World Values Survey 2010, Wave 6
Trinidad and Tobago, 2010 - 2011
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World Values Survey 2010
Wave 6
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
World Values Survey Wave 6 2010-2014 covers 60 countries and societies around the world and more than 85,000 respondents. This is the latest ressource made available for the research community.
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
- v2.1: 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
Coverage
National.
National Population, Both sexes,18 and more years.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Prof. Sir Robert Worcester | Institute of Contemporary British History Kings College |
| Mr. Mark Gill | MORI Caribbean, |
Sampling
Sample size: 999
Sample:
The survey utilized a three (3) stage sampling design. At the first stage, census Enumeration Districts (EDs) for Trinidad & Tobago were selected with the selection being proportional to the size of the ED. At the second stage, households within each ED are selected. This was done as follows: ED maps for the selected areas were marked with a “start” house (dwelling unit) and a sampling interval. A random walk was drawn on the map showing the exact route the interviewer must take. The interviewer was instructed to follow the route and to select every “nth” household. At the last or third stage, individuals within each household were selected. This was done so that the probability of selecting an individual within the household is the same for all eligible respondents. The last (most recent) birthday method was used to ensure this. In cases where the selected respondent is not at home, a total of three attempts were made to contact the person Failing this, the household was substituted and a new person was selected using the same last birthday method.
There was an over sampling of persons aged 65 years and over.
Final data is rim weighted to the known population profile on key variables of age, gender, work status, ethnicity and location.
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 | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-11-15 | 2011-01-02 | Wave 6 |
| Name |
|---|
| HHB Associates (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) |
| MORI Caribbean (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) |
Data appraisal
Estimated error: 3.2
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 Six - Trinidad and Tobago-Pooled Datafile Version: www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSDocumentationWV6.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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Director of the WVSA Archive | WVSA Data Archive | jdiezmed@jdsurvey.net |
Metadata production
DDI_TTO_2010_WVS-W6_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2020-02-12
Metadata version
Version 01 (February 2020)