World Values Survey 2012 - 2013, Wave 6
Argentina, 2012 - 2013
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ARG_2013_WVS-W6_v01_M
World Values Survey 2012 - 2013
Wave 6
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Argentina | ARG |
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 |
|---|---|
| Marita Carballo | Voices Research and Consultancy |
Sampling
Sample size: 1030.
Multistage probability sampling up to households with quotas of sex and age. In each selected location (first stage unit), a census radio sample is taken (second stage unit) – previously ordered according to the social and economic level (house head educational level)‐. In each census radio, blocks are selected at random, and following a pre‐established route routine, five (5) interviews are made in different houses. Final sampling unit selection in each house is carried out taking into account age and sex quotas, according to the population census. interviewed. Total number of clusters was 206 and the the sample size was 1030. Substitution was permitted.
Household selection: Interviewers are asked to stand in the left superior extreme of each block. From this point, they have to count 5 households and interview number 5. If the interview is successful: they will have to count again 5 households and interview number 5 (10 of the total) and so on. If the interview is unsuccessful, for substitution they will have to try with number 6, 7, 8 and so on.
Respondent selection: If the person who answers the door matches the sex and age quota requirements and is willing to answer the questionnaire, he/ she is interviewed. If there is not a match or there is unwillingness, we ask for a willing and matching person. If rejected, the next household, according to the procedure described above is selected. For more on the sampling procedure refer to the Sampling methodology in the related materials.
- Total number of starting names/addresses: 5425
- No contact at selected address: 1949
- No contact with selected person: 782
- Refusal at selected address: 815
- Full productive interview: 1030
- Partially productive interview: 15
- Households in which quota was achieved: 839
The weight was applied by socioeconomic status and region.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-12-17 | 2013-01-12 | Wave 6 |
| Name |
|---|
| Voices Research and Consultancy |
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 - Argentina-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_ARG_2013_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)