European Values Study Longitudinal Data File 1981-2008 (EVS 1981-2008) – Restricted Use File

• Main Authors: Gedeshi, Ilir, Zulehner, Paul M., Rotman, David, Titarenko, Larissa, Billiet, Jaak, Dobbelaere, Karel, Kerkhofs, Jan, Swyngedouw, Marc, Voyé, Liliane, Fotev, Georgy, Marinov, Mario, Raichev, Andrei, Stoychev, Kancho, Kielty, J.F., Nevitte, Neil, Baloban, Josip, Roudometof, Victor, Rabusic, Ladislav, Rehak, Jan, Gundelach, Peter, Petersen, E., Riis, Ole, Röhme, Nils, Saar, Andrus, Lotti, Leila, Pehkonen, Juhani, Puranen, Bi, Riffault, Hélène, Stoetzel, Jean, Tchernia, Jean-François, Pachulia, Merab, Jagodzinski, Wolfgang, Klingemann, Hans-Dieter, Köcher, Renate, Noelle-Neumann, Elisabeth, Anheier, Helmut, Barker, David, Harding, Stephen, Heald, Gordon, Timms, Noel, Voas, David, Gari, Aikaterini, Georgas, James, Mylonas, Kostas, Hankiss, Elemer, Manchin, Robert, Rosta, Gergely, Tomka, Miklós, Haraldsson, Olafur, Jónsson, Fridrik H., Olafsson, Stefan, Breen, Michael, Fahey, Tony, Fogarty, Michael, Kennedy, Kieran, Sinnott, Richard, Whelan, Chris, Abbruzzese, Salvatore, Calvaruso, Claudio, Gubert, Renzo, Rovati, Giancarlo, Zepa, Brigita, Alisauskiene, Rasa, Juknevicius, Stanislovas, Ziliukaite, Ruta, Estgen, Pol, Hausman, Pierre, Legrand, Michel, Petkovska, Antoanela, Abela, Anthony M., Cachia-Caruana, Richard, Inganuez, Fr. Joe, Troisi, Joseph, Petruti, Doru, Besic, Milos, Arts, Wil A., de Moor, Ruud, European Values Study, Hagenaars, Jacques A.P., Halman, Loek, Luijkx, Ruud, Hayes, Bernadette C., Smith, Alan, Listhaug, Ola, Jasinska-Kania, Aleksandra, Konieczna, Joanna, Marody, Mira, Cabral, Manuel Villaverde, Franca, Luis de, Ramos, Alice, Vala, Jorge, Pop, Lucien, Voicu, Malina, Zamfir, Catalin, Bashkirova, Elena, Gredelj, Stjepan, Kusá, Zuzana, Malnar, Brina, Tos, Niko, Elzo, Javier, Orizo, Francisco Andrés, Silvestre Cabrera, María, Bush, Karin, Lundasen, Susanne, Pettersson, Thorleif, Joye, Dominique, Esmer, Yilmaz, Balakireva, Olga, Inglehart, Ronald, Rosenberg, Florence, Sullivan, Edward
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4232/1.5174; https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA5174?lang=en; https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA5174?lang=de

This study is no longer up to date. Please, use the new study ZA7504: EVS Trend File 1981-2017 – Sensitive Dataset . The latest data file is also recommended as an improved update for analyses due to the improvements and data revisions. Moral, religious, societal, political, work, and family values of Europeans. Compilation of the data sets from 1981, 1990, 1999, and 2008. The variable overview allows for comparisons of trend variables of the four EVS waves 1981, 1990, 1999, and 2008. In addition, comparisons of original question texts across the waves 1999 and 2008 are supported. Topics: 1. Perceptions of life: importance of work, family, friends and acquaintances, leisure time, politics and religion (in Sweden: service to others); frequency of political discussions with friends; happiness; self-assessment of own health; feelings of: excitement or interest, restlessness, pride because of compliments, loneliness, joy about completing a thing, boredom, feeling good, depressed or unhappy, managing everything, sadness because of criticism; feelings of the respondent at home: relaxation, anxiety, happiness, aggression or safety. 2. Leisure: way of spending leisure time and definition of leisure; partners for leisure time: alone, with family, friends, at busy places, colleagues, people at churches or at sport and culture; frequency of political discussions with friends and political opinion leadership; memberships and unpaid work (volunteering) in: social welfare services, religious or church organisations, education, or cultural activities, trade unions, political parties, local political actions, human rights, environmental or peace movement, professional associations, youth work, sports clubs, women´s groups, voluntary associations concerned with health consumption or other groups; motives for volunteering; aversion to people with other setting; feelings of loneliness. 3. Work: reasons for people to live in need; importance of selected aspects of occupational work; employment status; general work satisfaction; ...