Study Duff & Ivlevs (2011): study ZZ World samples 1994
- Public
- 18+ aged, 85 developed and developing countries, 1994-2007
- Survey name
- INT-World Values Survey, pooled waves
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 15000
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
interviews, face-to--face, CATI or CAPI
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Time spent thinking about meaning and purpose of life
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Self report on single question:
How often, if at all, do you think about the meaning and purpose of life?
1. Never
2. Rarely
3. Sometimes
4. Often
Observed Relation with Happiness
- importance of religion
- attendance to religious services
- age
- gender
- marital status
- income band
- number of children
- social class
- health
- employment status
- education
Strongest in the poorest countries, negative in rich countries
- high income ORPC = -.051(001)
- higher middle income OPRC = +.007(ns)
- higher lower income OPRC = +.027(05)
- low income countries ORPC = +.188(001)