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EVS 2008 - first data release available

European Values Study 2008 - Integrated Dataset plus 39 national datasets released. EVS in Online Study Catalogue ZACAT offers multi-lingual documentation and trend documentation for all 4 EVS waves. See EVS catalogue page for further information. For comprehensive documentation about EVS 2008, see EVS Website.

European Values Study (1981, 1990, 1999/2000, 2008)

EVS 2008 - first data release available in ZACAT

The European Values Study (EVS) is a large-scale, cross-national and longitudinal survey research program. It is carried out under the responsibility of the European Values Study Foundation.
With the aim to explore basic values the first wave was conducted in 1981 in 16 countries. For the examination of the dynamics of value change a large part of questions was repeated in the following waves conducted in 1990 and 1999/2000 in 29 and 33 countries respectively. The fourth wave includes in total 46 European countries.
The range of topics covered in the first and second wave includes the main domains of life: work and leisure time, family and sexuality, religion, politics and ethics. New issues in the third wave are solidarity, social capital, democracy, and work ethics. The fourth wave has a persistent focus on a broad range of values and highly comparable questions across waves.

Access to data and documentation

Data access to the four EVS waves is provided online through the Online Study Catalogue ZACAT.
The Study Overview and the Study Profile pages for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd wave provide detailed information and access to data and documentation.
Information and comprehensive documentation about the 4th wave is available on the EVS Website.

Further information

Three waves of the European Values Study (1981, 1990 and 1999) and the four waves of the World Values Surveys (1981-84, 1980-93, 1989-1993 and 1999-2004) have been integrated into the Value Surveys by ASEP/JDS in Spain to enable cross-national and cross-cultural comparisons. As there are different sources available to get access to the data, additional links are listed on the Data Access page.
European and world wide comparative survey projects since 1948 are listed and referenced separately in a tabular historical overview, including the Global Barometer projects, the World and European Values Studies, ISSP, the European Social Survey etc.