World Values Survey 2005, Wave 5
Australia, 2005
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World Values Survey 2005
Wave 5
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Australia | AUS |
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 Australia.
The WVS for Australia covers population aged 18 years and over, for both sexes.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Timothy Phillips | Australian Social Science Data Archive |
| Rachelle Graham | Australian Social Science Data Archive |
| Antoine Bilodeau | Australian Social Science Data Archive |
Sampling
The sample was stratified by Australian states and territories using population counts based on Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) statistics as at 29th July 2005. The selection of individuals within the stratified sample was random using the Electoral Roll for Australia produced by the AEC. This frame includes all registered voters who must be citizens of Australia (or a British subject on a Commonwealth electoral roll as at 25 January 1984). Since voting in Australia is compulsory, there is a very high proportion of the adult Australia population covered by this frameapproximately 92 percent in 2003. A systematic random sample from each state and territory list was drawn by taking every nth name starting with a random start point of size proportional to the population of registered voters. The sampled units were named individuals.
Gross sample Using a sampling frame derived from the AEC Electoral Roll (2005) excludes permanent and temporary residents of Australia (who are not citizens) and any other adults in Australia who are non-citizens except for British subjects on a Commonwealth electoral roll as at 25 January 1984. These exclusions amount to approximately 8 percent of the adult population. Net sample The sample demographics were compared with statistics available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) including the 2001 Census. The major biases are: age (median age is older than the Census population), education (over-representation of persons with post-secondary school qualifications), and gender (slight over-representation of women). Non-citizens of Australia were not included in the sample.
The sample size for Australia is N=1421.
3500 A Total issued
227 B Not eligible (ill, dead, non-English speaking, not at this address )
3273 C Total eligible
1421 D Total questionnaires received
1852 E - non-responses (including non-contact; see note above under sample type)
183 F Refusals (including questionnaires less than half filled in)
1669 G Non-contact (included in E) 0 H Other non-response (included in E)
The weight variable, weight, is a post-stratification weight that reproduces the population distribution for educational attainment for adults aged between 20 and 64 years. The weight variable is the quotient of the relevant population marginal proportion divided by the relevant sample marginal proportion. Respondents outside the age range, or who were missing on age and/or education are assigned a weight of 1.0. The weighted sample distribution is identical to the population distribution for in-scope respondents. The resulting weight variable does not change the overall sample size. The reference for the population distribution is Table 10.36, Australian Bureau of Statistics 2004. Year Book Australia, 1301.0. Commonwealth of Australia: Canberra.
Survey instrument
For each wave, suggestions for questions are solicited by social scientists from all over the world and a final master questionnaire is developed in English. Since the start in 1981 each successive wave has covered a broader range of societies than the previous one. Analysis of the data from each wave has indicated that certain questions tapped interesting and important concepts while others were of little value. This has led to the more useful questions or themes being replicated in future waves while the less useful ones have been dropped making room for new questions. The questionnaire is translated into the various national languages and in many cases independently translated back to English to check the accuracy of the translation. In most countries, the translated questionnaire is pre-tested to help identify questions for which the translation is problematic. In some cases certain problematic questions are omitted from the national questionnaire. WVS requires implementation of the common questionnaire fully and faithfully, in all countries included into one wave. Any alteration to the original questionnaire has to be approved by the EC. Omission of no more than a maximum of 12 questions in any given country can be allowed.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2005-09-14 | 2005-12-21 |
| Name |
|---|
| Australian Social Science Data Archive |
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.
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_AUS_2005_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)