World Values Survey 2006, Wave 5
Malaysia, 2006
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MYS_2006_WVS-W5_v01_M
World Values Survey 2006
Wave 5
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Malaysia | MYS |
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 Malaysia.
The WVS for Malaysia covers national population aged 18 and over, for both sexes.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Eduard Bomhoff | Monash University |
| Cheng Ming Yu | Multimedia University |
Sampling
1.Age group 1865 (96%) and 65 above (4%)
2.Malays (60%), Chinese (30%), Indian (10%)
The sampling was based on proportionate size of the population (1st stage). Then each stratum was derived based on the number of states in the country, i.e. 14 altogether (2nd stage). Then from each stratum, a cluster sampling was done based on the districts consisted of urban and suburban (3rd stage). Finally a random sampling was done on each cluster (4th stage).
Remarks about sampling:
Stratification was based on the number of states in the country. In this case, there were 14 strata.
Stratification was done on the 2nd stage.
Response rate:
Total number of starting names/addresses (household): 1200
Remarks about non-response:
We chose our respondents based on the household within the housing area (urban/suburban). The selection of houses was based on random selection
No Weighting
Survey instrument
English, Malay, Mandarin Questionnaires.
Field pre-testing was carried out in the state of Selangor, of the questionnaire. Twenty five (25) questionnaires were distributed to persons of varying socioeconomic backgrounds. Cognitive interviews were carried out with the respondents after the questionnaires were answered, to determine questions in the survey that posed problems to them, in terms of interpretation, recalling and articulation of the required information V114 (The expression of Left-right self-placement for political party is not common in Malaysia); V165 (There is no Malay equivalent for Millennium Development Goals); V186 (Since Malaysia is a multi-religious country, the number of prayer times provided by WVS does not fit well); V206 (There is no Malay equivalent for euthanasia);
V231-233 (It is not a norm for Malaysians to reveal the preference of political party in public or to stranger)
V131, V146, V222, V256, V257 and V258 were altered to reflect Malaysias geographical location, linguistic, and demographic characteristics.
Questions V114, V186, V231, V232, V233, and V233a . Question V186 was replaced by question V186a, as Malaysia is an Islamic society. Therefore, respondents were asked how frequently they pray.
Questions V231 to V233 were excluded as they were too politically sensitive in nature and might dissuade respondents from participating in the survey.
Questions V114 and V233a were irrelevant to the nature of Malaysias political parties alignment, which are aligned not according to liberal or conservative ideals, but according to ethnicity.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2006-09-20 | 2006-11-15 |
| Name |
|---|
| Market Insights Pte Ltd |
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
+/- 2,9%
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_MYS_2006_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)