World Values Survey 2006, Wave 5
Germany, 2006
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World Values Survey 2006
Wave 5
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Germany | DEU |
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 Germany.
The WVS for Germany covers national population aged 18 years and over, for both sexes.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Christian Wezel | University of Bremen |
| Hans D. Klingemann | University of Bremen |
Sampling
Random sample of the overall population in Germany aged 18 and older, sufficiently able to speak German
Procedure: 400 sampling points; random-route; Kish-Selection Grid Separate sampling for East and West Germany. After the selection of municipalities, the sampling procedure consists of three stages. The probability of being selected is proportional to the overall population with principle residence:
(1) Selection of constituencies: Strictly random selection of stratified constituencies
(2) Selection of household: Random-Route
(3) Selection of respondent: Kish-Selection-Grid Separate sampling for East and West Germany: 200 sample points each, randomly selected from stratified constituencies (according to federal state, population size)
Remarks about sampling:
- a slight overrepresentation of women (4 percent points)
- a slight underrepresentation of those aged 25-39, a slight overrepresentation of those aged 65+ (4 to 6 percent points)
The sample size for Germany is N=2064 and includes the national population aged 18 years and over for both sexes.
Response rate:
4454 Total number of starting names/addresses
97 - addresses established as empty, demolished or containing no private dwellings
651 - no contact at selected address
26 - no contact with selected person
842 - refusal at selected address
770 - personal refusal by selected respondent
4 - other type of unproductive
2064 - full productive interview
Remarks about non-response:
2.064 (total): 988 in West Germany, 1.076 in East Germany
Yes, two different weights
(1) Corrects for age, sex, federal state and size of municipality
(2) Corrects for age, sex, federal state and size of municipality, plus East/West distribution for analyzing Germany as a whole
Survey instrument
Country-specific questions were added.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2006-05-02 | 2006-06-21 |
| Name |
|---|
| Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaften GmbH |
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_DEU_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)