Study OECD (2019a): study ZZ 2018

Public

15-years-old highschool pupils, multiple countries, 2018

Survey name

INT-PISA 2018

Sample

Respondents

N = 493202

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
in some countries paper questionnaires were used

Correlate

Authors's Label

Meaning in life

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Cronbach's Alpha = 0.85

Remarks

Calculations in SPSS database, downloaded from OECD website in January 2022

Distribution

Mean = 8.62; SD 2.19

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Self report on three questions:
a) My life has a clear meaning or purpose.
b) I have discovered a satisfactory meaning in life.
c) I have a clear sense of what gives meaning to my life.
Rated:
1: strongly disagree
2: disagree
3: agree
4: strongly agree

Scores summed to a scale with range 3-12

Observed Relation with Happiness