Estimation Report for File: D:\FB\DP\StatisticalPortrait\SecondEdition\opinion-updates\2026\LifeQuestionsOnly.txt

58 records after date scan

Period: 1985 to 2025, 41 Time Points

Number of Series: 8

Exponential Smoothing: On

Iteration History: Dimension 1
Iter Convergence Criterion Items Reliability AlphaF AlphaB
   1       .3927      .001     8        .931   .500   .501
   2       .0130      .001     8        .935   .504   .505
   3       .0030      .001     8        .935   .506   .505
   4       .0006      .001     8        .935   .500   .508


Loadings and descriptive variable information
                              Dim 1     Dim 2
Vn        Variable  Cases Loading   Loading   Mean    Std Deviation
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    1     GAL_LIFE   17     .947     .000    56.363     6.845
    6      QUI_LIF    7     .929     .000    45.714     5.650
    2     CBS_LIFE    7     .790     .000    52.714    13.635
    3     ABC_LIFE    3     .973     .000    50.000     3.559
    5      CBS_PAR    2    1.000     .000    50.000     4.000
    7      ORC_LIF    2    1.000     .000    51.500     2.500
    8     PRRI_LIF    4     .230     .000    46.500     2.693
    4     AWP_LIFE    4    -.373     .000    52.000      .707

Dimension 1 Information
Eigen Estimate .81 of possible 1.12
  Pct Variance Explained: 72.33

Weighted Average Metric: Mean:  50.96 St. Dev:   5.37