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| Current dataset version: Release v3.0.0 as of November 2011, doi:10.4232/1.10790 |
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.
- 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.
- Master Questionnaire: EVS basic questionnaire.
- 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).
- The Common EVS/WVS Dictionary – EVS Trend provides an overview of all variables used in the five EVS waves and their correspondence in terms of comparability. Further, the EVS variable catalogue in the GESIS Search contains the variable documentation and enables the search for variables and questions as well as their comparison.
- Field questionnaires (FQ) in all languages fielded in the respective country, including Show Cards.
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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 | Questionnaire |
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| Austria | ZA4479 | 09-04-1990 - 01-06-1990 | 1460 | FQ |
| Belgium | ZA4461 | 10-06-1990 - 27-06-1990 | 2792 | FQ |
| Bulgaria | ZA4462 | 01-08-1990 - 31-12-1991 | 1034 | FQ |
| Canada | ZA4473 | 01-05-1990 - 30-06-1990 | 1730 | FQ |
| Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic | ZA4488 | 26-08-1991 - 06-10-1991 | 2109 | FQ |
| Denmark | ZA4463 | 01-04-1990 - 31-05-1990 | 1030 | FQ |
| Estonia | ZA4466 | 01-06-1990 - 30-08-1990 | 1008 | FQ |
| Finland | ZA4467 | 01-04-1990 - 30-04-1990 | 588 | FQ |
| France | ZA4468 | 25-06-1990 - 13-07-1990 | 1002 | FQ |
| Germany West | ZA4465 | 23-04-1990 - 15-05-1990 | 2101 | FQ |
| Germany East | ZA4464 | 28-05-1990 - 16-06-1990 | 1336 | FQ |
| Great Britain | ZA4469 | 01-06-1990 - 20-09-1990 | 1484 | FQ |
| Hungary | ZA4489 | 05-1991 - 06-1991 | 999 | FQ |
| Iceland | ZA4471 | 01-04-1990 - 30-04-1990 | 702 | FQ |
| Ireland | ZA4470 | 06-07-1990 - 26-10-1990 | 1000 | FQ |
| Italy | ZA4472 | 26-10-1990 - 26-11-1990 | 2018 | FQ |
| Latvia | ZA4474 | 01-06-1990 - 30-08-1990 | 903 | FQ |
| Lithuania | ZA4475 | 01-06-1990 - 30-08-1990 | 1000 | FQ |
| Malta | ZA4476 | 1991 | 393 | FQ |
| Netherlands | ZA4477 | 01-06-1990 - 30-09-1990 | 1017 | FQ |
| Northern Ireland | 01-07-1990 - 30-09-1990 | 304 | ||
| Norway | ZA4478 | 04.06.1990 | 1239 | FQ |
| Poland | ZA4480 | 05-1990 - 06-1990 | 982 | FQ |
| Portugal | ZA4481 | 11-05-1990 - 13-07-1990 | 1185 | FQ |
| Romania | ZA4482 | 1993 | 1103 | FQ |
| Slovakia/ Slovak Republic | ZA4485 | 26-08-1991 - 08-09-1991 | 1136 | FQ |
| Slovenia | ZA4486 | 01-02-1992 - 28-02-1992 | 1035 | FQ |
| Spain | ZA4487 | 09-04-1990 - 14-05-1990 | 2637 | FQ |
| Sweden | ZA4484 | 01-04-1990 - 31-05-1990 | 1047 | FQ |
| USA | ZA4490 | 01-05-1990 - 30-06-1990 | 1839 | FQ |