World Values Survey 1995, Wave 3
United States, 1995
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How often do you think about the meaning and purpose of life (V177)
Data file: WV3_Data_USA_1995_Spss_v20180912
Overview
Valid:
1520
Invalid:
22
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
4
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
411
End:
412
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 4
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
V177. How often, if at all, do you think about the meaning and purpose of life?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Often | 693 |
45.6%
|
| 2 | Sometimes | 587 |
38.6%
|
| 3 | Rarely | 184 |
12.1%
|
| 4 | Never | 56 |
3.7%
|
| -4 | Not asked | 0 | |
| -2 | NA | 0 | |
| -1 | DK | 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 IN REVERSE ORDER FOR ALTERNATE CONTACTS) 9 Don't know [DO NOT READ OUT]