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European Values Study

EVS 1999 (ZA3811)

Building on the knowledge of the two previous waves, a new questionnaire was designed, taking into account various new issues which have emerged in several life spheres: solidarity, social capital, democracy, and work ethics. Representative multi-stage random samples of the adult population of the country 18 years old and older were drawn. Face-to-face interviews with a standardized questionnaire were conducted between 1999 and 2001. The surveys were carried out in 33 countries and combined in an Integrated Dataset. The national datasets  including additional country-specific variables are provided for national rather than multinational use. For an overview of participating countries in the several EVS waves, click here.

Latest news on this wave

Current dataset version of integrated dataset: Release v3.0.0 as of November 2011, doi:10.4232/1.10789 (Documentation: as of September 2013).
Current dataset version of national datasets: Release v3; for an overview of the 33 countries/regions (as of June 2013).
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.
  • Source book: Information on the Integrated Dataset with country-specific information on the national datasets.
  • Variable Report: Documentation of the Integrated Dataset with question texts of the English Master Questionnaire and frequency counts by country.

Documentation related to the national datasets

  • Study descriptions (SD): Information on origin and content of data, version history and errata, and direct access to the data.
  • Field questionnaires (FQ) in all languages fielded, including Show Cards.
  • Variable Reports [VR (EN)]: Documentation of the national datasets with question texts of the English master questionnaire and frequency counts.
  • Bilingual variable documentation [VR (BL)] facilitates a direct comparison of English master questions and original questions of field questionnaire. Show Cards from both English master question and country’s original question are included as well.

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

Country Study-No. Field work period Sample size SD FQ VR-EN VR-BL
Austria ZA3779 01-08-1999- 31-10-1999 1522 SD FQ VR EN/German
Belarus ZA3807 01-03-2000- 30-04-2000 1000 SD FQ VR EN/Russian
Belgium ZA3784 01-03-1999- 30-06-1999 1912 SD FQ VR EN/Dutch
EN/French
Bulgaria ZA3799 01-06-1999- 31-07-1999 1000 SD FQ VR EN/Bulgarian
Croatia ZA3800 01-03-1999- 30-04-1999 1003 SD FQ VR EN/Croatian
Czech Republic ZA3795 01-03-1999- 31-05-1999 1908 SD FQ VR EN/Czech
Denmark  ZA3785 01-04-1999- 30-11-1999 1023 SD FQ VR EN/Danish
Estonia  ZA3791 01-10-1999- 31-10-1999 1005 SD FQ VR EN/Estonian
EN/Russian
Finland  ZA3787 01-09-2000- 31-10-2000 1038 SD FQ VR  EN/Finnish
France  ZA3776 23-03-1999- 10-04-1999 1615 SD FQ VR EN/French
Germany West/East  ZA3778 01-10-1999- 31-12-1999 1037/ 999 SD FQ VR EN/German
Great Britain  ZA3777 01-10-1999- 30-11-1999 1000 SD FQ VR EN/GB-English
Greece ZA3801 01-03-1999- 30-06-1999 1142 SD FQ VR EN/Greece
Hungary ZA3797 01-11-1999- 31-12-1999 1000 SD FQ VR EN/Hungarian
Iceland ZA3788 01-06-1999- 31-12-1999  968 SD FQ VR EN/Icelandic
Ireland ZA3790 01-10-1999- 28-02-2000 1012 SD FQ VR EN/IE-English
Italy ZA3780 01-03-1999- 31-05-1999 2000 SD FQ VR EN/Italian
Latvia ZA3792 01-03-1999- 31-03-1999 1013 SD FQ VR EN/Latvian
EN/Russian
Lithuania ZA3793 01-11-1999- 31-12-1999 1018 SD FQ VR EN/Lithuanian
Luxembourg ZA3804 01-07-1999- 31-10-1999 1211 SD FQ VR EN/Luxembourgish
EN/French
EN/Portuguese
Malta ZA3803 01-03-1999- 31-05-1999 1002 SD FQ VR EN/Maltese
Netherlands ZA3783 01-03-1999- 31-08-1999 1003 SD FQ VR EN/Dutch
Northern Ireland ZA3789 01-07-1999- 30-11-1999 1000 SD FQ VR EN/NIR-English
Poland ZA3794 01-02-1999- 31-03-1999 1095 SD FQ VR EN/Polish
Portugal ZA3782 01-10-1999- 31-12-1999 1000 SD FQ VR EN/Portuguese
Romania ZA3798 01-07-1999- 31-07-1999 1146 SD FQ VR EN/Romanian
Russia ZA3802 01-04-1999- 30-06-1999 2500 SD FQ VR EN/Russian
Slovakia/ Slovak Republic ZA3796 01-06-1999- 31-07-1999 1331 SD FQ VR EN/Slovakian
Slovenia ZA3805 01-10-1999- 31-10-1999 1006 SD FQ VR EN/Slovenian
Spain ZA3781 01-03-1999- 30-04-1999 1200 SD FQ VR EN/Spanish
Sweden ZA3786 15-11-1999- 13-02-2000 1015 SD FQ VR EN/Swedish
Turkey ZA3808 01-09-2001- 01-10-2001 1206 SD FQ VR EN/Turkish
Ukraine ZA3806 01-12-1999- 31-12-1999 1195 SD FQ VR EN/Ukrainian
EN/Russian