World Values Survey 2012, Wave 6
Australia, 2012
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AUS_2012_WVS-W6_v01_M
World Values Survey 2012
Wave 6
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Australia | AUS |
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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. Ian McAllister | Australian National University Canberra |
| Ann Evans | Australian National University Canberra |
Sampling
A total of 5,000 sample members were randomly selected from the adult Australian population who are on the electoral roll. This selection was provided by the Australian Election Commission (AEC) for a one time use only for the purpose of conducting this survey. The sample of 5,000 records was further divided into two batches with batch 01 consisting of 4,211 records and batch 02 consisting of 789 records. This batching was undertaken with the view that batch 01 would be sufficient to achieve the target sample size of n = 1,600 and batch 02 to be used only as a top-up, if required.
The minimum sample size - i.e. the number of completed interviews which are included into the national data-set in the most of countries is 1200. Samples must be representative of all people in the age 18 and older residing within private households in each country, regardless of their nationality, citizenship or language. Whether the sampling method is full probability or a combination of probability and stratified, the national team should aim at obtaining as many Primary Sampling Units (starting points in case of random route sampling) in the sample as possible. It is highly recommended that a number of respondents per a PSU (or a route in case of random route sample) is not exceeding 10 respondents. It is possible to have several Primary Sampling Units per one settlement; they should be located in quite a good distance from each other. WVSA requires a complete explanation of proposed sampling procedures before the beginning of the survey fieldwork.
A total of 1,477 surveys were received as of 16 October 2012 with 1,286 hardcopy surveys and 191 online completes. Completed surveys were 1,477 (29.5%) and the Non response were 3,184 (63.7%)
A “rim weighting” approach was used to adjust the data for differential survey response rates across age (18-34 years, 35-44 years, 45-54 years, 55+ years) by educational attainment (university degree, not university), gender and state/territory. The weights were created using a statistical regression approach which seeks to achieve the “best fit” possible with the population proportions specified by the weighting variables while disturbing the overall data as little as possible. For more on the weighting procedure refer to Appendix 4 of the Technical Report in the external resources.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-01 | 2012-10-31 | Wave 6 |
| Name |
|---|
| Social Research Center and Methods |
Tthe fieldwork period was extended to accommodate late arrivals. All total records available were 5,000 (100.0%), the completed surveys were 1,477 (29.5%) of which 1,286 were hardcopy and 191 were online submissions. There were 133 (2.7%) Refusals / Opt outs, 206 (4.1%) Return to Sender (RTS); and 3,182 (63.7%) Non responses.
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 - Australia-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_AUS_2012_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)