World Values Survey 2007, Wave 5
China, 2007
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World Values Survey 2007
Wave 5
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| China | CHN |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
World Values Survey Wave 5 2009-2005 covers 58 countries and societies around the world and more than 83,000 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.
2018-09-12
Version history: -v2018-09-12: Current official release General revision, mostly of missing labels. Inclusion of region, town, interview date in some countries when missing and found. Old releases: 2014-04-29
Coverage
The Survey covers China.
The WVS for China covers national population aged 18 years and over, for both sexes.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Shen Mingming | Political Science Research Center for Contemporary China |
Sampling
To meet the requirement of overall coverage of Chinese adults including migrant population, GPS/GIS Assistant Area Sampling 1 was used in this survey. Respondents are sampled through stratified, multi-stage PPS (probability proportional to size) sampling. With careful considerations of representativeness, feasibility, and budgetary constrains, it was decided this project would draw a subsidiary probability sample out of a RCCCs previous national survey Social Inequality and Distributive Justice in China conducted in 2004. The 2004 survey was a national survey conducted through out the country. The target population was the same as the one defined for this survey. In the meanwhile, through the stratification, the proportionally allocated multi-stage PPS technique was employed in order to obtain the self-weighted household samples. Sampling Frames A GIS dataset was established as the sampling frame for this project, which was based on:
- township level population data from the 2000 Census,2
- the most recent and detailed (paper and electronic) maps,
- the highest possible resolution images from Google Earth. Compile all the information above the population density was calculated for each of the HSMs in township level units. Within the target population, there were 3,004 half-square degree (HSD) of latitude and longitude for the first stage sampling. The total population were 1,242,612,226.
Sampling Processes:
- Out of 3,004 half-square degree(HSD) in China, 40 HSDs were chosen by PPS.
- Two OSMs were selected by PPS within each of the selected HSD.
- One HSM was drawn by PPS within each of the selected OSM; The measures of size (MOS) used at these stages were the density of the population per sampling unit.
4)Within each of the selected HSM,the number of SSSs (90m*90m)was calculated based on the population density, and then selected the SSSs simple randomly. - Trained surveyors equipped with GPS receivers were then sent to locate and enumerate the sampled spatial square seconds (SSS). For maintaining equal probabilities of selection across households, all dwellings enumerated in the SSSs were included in the sample. Using system sampling, we draw 50 dwellings in each HSM.
- Respondents were selected from dwellings using the Kish Grid method3.
The sample size for China is N=1991.
The sample size was determined to be approximately 2,800 eligible individuals are to be drawn out of the above defined target population in all provinces of China.
2,873 Target sample size
2,534 Sample drawn in the field
1,991 Completed, valid interviews
78.6% Response rate
Weighting and post stratification were done on three major demographic variables, age, gender, and level of education, as following. First, calculate probability of every eligible adult to be selected into the sample in each PSU: p1 ;
Second, calculate probability of respondents in each of the PSUs: p2;
Third, calculate the weight of each of the respondents: pweight1=1/(p1*p2), as well as the weight of the sample: pweight2=1/p1; The final weight (V259 in the dataset) is obtained from the poststratification of respondents in terms of age, gender, and level of education based on the 2000 Census data.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2007-03-25 | 2007-05-10 |
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
+/- 2,2%
Access policy
World Values Survey
World Values Survey http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSContents.jsp Cost: None
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 Five - Country-Pooled Datafile Version: www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSDocumentationWV5.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_CHN_2007_WVS-W5_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2020-02-19
Metadata version
Version 01 (February 2020)