World Values Survey, 2007 - Norwegian part

The survey is part of an international project of studies of values and opinions (World Values survey). Of the 5 waves of data collections in this project so far, 4 have been conducted in Norway (1982,1990, 1996 and 2007). The objective is to gather data that makes it possible to describe and analyze attitudes and systems of values in the Norwegian society, compare the dispersion of attitudes and values in the Norwegian society with the values in other countries in Western Europe, USA, Japan and the rest of the world, and examine the changes in values and attitudes over time through the consideration of earlier surveys.

The collection of data in 2007 was lead by Professor Ola Listhaug, Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Thematically, the survey touches upon attitudes and values linked to religion, outlook on life, morals, family, politics and current social issues.