5th EVS wave 2017 (ZA7500)

Latest news on this wave
The EVS 2017 wave has started fieldwork in September 2017 and ended in October 2021. The full release includes three integrated datasets: The EVS 2017 Integrated Dataset (ZA7500) contains data from about 59.438 respondents and 36 countries. The EVS 2017 Integrated Dataset – Matrix Design Data (ZA7502) includes data from about 10.500 respondents and the four countries (DE, IS, CH, NL) that applied the matrix design. Please consult the documentation describing the concept behind the composition of the two EVS 2017 integrated datasets (GESIS Papers Guide to mixed-mode approach and matrix design). The EVS 2017 Integrated Dataset - Sensitive Data (ZA7501) contains data that could not be included in the SUF because of data protection concerns. Due to the sensitive nature of the data, its use is subject to specific contractual regulations. The contract allowing for off-site access can be downloaded here. In addition individual datasets have been released in the context of EVS 2017. Specific samples used: European Values Study 2017: Greece, ZA7546, v1-0-0, doi:10.4232/1.13512. European Values Study 2017: Finland – Swedish minority, ZA7549, v1-0-0, doi:10.4232/1.13513. European Values Study 2017: Romania - Hungarian minority, ZA7550, v1-0-0, doi:10.4232/1.13562. Data published after the Full Release of October 2020 (integrated in the final release): European Values Study 2017: Ukraine, ZA7539, v1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.13714. Errata & Version History For information on Errata and Version History, please see the Study description, section ‚Errata in current version‘ of the corresponding dataset. PATCHES to correct data errors can be downloaded under the link Downloads and Data Access, section Material/Datasets. Documentation: as of May 2022 For further information on data download, see Data Access

Latest news on this wave

The EVS 2017 wave has started fieldwork in September 2017 and ended in October 2021.

The full release includes three integrated datasets:

The EVS 2017 Integrated Dataset (ZA7500) contains data from about 59.438 respondents and 36 countries.
The EVS 2017 Integrated Dataset – Matrix Design Data (ZA7502) includes data from about 10.500 respondents and the four countries (DE, IS, CH, NL) that applied the matrix design. Please consult the documentation describing the concept behind the composition of the two EVS 2017 integrated datasets (GESIS Papers Guide to mixed-mode approach and matrix design).
The EVS 2017 Integrated Dataset - Sensitive Data (ZA7501) contains data that could not be included in the SUF because of data protection concerns. Due to the sensitive nature of the data, its use is subject to specific contractual regulations. The contract allowing for off-site access can be downloaded here.

In addition individual datasets have been released in the context of EVS 2017.

Specific samples used:

European Values Study 2017: Greece, ZA7546, v1-0-0, doi:10.4232/1.13512.
European Values Study 2017: Finland – Swedish minority, ZA7549, v1-0-0, doi:10.4232/1.13513.
European Values Study 2017: Romania - Hungarian minority, ZA7550, v1-0-0, doi:10.4232/1.13562.

Data published after the Full Release of October 2020 (integrated in the final release):

European Values Study 2017: Ukraine, ZA7539, v1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.13714.

Errata & Version History

For information on Errata and Version History, please see the Study description, section ‚Errata in current version‘ of the corresponding dataset.
PATCHES to correct data errors can be downloaded under the link Downloads and Data Access, section Material/Datasets.

Documentation: as of May 2022

For further information on data download, see Data Access

As previous EVS waves, the fifth wave maintains a persistent focus on a broad range of values. Questions with respect to family, work, religious, and political and societal values are highly comparable across waves and regions. The longitudinal scope of the study makes it possible to explore trends in time. The new wave has seen a strengthening of the Methodological standards (see https://europeanvaluesstudy.eu/methodology-data-documentation/survey-2017/methodology/), also thanks to the participation in the SERISS project (https://seriss.eu/).

Data Quality

Read more about what has been done in EVS2017 to reach data quality in all the phases of the survey cycle.

What is new in the final release?

Latvia conducted the survey in 2021 and was included in the Integrated Dataset.
Ukrainian data published as individual country dataset in May 2021 is now also included in the Integrated Dataset.
New harmonized variables for education: ISCED 1997 (one-digit) and 8-categories variables included ensuring comparability with previous waves.

For an overview of the countries participating in the 5th wave and the previous EVS waves, click here.

Documentation related to the final release of the Integrated Dataset

Documentation: as of May 2021

Guidelines related to all EVS 2017 data files (study and variable level)

EVS 2017 Methodological Guidelines designed by the EVS advisory groups for all EVS member countries.
- App A: Official Classifications

Methodological information (study level):

Methodology of EVS2017 (EVS webpage)

Master Questionnaire:

CAPI and
CAWI questionnaires.

Study description (information on origin and content of data, version history and errata, and direct access to the data):

EVS2017 Integrated Dataset (ZA7500)
EVS 2017 Integrated Dataset – Matrix Design Data (ZA7502)
EVS 2017 Integrated Dataset - Sensitive Data (ZA7501)
Individual datasets: Greece (ZA7546); Finland- Swedish minority (ZA7549); Romania - Hungarian minority (ZA7550); Ukraine (ZA7539 - included in the final release of the EVS Integrated Dataset, May 2022)
EVS 2017 Method Report (Summarized information on origin and content of the integrated datasets)
- App A: Population Statistics - Results

Variable and harmonization reports (variable level)

Variable Report: Documentation of the Integrated Dataset with question texts of the English Master Questionnaire.
Guide to EVS 2017 mixed-mode approach and matrix design
- Matrix_Design_ Question_Blocks
Weighting EVS 2017 data

Documentation related to the national datasets

The tables provide information for the 37 countries and the two surveys of minorities included in the final release: fieldwork period, mode of data collection, sample size, link to field questionnaires (FQ) in all languages (Show Cards), all languages fielded.

I. EVS 2017 Integrated Dataset (ZA7500)

Country	Field work period	Mode of data collection	Sample size	FQ	Languages fielded
Albania	24-02-2018 - 24-06-2018	PAPI	1435	FQ	Albanian, English
Armenia	20-02-2018 - 30-04-2018	PAPI	1500	FQ	Armenian
Austria	08-01-2018 - 14-05-2018	CAPI	1644	FQ	German
Azerbaijan	10-11-2018 - 23-12-2018	PAPI	1800	FQ	Azerbaijani, Russian
Belarus	01-02-2018 - 05-03-2018	PAPI	1548	FQ	Russian
Bosnia and Herzegovina	03-02-2019 - 14-06-2019	CAPI	1724	FQ	Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bulgaria	11-11-2017 - 09-01-2018	PAPI	1558	FQ	Bulgarian
Croatia	25-10-2017 - 16-02-2018	CAPI	1487	FQ	Croatian
Czechia	17-09-2017 - 01-12-2017	CAPI and PAPI	1811	FQ	Czech
Denmark	27-09-2017 - 31-01-2018 11-12-2017 - 31-01-2018	CAPI CAWI / Mail	3362	FQ	Danish
Estonia	17-05-2018 - 12-09-2018	CAPI	1304	FQ	Estonian, Russian
Finland	24-11-2017 - 10-07-2018 11-2017 - 06-2018	CAPI CAWI / Mail	1199	FQ	Finish
France	02-03-218 - 16-08-2018	CAPI	1870	FQ	French
Georgia	11-01-2018 - 18-03-2018	CAPI	2194	FQ	Georgian, Russian, Azerbaijan, Armenian
Germany	23-10-2017 - 04-04-2018 20-09-2018 - 28-11-2018 16-11-2017 - 20-03-2018	CAPI CAWI / Mail	5456	FQ	German
Great Britain	12-02-2018 - 16-07-2018	CAPI	1788	FQ	English
Hungary	24-02-2018 - 21-08-2018	CAPI	1514	FQ	Hungarian
Iceland	19-06-2017 - 28-03-2018 27-09-2017 - 04-04-2018	CAPI / PAPI CAWI / Mail	2511	FQ	Icelandic, English
Italy	24-09-2018 - 30-01-2019	CAPI	2277	FQ	Italian
Latvia	23-07-2021 - 01-10-2021	CAPI / CAWI	1335	FQ	Latvian, Russian
Lithuania	08-12-2017 - 12-02-2018	PAPI	1448	FQ	Lithuanian, Russian
Montenegro	19-07-2019 - 19-12-2019	CAPI	1003	FQ	Montenegrin
Netherlands	31-08-2017 - 28-02-2018 11-09-2017 - 31-10-2017	CAPI CAWI	2739	FQ	Dutch
North Macedonia	10-12-2018 - 28-03-2019	PAPI	1117	FQ	Macedonian, Albanian
Norway	22-08-2018 - 17-12-2018	CAPI / CATI	1122	FQ	Norwegian, English, Polish
Poland	17-11-2017 - 08-02-2018	CAPI	1352	FQ	Polish
Portugal	11-01-2020 - 01-03-2020	CAPI	1215	FQ	Portuguese
Romania	03-02-2018 - 05-05-2018	CAPI	1613	FQ	Romanian
Russian Federation	07-11-2017 - 25-12-2017	CAPI and PAPI	1825	FQ	Russian
Serbia	10-11-2018 - 21-12-2018	PAPI	1499	FQ	Serbian
Slovakia	26-09-2017 - 01-12-2017	CAPI	1432	FQ	Slovak, Hungarian
Slovenia	30-09-2017 - 23-12-2017	CAPI	1075	FQ	Slovenian
Spain	28-11-2017 - 22-01-2018	CAPI	1209	FQ	Spanish
Sweden	27-09-2017 - 06-06-2018	CAPI	1194	FQ	Swedish
Switzerland	11-09-2017 - 22-02-2018 15-09-2017 - 28-12-2017 30-09-2017 - 22-02-2018	CAPI CAWI / Mail	3660	FQ	German, French, Italian
Ukraine	02-11-2020 - 23-11-2020	PAPI	1612	FQ	Ukrainian, Russian

II. EVS 2017 Integrated Dataset - Matrix Design Data (ZA7502)

Country	Field work period	Mode of data collection	Sample size	FQ	Languages fielded
Germany	CAWI: 20-09-2017 - 28-11-2018 Mail: 16-11-2017 - 20-03-2018	CAWI MAIL	1021	FQ	German
Switzerland	CAWI: 15-09-2017 - 28-12-2017 Mail: 30-09-2017 - 22-02-2018	CAWI MAIL	2987 CAWI: 2124 MAIL: 863	FQ	German, French, Italian
Netherlands	CAWI: 11-09-2017 – 31-10-2017	CAWI	2053	FQ	Dutch
Iceland	CAWI/ Mail: 27-09-2017 - 04-04-2018	CAWI MAIL	1596 CAWI: 1514 MAIL: 82	FQ	Icelandic

III. Individual national datasets

Country	Fieldwork period	Mode of data collection	Sample size	FQ	Languages fielded
EVS 2017: Finland - Swedish minority (ZA7549)	26-11-2018 - 31-01-2019	CAWI MAIL	1297	FQ	Swedish
EVS 2017: Greece (ZA7546)	15-12-2018 - 31-01-2019	CAWI	3892	FQ	Greek
EVS 2017: Romania - Hungarian minority (ZA7550)	23-11-2019 - 13-03-2020	PAPI	1106	FQ	Hungarian
EVS 2017: Ukraine (ZA7539)*	02-11-2020 - 23-11-2020	PAPI	1612	FQ	Ukrainian, Russian

*Included in the final release of the EVS Integrated Dataset (May 2022).