nihilism
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Question Do you agree or disagree with the following. . . D. In my opinion, life does not serve any purpose.
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 nihilism.
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 | 14 | 29 | 57 | 423 | 718 | 41 | 77 | - | 1517 |
| 1998 | 1548 | 9 | 29 | 75 | 424 | 638 | 38 | 71 | - | 2832 |
| 2008 | 658 | 12 | 27 | 66 | 490 | 755 | 14 | 1 | - | 2023 |
| 2018 | 1173 | 12 | 22 | 67 | 396 | 661 | 8 | 9 | - | 2348 |
| Total | 3537 | 47 | 107 | 265 | 1733 | 2772 | 101 | 158 | 0 | 8720 |