egomeans
Details
Question Do you agree or disagree with the following. . . F. Life is only meaningful if you provide the meaning yourself.
Values
[1]strongly agree[2]agree[3]neither agree nor disagree[4]disagree[5]strongly disagree[NA(d)]can't choose[NA(i)]iap[NA(j)]I don't have a job[NA(m)]dk, na, iap[NA(n)]no answer[NA(p)]not imputable[NA(r)]refused[NA(s)]skipped on web[NA(u)]uncodeable[NA(x)]not available in this release[NA(y)]not available in this year[NA(z)]see codebook
Overview
For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for egomeans.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | strongly agree | agree | neither agree nor disagree | disagree | strongly disagree | can't choose | no answer | not available in this year | Total |
| 1991 | 158 | 280 | 476 | 186 | 192 | 108 | 49 | 68 | - | 1517 |
| 1998 | 1548 | 126 | 417 | 219 | 251 | 152 | 50 | 69 | - | 2832 |
| 2008 | 658 | 192 | 464 | 190 | 336 | 158 | 21 | 4 | - | 2023 |
| 2018 | 1173 | 177 | 381 | 158 | 297 | 141 | 14 | 7 | - | 2348 |
| Total | 3537 | 775 | 1738 | 753 | 1076 | 559 | 134 | 148 | 0 | 8720 |