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EVS - European Values Study 1999 - Iceland

Jónsson, Fridrik H.; Olafsson, Stefan
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA3788 Data file Version 3.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11539
Abstract: Moral, religious, societal, political, work, and family values of Europeans. Topics: Leisure time: importance of areas of life; feeling of happiness; memberships and honorary activities in clubs, parties, organizations, citizens´ initiatives and occupation organizations; interactions in leisure time; tolerance regarding minorities, those of other beliefs and foreigners; inter-human trust; self-effectiveness (scale); general contentment with life (scale). Work: importance of selected characteristics of occupational work (scale); personal employment; general work satisfaction (scale); self-d ... more
Topics: Religion and values | Social behaviour and attitudes | Political behaviour and attitudes | Government, political systems and organisations | SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS | Family life and marriage | Economic systems and development

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 01.06.1999 - 31.12.1999
Geographic coverage: Iceland (IS)
Universe: The adult population 18 years old and older.
Number of Units: 968
Sampling Procedure: Representative multi-stage random sample
Mode of Data Collection: Face-to-face interviews with standardized questionnaire. In Iceland about a quarter of the respondents were interviewed by telephone. These were respondents in remote areas of the country.
Data Collector: The Institute of Social Research at the University of Iceland
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Number of Variables: 373
Notes: The sampling procedure is described in detail in the source book of L. Halman mentioned above. In Iceland about a quarter of the respondents were interviewed by telephone. These were respondents in remote areas of the country. The data set is part of an international comparative study whose cumulation is archived under ZA Study No. 3811.

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Jónsson, Fridrik H. - University of Iceland, Iceland | Olafsson, Stefan - University of Iceland, Iceland
Publication year: 2012
DOI: 10.4232/1.11539 | 10.4232/1.3788 | 10.4232/1.11175
Study number: ZA3788
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Research data center: FDZ Int. Umfrageprogramm bei GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 3.1.0, 2012-12-28, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11539
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Reference publications

Publications: The European Values Study: A Third Wave. Source book of the 1999/2000 European Values Study Surveys. Halman, Loek, Tilburg: EVS, WORC, Tilburg University 2001. See EVS webpage: here
Study group:
European Values Study (EVS) | show all hits of the group
The European Values Study is a large-scale, cross-national and longitudinal survey research program conducted under the responsibility of the European Values Study Foundation since 1981. The cross-sectional surveys, repeated in a 9-year cycle, cover a broad range of topics on central areas of life such as work and leisure time, family and sexuality ... more

EVS 1999 | show all hits of the group
The European Values Study is a transnational empirical long-term study conducted under the responsibility of the European Values Study Foundation. The individual surveys cover a wide range of topics that span central areas of life such as work and leisure, family and sexuality, religion, politics and ethics.

Cite:

EVS (2012). EVS - European Values Study 1999 - Iceland. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA3788 Data file Version 3.1.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.11539.

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