Joint EVS/WVS 2017-2022 data-set (v5.0; Jun 24, 2024)
The World Values Survey Association (WVSA) and the European Values Study (EVS) are happy to announce the release of the final version (5.0.0) of the official joint EVS-WVS 2017-2022 data-set produced within the framework of the cooperation agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) completed between the two research programs.
In line with it, EVS has been responsible for planning and conducting surveys in European countries, using the EVS questionnaire and EVS methodological guidelines. WVSA has been responsible for planning and conducting surveys in countries in the world outside Europe as well as several European surveys (Andorra, Cyprus, Greece, Northern Ireland), using the WVS questionnaire and WVS methodological guidelines. Ten countries (Armenia, Czechia, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine) conducted surveys in both waves EVS 2017 and WVS7. Both organisations developed their draft questionnaires independently, with the overlapping items defining the Common Core of both questionnaires. They are marked in yellow in the two Master Questionnaires (available for download below).
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Joint EVS/WVS |
EVS |
WVS |
| Release version |
5-0-0 (2024-06-24)
GESIS-DAS: doi:10.4232/1.14320
WVSA: doi:10.14281/18241.26 |
5-0-0 (2024-06-24)
doi:10.4232/1.13897 |
6-0-0 (2024-05-01)
doi:10.14281/18241.24 |
| Survey period |
2017-2022 |
2017-2021 |
2017-2022 |
| Number of wave |
EVS/WVS wave 2017-2022 |
5th wave 2017-2021 |
7th wave 2017-2022 |
| Countries/territories |
92 |
36 |
66 |
| Number of surveys |
102 |
36 |
66 |
| Number of cases |
156.658 |
59.438 |
97.220 |
| Number of variables |
231 |
474 |
606 |
The EVS archive (GESIS-DAS) has been responsible for data archiving and data processing of the European surveys. The WVS archive (JDSystems Madrid) has been responsible for data archiving and data processing for the non-European surveys including the WVS surveys conducted in Andorra, Armenia, Czechia, Cyprus, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine. Based on the Common EVS/EVS Dictionary agreed by EVS and WVS the Joint EVS/WVS 2017-2022 dataset (Joint EVS/WVS) has been constructed in close collaboration. The fifth version of the Joint EVS/WVS includes data and documentation of altogether 92 countries and territories: 36 from the EVS 2017, 66 from the WVS7. Ten of these countries conducted surveys in both waves EVS and WVS.
The Joint EVS/WVS is constructed from the one EVS and one WVS source datasets:
- EVS (2022). European Values Study 2017: Integrated Dataset (EVS 2017). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7500 Data file Version 5.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.14320
- Haerpfer, C., Inglehart, R., Moreno,A., Welzel,C., Kizilova,K., Diez-Medrano J., M. Lagos, P. Norris, E. Ponarin & B. Puranen et al. (eds.). 2022. World Values Survey: Round Seven–Country-Pooled Datafile. Madrid, Spain & Vienna, Austria: JD Systems Institute & WVSA Secretariat. Version. 5.0.0, doi:10.14281/18241.24.
Access to the data, similiar to the previous rounds, is free, with no registration or payments required. With their main mission to facilitate advancement of Social Sciences worldwide, the WVS and the EVS want to make sure our survey data can equally serve the needs of the academic community in all parts of the world.
The identical version of the Joint EVS/WVS is accessible through two data service points:
- EVS/GESIS: via the GESIS Data Collection at GESIS- Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (data download page)
- WVSA: via the website of the WVS (this page).
Data download
Questionnaires
Documentation
Citation for data if downloaded from the GESIS Data Collection:
- EVS/WVS (2022). European Values Study and World Values Survey: Joint EVS/WVS 2017-2022 Dataset (Joint EVS/WVS). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7505. Dataset Version 5.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.14320
Citation for data if downloaded from the website of the WVSA:
- EVS/WVS (2022). European Values Study and World Values Survey: Joint EVS/WVS 2017-2022 Dataset (Joint EVS/WVS). JD Systems Institute & WVSA. Dataset Version 5.0.0, doi:10.14281/18241.26
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