 6

Australia, 2012
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Reference ID
AUS_2012_WVS-W6_v01_M
Producer(s)
Prof. Ian McAllister, Ann Evans
Metadata
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Jan 16, 2021
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  • WV6_Data_Spss_v20180912

Thinking about meaning and purpose of life (V143)

Data file: WV6_Data_Spss_v20180912

Overview

Valid: 1465
Invalid: 12
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 4
Mean: 1.85870307167235
Standard deviation: 0.828847847307611
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 330
End: 331
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 4
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
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 564
38.5%
2 Sometimes 601
41%
3 Rarely 243
16.6%
4 Never 57
3.9%
Sysmiss 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.
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