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World Values Survey Official Aggregate 1981-2008
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wvs1981_2008_v20090914
Data file: wvs1981_2008_v20090914
World Values Survey 1981-2008 official aggregate
Cases:
257597
Variables:
1079
Variables
c029
employed
c030
look forward to work after weekend
c031
degree of pride in your work
c032
often exploited in your job
c033
job satisfaction
c034
freedom decision taking in job
c035
satisfaction job security
c036
to develop talents you need to have a job
c037
humiliating to receive money without having to work for it
c038
people who don´t work turn lazy
c039
work is a duty towards society
c040
people should not have to work if they don´t want to
c041
work should come first even if it means less spare time
c042b1
why people work: work is like a business transaction
c042b2
why people work: i do the best i can regardless of pay
c042b3
why people work: i wouldn’t work if i didn’t have to
c042b4
why people work: i wouldn´t work if work interfered my life
c042b5
why people work: work most important in my life
c042b6
why people work: i never had a paid job
c042b7
why people work: don’t know
c049
paid free days: find extra work for money
c050
paid free days: use spare time to study
c051
paid free days: spend time with family and friends
c052
paid free days: find additional work to avoid boredom
c053
paid free days: use spare time for voluntary work
c054
paid free days: spend time on hobbies
c055
paid free days: run own business in spare time
c056
paid free days: spend the time relaxing
c057
paid free days: none of these
c058
paid free days: don’t know
c059
fairness: one secretary is paid more
c060
how business and industry should be managed
c061
following instructions at work
c062
work: until satisfied with results
c063
work: accomplish personal goals
c064
work: stay up late to finish
d001
how much do you trust your family
d002
satisfaction with home life
d003
sharing with partner: attitudes towards religion
d004
sharing with partner: moral standards
d005
sharing with partner: social attitudes
d006
sharing with partner: political views
d007
sharing with partner: sexual attitudes
d008
sharing with partner: no sharing attitudes
d009
sharing with partner: don´t know or missing
d010
sharing with parents: attitudes towards religion
d011
sharing with parents: moral standards´
d012
sharing with parents: social attitudes
d013
sharing with parents: political views
d014
sharing with parents: sexual attitudes
d015
sharing with parents: no sharing attitudes
d016
sharing with parents: don´t know or missing
d017
ideal number of children
d018
child needs a home with father and mother
d019
a woman has to have children to be fulfilled
d020
a man has to have children to be fulfilled
d021
sex cannot entirely be left to individual choice
d022
marriage is an out-dated institution
d023
woman as a single parent
d024
enjoy sexual freedom
d025
if only one child allowed: boy or girl
d026
long-term relationship is necessary to be happy
d027
important for succesful marriage: faithfulness
d028
important for succesful marriage: adequate income
d029
important for succesful marriage: same social background
d030
important for succesful marriage: respect and appreciation
d031
important for succesful marriage: religious beliefs
d032
important for succesful marriage: good housing
d033
important for succesful marriage: agreement on politics
d034
important in succesful marriage: understanding and tolerance
d035
important for succesful marriage: apart from in-laws
d036
important for succesful marriage: happy sexual relationship
d037
important for succesful marriage: sharing household chores
d038
important for succesful marriage: children
d039
important in succesful marriage: discussing problems
d040
important for succesful marriage: spending time together
d041
important in succesful marriage: talking
d042
important for succesful marriage: same ethnic background
d043
important for succesful marriage: tastes and interests in common
d044
divorce: when financially broke
d045
divorce: when partner is a heavy drinker
d046
divorce: when partner is violent
d047
divorce: when partner is unfaithful
d048
divorce: when sexual relationship is not satisfactory
d049
divorce: when partner has ceased to love
d050
divorce: when can not stand relatives
d051
divorce: when can not have children
d052
divorce: when personalities do not watch
d053
divorce: none of these
d054
one of main goals in life has been to make my parents proud
d055
make effort to live up to what my friends expect
d056
relationship working mother
d057
being a housewife just as fulfilling
d058
husband and wife should both contribute to income
d059
men make better political leaders than women do
d060
university is more important for a boy than for a girl
d061
pre-school child suffers with working mother
d062
women want a home and children
d063
job best way for women to be independent
d064
fathers are well suited for looking after children
d065
men are less able to handle emotions
d066
problem if women have more income than husband
d067
traits in a woman: woman wearing weil
d068
traits in a woman: woman good mother
d069
traits in a woman: woman good wife
d070
traits in a woman: woman religious
d071
traits in a woman: woman educated
d072
traits in a woman: woman being independent
d073
traits in a woman: woman having work outside home
d074
traits in a woman: woman maintaining her family
d075
traits in a woman: woman being sociable
d076
more than one wife
d077
wife must obey
d078
men make better business executives than women do
d079
i seek to be myself rather than to follow others
d080
i decide my goals in life by myself
e001
aims of country: first choice
e001_hk
aims of country: first choice (hk)
e002
aims of country: second choice
e002_hk
aims of country: second choice (hk)
e003
aims of respondent: first choice
e004
aims of respondent: second choice
e005
most important: first choice
e005_hk
most important: second choice (hk)
e006
most important: second choice
e006_hk
most important: first choice (hk)
e007
national goals: maintaining order in the nation
e008
national goals: giving people more say
e009
national goals: fighting rising prices
e010
national goals: free speech
e011
the main aim of imprisonment
e012
willingness to fight for country
e013
will there be war in your country in the next 5 years
e014
future changes: less emphasis on money and material possessions
e015
future changes: less importance placed on work
e016
future changes: more emphasis on technology
e017
future changes: more emphasis on individual
e018
future changes: greater respect for authority
e019
future changes: more emphasis on family life
e020
future changes: a simple and more natural lifestyle
e021
future changes: more power to local authorities
e022
opinion about scientific advances
e023
interest in politics
e024
interest in politics (ii)
e025
political action: signing a petition
e025b
political action recently done: signing a petition
e026
political action: joining in boycotts
e026b
political action recently done: joining in boycotts
e027
political action: attending lawful/peaceful demonstrations
e028
political action: joining unofficial strikes
e029
political action: occupying buildings or factories
e030
political action: damaging things, breaking windows, street violence
e031
political action: personal violence
e032
freedom or equality
e033
self positioning in political scale
e034
basic kinds of attitudes concerning society
e035
income equality
e036
private vs state ownership of business
e037
government responsibility
e038
job taking of the unemployed
e039
competition good or harmful
e040
hard work brings success
e041
wealth accumulation
e042
firms and freedom
e043
responsibility pension
e044
responsibility housing
e045
major changes in life
e046
new and old ideas
e047
personal characteristics: changes, worry or welcome possibility
e048
personal characteristics: i usually count on being successful in everything i do
e049
personal characteristics: i enjoy convincing others of my opinion
e050
personal characteristics: i serve as a model for others
e051
personal characteristics: i am good at getting what i want
e052
personal characteristics: i own many things others envy me for
e053
personal characteristics: i like to assume responsibility
e054
personal characteristics: i am rarely unsure about how i should behave
e055
personal characteristics: i often give others advice
e056
personal characteristics: none of the above
e057
the economic system needs fundamental changes
e058
our government should be made much more open to the public
e059
allow more freedom for individuals
e060
i could do nothing about an unjust law
e061
political reform is moving too rapidly
e062
importation of goods
e063
current society: egalitarian vs. competitive society
e064
current society: extensive welfare vs. low taxes
e065
current society: regulated vs. responsible society
e066
society aimed: egalitarian vs. competitive
e067
society aimed: extensive welfare vs. low taxes
e068
society aimed: regulated vs. responsible society
e069_01
confidence: churches
e069_02
confidence: armed forces
e069_03
confidence: education system
e069_04
confidence: the press
e069_05
confidence: labour unions
e069_06
confidence: the police
e069_07
confidence: parliament
e069_08
confidence: the civil services
e069_09
confidence: social security system
e069_10
confidence: television
e069_11
confidence: the government
e069_12
confidence: the political parties
e069_13
confidence: major companies
e069_14
confidence: the environmental protection movement
e069_15
confidence: the women´s movement
e069_16
confidence: health care system
e069_17
confidence: justice system
e069_18
confidence: the european union
e069_19
confidence: nato
e069_20
confidence: the united nations
e069_21
confidence: the arab league
e069_22
confidence: the association of south east asian nations -asean
e069_23
confidence: the organization for african unity-oau
e069_24
confidence: the nafta
e069_25
confidence: the andean pact
e069_26
confidence: the mercosur
e069_27
confidence: the saarc
e069_28
confidence: the eco
e069_29
confidence: the apec
e069_30
confidence: the free commerce treaty (tratado de libre comercio)
e069_31
confidence: the united american states organization (organización de estados uni
e069_32
confidence: the “movimiento en pro de vieques”(puerto rico)
e069_33
confidence: local/regional government
e069_34
confidence: sadc/sadec
e069_35
confidence: east african cooperation (eac)
e069_36
confidence: other television
e069_37
confidence: the americans
e069_38
confidence: the presidency
e069_39
confidence: the civil society groups
e069_40
confidence: charitable or humanitarian organizations
e069_41
confidence: banks
e069_42
confidence: caricom
e069_43
confidence: cis
e069_44
confidence: confidence in cer with australia
e069_45
confidence: international monetary found (imf)
e069_46
confidence: non governmental organizations (ngos)
e069_47
confidence: the american forces
e069_48
confidence: the non-iraqi television
e069_49
confidence: tv news
e069_50
confidence: community organisations
e069_51
confidence: religious leaders
e069_52
confidence: evangelic church
e104
approval: ecology movement or nature protection
e105
approval: anti-nuclear energy movement
e106
approval: disarmament movement
e107
approval: human rights movement
e108
approval: women’s movement
e109
approval: anti-apartheid movement
e110
satisfaction with the way democracy develops
e111
rate political system for governing country
e112
rate political system as it was before
e113
rate political system in ten years
e114
political system: having a strong leader
e114_mx
political system: having a strong leader (mx, 5 cats)
e115
political system: having experts make decisions
e115_mx
having experts make decisions (mx, 5 cats)
e116
political system: having the army rule
e116_mx
having the army rule (mx, 5 cats)
e117
political system: having a democratic political system
e117_iqa
political system: having an islamic government, where religious authorities have
e117_iqb
political system: having an arab socialist state
e117_mx
having a democratic political system (mx, 5 cats)
e118
firm party leader vs. cooperating party leader
e119
government order vs. freedom
e120
in democracy, the economic system runs badly
e121
democracies are indecisive and have too much squabbling
e122
democracies aren´t good at maintaining order
e123
democracy may have problems but is better
e124
respect for individual human rights nowadays
e125
satisfaction with the people in national office
e127
free market economy right for country future
e128
country is run by big interest vs. for all people’s benefit
e129
economic aid to poorer countries
e129a
amount of foreign aid of this country
e129b
how much more foreign aid this country should contribute
e129c
be willing to pay higher taxes in order to increase country´s foreign aid
e130
poverty compared to 10 years ago
e131
why are people in need
e132
chance to escape from poverty
e133
how much is the government doing against poverty
e134
amount of help for less developed countries
e135
who should decide: international peacekeeping
e136
who should decide: protection of the environment
e137
who should decide: aid to developing countries
e138
who should decide: refugees
e139
who should decide: human rights
e140
country cannot solve environmental problems by itself
e141
country cannot solve crime problems by itself
e142
country cannot solve employment problems by itself
e143
immigrant policy
e144
living day to day because of uncertain future
e145
immigrants and their customs and traditions
e146
importance of eliminating big income inequalities
e147
importance of guaranteeing basic needs for all
e148
importance of recognizing people on their merits
e149
importance of equalizing chances for education
e150
how often follows politics in the news
e151
give authorities information to help justice
e152
stick to own affairs
e153
concerned with immediate family
Total: 1079
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