EVS - European Values Study 1990 - Integrated Dataset

The online overview offers comprehensive metadata on the
EVS datasets and variables.

The variable overview of the four EVS waves 1981, 1990, 1999/2000, and 2008
allows for identifying country specific deviations in the question wording
within and across the EVS waves.

This overview can be found at:
<a href=http://info1.gesis.org/EVS/Variables/ target=_blank>Online Variable Overview </a>.

Moral, religious, societal, political, work, and family values of
Europeans.

Replication of the EVS survey carried out in 1981.

Themes: Important areas in life; feeling of happiness; state of health;
ever felt: very excited or interested, restless, proud, lonely, pleased,
bored, depressed, upset because of criticism; respect and love for parents;
important child qualities: good manners, independance, hard work,
felling of responsibility, imaginantion, tolerance, saving money,
determination perseverance, religious faith, unselfishness, obedience;
attitude towards abortion; frequency of political discussions; opinion
leader; volentary engagement in: welfare service for elderly,
education, labour unions, political parties, local political action,
human rights, environment, animal rights, professional associations,
youth work, sports, women´s group, peace movement, health group;
reasons for voluntary work; characterisation of neighbourhood: people
with a ciminal record, of a different race, heavy drinkers, emotionally
unstable people, Muslims, Hindus, immigrants or foreign workers, people
with AIDS, drug addicts, homosexuals, jews, left-wing or right-wing
extremists, people with large families; general confidence;
satisfaction with life; freedom of choice and control; willingness to
give part of income for better environment; environment talks make
people anxios; priority: for men, demestic people, able bodied and
younger persons in case of scarce job situation; satisfaction with
financial situation of the household; important values at work: good
pay, not too much pressure, job security, a respected job, good hours,
opportunity to use initiative, generous holidays, responsibility,
interesting job, a job that meets one´s abilities, pleasant people,
chances for promotion, useful job for society, meeting people; pride in
one´s work; job satisfaction; freedom of decision taking in job; job
orientation; fair payment; preferred management type; attitude towards
following instructions at work; satisfaction with home life; sharing
attitudes with partner and parents: towards religion, moral standards,
social attitudes, polititcal views, sexual attitudes; ideal number of
children; child needs a home with father and mother; a woman has to
have children to be fulfilled; marriage as an out-dated institution;
woman as a single parent; enjoy sexual freedom; important values for a
successful marriage: faithfulness, adequate income, same social
background, respect and appreciation, religious beliefs, good housing,
agreement on politics, understanding and tolerance, apart from in-laws,
happy sexual relationship, sharing household chores, children, taste
and interests in common; gender role in job and family; willingness to
fight for the own country; expected future changes of values; opinion
about scientific advances; interest in politics; political action:
signing a petition, joining in boycotts, attending lawful
demonstrations, joining unofficial strikes and occupying buildings or
factories; prefence for freedom or equality; self-positioning on a
left-right scale; basic kinds of attitudes concerning society and
economic system; income equality; wealth accumulation; idea of welfare
state preferred aims of society and politics; postmaterialism; personal
characteristics; conservatism and need for change in politics and
economic system; confidence in institutions: churches, armed forces,
education system, the press, labour unions, the police, parliament, the
civil services, social secure system, major companies EU, NATO and the
justice system; approval of: ecology movement, anti-nuclear energy
movement, disarmament movement, human rights movement, women´s movement
and anti-apartheid movement; party preference and identification; reasons
for people living in need; opinion on terrorism; thinking about meaning
and purpose of life; feeling that life is meaningless; thoughts about
dead; attitude towards good and evil and religion and truth; religious
denomination; former religious denomination; church attendence; raised
religiously; importance of religious service at birth, marriage and
death; self placement as religious person; attitudes to churches to
speak out on political issues like disarmament, abortion, third world
problems, extramarital affairs, unemployment, racial discrimination,
euthanasia, homosexuality, ecology and government policy; believe in:
God, life after death, soul, hell, heaven, sin, re-incarnation and
devil, belief in resurrection; personal God vs. spirit or life force;
importance of God; comfort and strength from religion; moments of
prayer or meditation; prayers outside of religious services; moral
values: personal attitudes and expected attitude of most people towards
unjustified claiming of government benefits, avoiding fare on public
transport, cheating on taxes, accepting a bribe, homosexuality,
prostitution, abortion, divorce, euthanasia, suicide, joyriding, taking
soft drugs, lying, adultery, sex under the legal age of consent,
littering, driving under influence of alcohol, political assassination,
buying stolen goods, keeping money that one finds, fighting with the
police, hit-and-run driving, strikebreaking, killing in self-defence;
identification with geographical region; proud of nationality; opinion
on European Union.

Demography: sex; year of birth; age; marital status; been married
before; number of children; size of household; education; living with
parents; employment status; chief wage earn´s profession;
socio-economic status of interviewee; scale of incomes; region; size of
town.

Additionaly encoded: country; region; confidence of the interviewee
during the interview; language; weight.