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European Values Study

EVS 1990 (ZA4460)

The second wave was launched in 1990 to explore the dynamics of value change. It covered almost the same topics as the first wave. Representative multi-stage random samples respectively quota samples of the adult population 18 years and older were drawn. Personal interviews with standardized questionnaires were conducted between 1990 and 1993 in 27 European countries, the United States, and Canada. The national datasets were combined into an international dataset including a total of 29 countries. There is also an overview of participating countries in the several EVS waves provided.

Latest news on this wave

Current dataset version Release v3.0.0 as of November 2011, doi:10.4232/1.10790
(Documentation: as of 2013-09-30). For further information on data download, see Data Access.

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Documentation related to the Integrated Dataset

  • Study description: Information on origin and content of data, version history and errata, and direct access to the data.
  • Variable Report: Documentation of the Integrated Dataset with question texts of the English Master Questionnaire and frequency counts by country.
  • Measuring and Comparing Values in 16 Countries of the Western World - Documentation of the European Values Study 1981-1990 in Europe and North America, Loek Halman and Astrid Vloet, WORC report 94.11.001, November 1994. (PDF file can be downloaded here).

Documentation related to the national datasets

  • Field questionnaires (FQ) in all languages fielded in the respective country, including Show Cards.

  • EVS 1981-2008 Method Overview: Summarized information for all participating countries on origin and content of data.

Country  Field work period Sample size Questionnaire
Austria 09-04-1990 - 01-06-1990  1460 FQ
Belgium 10-06-1990 - 27-06-1990  2792 FQ
Bulgaria 01-08-1990 - 31-12-1991  1034 FQ
Canada 01-05-1990 - 30-06-1990  1730 FQ
Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic 26-08-1991 - 06-10-1991  2109 FQ
Denmark 01-04-1990 - 31-05-1990  1030 FQ
Estonia 01-06-1990 - 30-08-1990  1008 FQ
Finland 01-04-1990 - 30-04-1990  588 FQ
France 25-06-1990 - 13-07-1990  1002 FQ
Germany West 23-04-1990 - 15-05-1990  2101 FQ
Germany East 28-05-1990 - 16-06-1990  1336 FQ
Great Britain 01-06-1990 - 20-09-1990  1484 FQ
Hungary 05-1991 - 06-1991  999 FQ
Iceland 01-04-1990 - 30-04-1990  702 FQ
Ireland 06-07-1990 - 26-10-1990  1000 FQ
Italy 26-10-1990 - 26-11-1990  2018 FQ
Latvia 01-06-1990 - 30-08-1990  903 FQ
Lithuania 01-06-1990 - 30-08-1990  1000 FQ
Malta 1991  393 FQ
Netherlands 01-06-1990 - 30-09-1990  1017 FQ
Northern Ireland 01-07-1990 - 30-09-1990  304  
Norway 04.06.1990  1239 FQ
Poland 05-1990 - 06-1990  982 FQ
Portugal 11-05-1990 - 13-07-1990  1185 FQ
Romania 1993  1103 FQ
Slovakia/ Slovak Republic 26-08-1991 - 08-09-1991  1136 FQ
Slovenia 01-02-1992 - 28-02-1992  1035 FQ
Spain 09-04-1990 - 14-05-1990  2637 FQ
Sweden 01-04-1990 - 31-05-1990  1047 FQ
USA 01-05-1990 - 30-06-1990  1839 FQ