World Values Survey 2011, Wave 6
Cyprus, 2011
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World Values Survey 2011
Wave 6
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Cyprus | CYP |
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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. Birol Yesilada | Department of Political Science Portland State University Portland, Oregon, USA |
Sampling
Sample size: 1000.
Geographically, the study covered all areas of Cyprus through two surveys (same procedure as in the 2005-2006 Survey). In the Republic of Cyprus we covered all areas (urban and rural) and the same was done in the north, which is the Turkish controlled TRNC. Sample distribution were in line with the distribution of the True Population in the areas covered by the study. Stratified random probability sampling was utilized to select the sample for this study: The sampling involved five stages as follows. Stage One: Areas of the island was divided into rural and urban areas based on the latest available Population Census in each community. Urban settlements were further subdivided into smaller segments of approximately equal population size (1000 residents) and constituted a Primary Sampling Unit (PSU). In rural areas, each village was considered as an individual PSU, with a probability of being selected that was proportionate to its population size. Stage Two: A number of PSUs were selected at random based on the sample size using purpose-built software. The selection of PSUs by area was in-line with the size of the True Population. Stage Three: Within each urban PSU selected, a street was randomly selected to serve as the starting point for household selection. In rural areas (villages) the starting point was the temple in the centre of the village for the Greek Cypriot survey and the local café for the Turkish Cypriot survey. Stage Four: Given a starting point, interviewers proceed in a predetermined fashion, selecting every 3rd household they encountered in the sample. For each starting point an equal number of interviews were allocated (10). For more information on sampling procedure refer to the Sampling Design document of the Related Materials
The expected response rate was around 85% (worst case scenario). However, we received a 91% response rate in TRNC and 93% response rate in the Republic of Cyprus.
The post-hoc weighting of variables was adjusted on the basis of three criteria: The population of the two linguistic/national communities in Cyprus, gender ratios within each community; and urban population concentration. The table below displays the most recent population estimates for the two communities and the outputs from the samples of completed surveys. The only substantial deviations of the sampling frames from the population estimates were the population ratio between the communities (the much smaller Turkish-speaking community was oversampled), and the reversed gender ratios of respondents to population. For more on the weighting methodology refer to the Weighting document of the related materials.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-10-03 | 2011-11-23 | Wave 6 |
| Name |
|---|
| CYMAR |
| KADEM |
As indicated in our pre-survey report, face to face interviews were conducted at the residence of respondents chosen in the sample (see below for sampling procedure). For the purposes of this project, 4 regional supervisors and 25 interviewers were employed on both sides of the Island. All interviewers employed for this project are experienced in face to face interviews procedures. Before fieldwork commenced, all interviewers and regional supervisors participate in a one-day training session. This training session was carried out respectively in each community by the fieldwork manager, who briefed interviewers on the background, purpose and method of the survey. Intensive in-house training on sample selection procedures and questionnaire administration followed, together with an analysis and discussion of every question in the questionnaire. To examine the degree to which interviewers comprehended the way in which interviews had to be carried out, during the training session, trial interviews were carried out by interviewers among themselves. Interviewers were reminded of the appropriate way of filling in routing sleeps that document the route they followed and the outcome of each contact they made (completed interview, respondent absent, refusal to participate, etc) in the households selected in the sample. During the training session, the following steps were employed to lower refusal/ non-contact rates, will also be discussed: 1. Upon entering a selected household, interviewers will provide the person answering the door a letter from the research company. The letter will explain the purpose of the study, will provide respondents with contact information in the event that they wish to contact the research company to validate that such a study is being carried out, will assure respondents that their answers will be treated with utmost confidentiality, and will highlight the fact that their opinions are invaluable and will be taken into consideration. 2. Interviewers will always have on them a company i.d. card with their name which can be clearly seen by eligible respondents. 3. Interviewers will always carry out three visits before giving up on the selected person. Once the first visit fails to secure an interview with the selected individual, the interviewees will enquire as to when a more proper time would be available for either locating the selected person or conducting the interview. 4. During the training session, interviewers will be given written instructions outlining in detail each of the aforementioned issues.
Data appraisal
Estimated error: 3.2
Access policy
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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 - Cyprus-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_CYP_2011_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)