World Values Survey 1996, Wave 3
Bangladesh, 1996
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BGD_1996_WVS-W3_v01_M
World Values Survey 1996
Wave 3
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh | BGD |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
World Values Survey Wave 3 1995-1998 covers 56 countries and societies around the world and more than 77,800 respondents. The series includes the following waves:
Wave 6 (2010-2014)
Wave 5 (2005-2009)
Wave 4 (1999-2004)
Wave 3 (1995-1998)
Wave 2 (1990-1994)
Wave 1 (1981-1984)
The World Values Survey (www.worldvaluessurvey.org) is a global network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social and political life, led by an international team of scholars, with the WVS association and secretariat headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The survey, which started in 1981, seeks to use the most rigorous, high-quality research designs in each country. The WVS consists of nationally representative surveys conducted in almost 100 countries which contain almost 90 percent of the world’s population, using a common questionnaire. The WVS is the largest non-commercial, cross-national, time series investigation of human beliefs and values ever executed, currently including interviews with almost 400,000 respondents. Moreover the WVS is the only academic study covering the full range of global variations, from very poor to very rich countries, in all of the world’s major cultural zones. The WVS seeks to help scientists and policy makers understand changes in the beliefs, values and motivations of people throughout the world. Thousands of political scientists, sociologists, social psychologists, anthropologists and economists have used these data to analyze such topics as economic development, democratization, religion, gender equality, social capital, and subjective well-being. These data have also been widely used by government officials, journalists and students, and groups at the World Bank have analyzed the linkages between cultural factors and economic development.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Household
- Individual
Version
- v01: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution. All deposited data has been made anonymous at the PI side and the archive deposited files have no means to trace the respondents.
Version history: 2014-04-29: Official release 2014-09-21. NOTE: Study on values realized in the countries of Europe by EVS research network is not included into the current data-set and is avaliable for both downloading and online-analysis at: http://www.europeanvaluesstudy.eu'
Coverage
This survey covers Bangladesh.
The WVS for Bangladesh covers national population, aged 18 years and over, for both sexes.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Dr.Q.K. Ahmad | Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad (BUP) |
Sampling
The respondents were picked from among voting age men and women, applying a multistage random sampling procedure. The predetermined sample size was first distributed between urban and rural areas on the basis of rural and urban population distribution, giving a slightly higher weightage to the urban areas to reflect the fact that awareness is relatively more widespread in the urban areas. The rural sub-sample was then distributed to 60 districts of the country according to population. (Out of a total of 64 districts, the other four were excluded because of accessibility problem). One thana was chosen form each district randomly and, then, two unions from each of those thanas and two villages from each selected union were picked randomly .The respondents were then randomly identified from those villages.
The urban sub-sample was also distributed to various urban areas according to population and, then, the respondents randomly selected for interview. Care was taken to ensure an appropriate representation of men and women. However, the experience has been that because of shyness and relatively lower awareness on the part of some women, male-female ratio in a sample tends to be somewhat higher than in the population in the surveys so far conducted and this was the case with the present survey as well. Only one respondent was interviewed form each household. The respondents include men and women form various professions such as government and private service-holders, teachers, business people, politicians, lawyers, doctors, engineers, industrial labourers, day labourers, farmers and farm workers, housewives, and students.
The sample size for Bangladesh is N=1525 and includes national population aged 18 years and over, for both sexes.
Number of respondents: 1525 Rural 64% Male 55% Urban 36% Female 45%
Survey instrument
The WVS questionnaire was in Bengali.
Some special variable labels have been included such as: V56 Neighbours: People with different religion and V149 Institution: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). Special categories labels are: V167: Least liked groups; V179: Religion; V203/V204 Geographical affinity; V217 Education. Country Specific variables included are: V208: Ethnic identification; V209: Language at home; V210 to V212: Political Parties; V 227: Family income; V233: Ethnic group; V234: Region and V235: Interview Language. Some variables have been excluded from the WVS: V95,V96,V134,V152,V176,V197,V198, V199,V206,V207,V209,and V236 Reasons for exclusion: V96: The questions could not be used because of social unacceptability V134: Not relevant for Bangladesh V152: this question could not be operationalised for understanding by the respondents V176: Bangladesh doesn’t provide aid to any country V199: questions not socially acceptable V207: inadvertently not asked V209: In the National Identity survey, it was found that all in the sample speak Bengali at home. Hence this question was not asked.
V236: Could not be operationalised Before launching the survey the questionnaire was pretested, interviewing a number of men and women belonging to various professions in both urban and rural areas and were them adjusted on the basis of the results obtained.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1996-08-01 | 1996-08-31 |
| Name |
|---|
| Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad |
The main method of data collection in the WVS survey is face-to-face interview at respondent’s home / place of residence. Respondent’s answers could be recorded in a paper questionnaire (traditional way) or by CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interview). The approval of the Scientific Advisory Committee in writing is necessary for application of any methods of data collection other than face-to-face interview. Following the sampling, each country is left with a representative national sample of its public. These persons are then interviewed during a limited time frame decided by the Executive Committee of the World Values Survey using the uniformly structured questionnaires. The survey is carried out by professional organizations using face-to-face interviews or phone interviews for remote areas. Each country has a Principal Investigator (social scientists working in academic institutions) who is responsible for conducting the survey in accordance with the fixed rules and procedures. During the field work, the agency has to report in writing according to a specific check-list. Internal consistency checks are made between the sampling design and the outcome and rigorous data cleaning procedures are followed at the WVS data archive. No country is included in a wave before full documentation has been delivered. This means a data set with the completed methodological questionnaire and a report of country-specific information (for example important political events during the fieldwork, problems particular to the country). Once all the surveys are completed, the Principal Investigator has access to all surveys and data. Non-response is an issue of increasing concern in sample surveys. Investigators are expected to make every reasonable effort to minimize non-response. In countries using a full probability design, no replacements are allowed. PIs should plan on as many call-backs as the funding will allow. In countries using some form of quota sampling, every effort should be made to interview the first contact.
Data appraisal
+/- 2,6%
Access policy
World Values Survey
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Data Access
Inglehart, R., C. Haerpfer, A. Moreno, C. Welzel, K. Kizilova, J. Diez-Medrano, M. Lagos, P. Norris, E. Ponarin & B. Puranen et al. (eds.). 2014. World Values Survey: Round Three - Country-Pooled Datafile Version: www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSDocumentationWV3.jsp. Madrid: JD Systems Institute.
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director of the WVSA Archive | WVSA Data Archive | jdiezmed@jdsurvey.net | http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org |
Metadata production
DDI_BGD_1996_WVS-W3_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2020-02-26
Metadata version
Version history: 2014-04-29: Official release 2014-09-21. NOTE: Study on values realized in the countries of Europe by EVS research network is not included into the current data-set and is avaliable for both downloading and online-analysis at: http://www.europeanvaluesstudy.eu'