Summary information

Study title

World Values Survey Eastern Europe and Germany 1995-1997

Creator

Klingemann, Hans-Dieter (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung)
Pogosian, Gevork (Sociological Research Center, Armenian Academy of Sciences, Yerevan (Armenien))
Aliev (SIAR), A. (Baku (Azerbaijan))
Vardomatskii, A. P. (NOVAK-Laboratory, Minsk (Weißrussland))
Titma, Mikk (Center for Social Research in Eastern Europe, Tallinn (Estland))
Pachulia, Merab (Georgian Institute of Public Opinion (GIPO) Tbilisi (Georgien))
Guellner, Manfred (FORSA - Gesellschaft fuer Sozialforschung und statistische Analysen mbH Berlin/Dortmund (Deutschland))
Koroleva, Ilze (Foundation for the Advancement of Sociological Studies, Riga (Lettland))
Alisauskiene, Rasa (Baltic Surveys Ltd., Vilnius (Litauen))
Ishimova, Ljubov (Department of Sociology, Institute of Sociology, Philosophy and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova, Chisinau (Moldawien))
Bashkirova, Elena (Russian Public Opinion and Market Research (ROMIR), Moskau (Russland))
Balakireva, Olga N. (Social Monitoring Center, National Institute for Strategic Studies (NISS), Kiew (Ukraine) )

Study number / PID

ZA3062, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.3062 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Social and political fundamental values as well as norms in 11 countries. Topics: Importance of family, friends, leisure time, politics, work, religion, hobby, personal business; feeling of happiness; self-assessment of condition of health; closeness to parents; responsibility of parents; educational goals; membership in parties and organizations; trust in others; political discussions with friends; attitude to environmental problems; environmentally conscious conduct; relationship of tradition and high technology, human and nature; future of humanity; groups of persons rejected in the neighborhood; work for women, older and immigrants; satisfaction with financial situation; general contentment with life; freedom of decision; work orientations; work and leisure time; decisive criteria in the job search; equal pay for the same work; preferred type of leadership of a business; ideal number of children; importance of father and mother for development of the child; motherhood as prerequisite for a happy woman; attitude on marriage and sexual freedom; single mothers; preferred sex of children; sex role; materialism and postmaterialism; defense preparedness; change of significance of money, work, family, technology and authority; scientific progress; interest in politics; political participation; right-left self-classification; attitude to society; import of goods; immigration policy; trust in institutions; evaluation of the political systems ten years ago, today and in ten years; opinion on various political systems; freedom or maintenance of law and order; understanding of democracy; readiness for violence to achieve political goals; free market economy; satisfaction with democracy; respect for human rights; poverty and the reasons for it; economic aid for poorer countries; the meaning of life; good and evil; religious affiliation; belief in God, death, soul, devil, hell, heaven and sin; salience of God in one´s own life; condemning conduct against norms and...
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Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

12/1995 - 06/1997

Country

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Republic of, Russian Federation, Ukraine

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Multi-stage random sample in all countries but Estonia. There random selection.

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Interview with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1998

Terms of data access

A - Data and documents are released for academic research and teaching.

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