World Values Survey 2014, Wave 6
Jordan, 2014
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JOR_2014_WVS-W6_v01_M
World Values Survey 2014
Wave 6
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Jordan | JOR |
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 |
|---|---|
| Dr. Musa Shteiwi | Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan |
| Prof. Fares Al Braizat | Center for Strategic Studies, University of Jordan |
Sampling
Sample size: 1200
In this survey, the face to face interviews technique was used in collecting the data where data collectors go to the selected area under the supervision of the field work supervisor. The targeted areas were pre-selected areas. The selection of houses/apartment where been done in the field work, a systematic random sample technique was used to locate the houses. In selecting the person inside each selected house, Kish table were used to guarantee the randomness in the selection process. The studied population in the Stratified Cluster Sample was divided as follows: 1- Administrative divisions of the regions (provinces, districts, etc…): Each province was given a share of the sample in proportion to the total amount of the population. 2- Class divisions: the population was divided into classes (urban, rural, desert), and these divisions was taken into account within each province. So, this division gives the rural population a share of the sample proportion to its share in the total population. 3- Smaller communities within each division: In Jordan there is a division of the population by region and blocks and there is available maps of those region/blocks, such division would be the ideal choice for the selection of the sample, since these region/blocks are the basic units/’primary sampling unit’ (PSU) of the sample which must be randomly selected, taking into account the population size.
Usually the response rate is 100%. A substitution usually taken in advance in case of non-response
Self-weighted sample.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-02-19 | 2014-03-01 | Wave 6 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Center for Strategic Studies | University of Jordan |
For collecting the data, 40 data collectors were used with 10 field supervisor and one filed coordinator, it took 11 days to collect the data (19/2-1/3/2014), and 10 days for data coding and data entry (working parallel with the field work). CSS apply three stages for data quality control. The first: in the field, each group of data collectors (4 data collectors) has one supervisor who stays with them all the time. The Second: the field coordinator does a daily visit to the field and checks the progress of the work and check the collection process. The third: at the office the data quality team, phone 10- 15% of the respondents to check some questions and make sure that the questionnaire was filled in the right ways. The data entry program has logical rules and does not allow any odd or strange answers to be entered through the data entry process.
99% of the interviews were supervised, 40% back-checked.
Data appraisal
Estimated error: 2.9
Access policy
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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 - Jordan-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_JOR_2014_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)