Summary information

Study title

Values in Crisis Austria (SUF edition)

Creator

Aschauer, Wolfgang (University of Salzburg)
Seymer, Alexander (University of Salzburg)
Prandner, Dimitri (University of Linz)
Baisch, Benjamin (University of Salzburg)
Hadler, Markus (University of Graz)
Höllinger, Franz (University of Graz)
Bacher, Johann (University of Linz)

Study number / PID

doi:10.11587/H0UJNT (DOI)

Data access

Information not available

Series

Not available

Abstract

Full edition for scientific use. The COVID-19 pandemic offers unique opportunity - a natural experiment indeed - to study how people’s moral values change during times of crises. In the face of lacking evidence, we cannot take it for granted that the stability of values observed in normal times continues throughout the Corona crisis. This dataset represents the Austrian data of the first wave of a longitudinal study which is conducted in several countries all over the world. A second wave is planned in 2021, a third wave about one year after the crisis. Under the current contact restrictions, using an online panel is the only option to achieve potentially representative data of the Austrian population. The study investigates basic values (measured with classical value concepts such as the Inglehart Index and the short Portraits Values Questionnaire (by Shalom Schwartz) which is also implemented in the European Social Survey). Additional item batteries refer to concepts which are grounded in personality research (e.g. Big Five and Empathy), exposure to the crisis and perceptions of economic consequences. In the Austrian dataset several items of the Social Survey Austria about social, political and environmental attitudes are repeated as well and new concepts about visions of the future after COVID-19 are included as well. The main aim of the study is to figure out how respondents’ perception of the crisis transforms and how these value changes are linked to moral values and social and political attitudes.

Methodology

Data collection period

14/05/2020 - 24/05/2020

Country

Austria

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Panel: Interval

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

The sample was drawn from a consumer online panel with 128,500 participants in Austria. The online panel integrates persons who are at least 14 years or older. All educational groups, professions and Austrian regions are well integrated in the panel although people in older age groups and immigrants are clearly underrepresented. The participants speak (one of) the official language(s) of the country (regardless of nationality and citizenship) and do not live either abroad or in institutions such as prisons and hospitals during the entire fieldwork period.

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Quota

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based

Funding information

Funder

BMBWF

Grant number

HRSM SOWIDAT

Access

Publisher

The Austrian Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2020

Terms of data access

For more Information please visit AUSSDA's web page

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