| Summary: | Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The European Values Study (EVS) and World Values Survey (WVS) series were designed to enable a cross-national, cross-cultural comparison of values and norms on a wide variety of topics and to monitor changes in values and attitudes across the globe. The EVS/WVS provides data from representative national surveys in 97 societies containing almost 90 per cent of the world's population. These surveys show pervasive changes in what people want out of life and what they believe. In order to monitor these changes, the EVS/WVS has executed five waves of surveys, from 1981 to 2007. Representative national samples of each society's public are interviewed, using a standardised questionnaire that covers a full range of social, economic, cultural and religious topic areas. The countries included in these surveys cover the full range from very poor countries to very rich ones, from authoritarian systems to liberal democracies and covering all major cultural zones. Further information about the each survey series can be found on the EVS and WVS web sites. Background to the European Values Studies The European Values Study (EVS) is a large-scale, cross-national and longitudinal survey of moral, religious, political and social values. The project was designed to investigate the nature and inter-relationship of value systems, their degree of homogeneity, and the extent to which they are subject to change across time. To date there have been 3 waves, the first carried out in 1981, the second in 1990 and the third in 1999/2000. The 1981 survey was carried out in ten member states of the European Community. After the initial fieldwork the survey was carried out in a further 16 countires (Argentina, Australia, Chile, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Norway, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, United States and parts of the Soviet Union). The 1990 survey was carried out in all European countries as well as the United States and Canada.The ...
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