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European Values Surveys: U.S., U.K., France, Germany

The citizen dataset: A survey of citizens' attitudes and behavior in four European nations
It is available in SPSS form as citizen.sav via DOIT

1990-91 World Values Survey: The Citizen File
In 1990-91, the European Values System Study Group (EVSSG) supervised a set of representative sample surveys in 42 developed and developing nations, representing almost 70% of the world's population. The "citizen" SPSS file consists of a subset of data for four (previously five) nations: the United States, Britain, France, western Germany, and eastern Germany.

This subset was prepared for distribution with Russell J. Dalton, Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties, 2nd Edition (Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1996). The full data data set for the 1990-91 World Values Survey is distributed by the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research as Study #6160. Northwestern already has this study available through the Government Publications Department of the University library. See Ann Janda in Data Services.

This file has 66 variables and 7,762 UNWEIGHTED cases. To produce a proper representative sample of these nations, run your SPSS commands preceded with WEIGHT BY V02. The weighting will change the number of cases slightly, but the results will be more accurate. See sample frequency runs below.
frequencies vars=v01. <---This run was made WITHOUT weighting cases. 
V01       NATION                                   Valid     Cum
Value Label            Value  Frequency  Percent  Percent  Percent
United States              1      1839     23.7     23.7     23.7
Great Britain              2      1484     19.1     19.1     42.8
West Germany               3      2101     27.1     27.1     69.9
France                     4      1002     12.9     12.9     82.8
East Germany               5      1336     17.2     17.2    100.0
                       Total      7762    100.0    100.0
weight by v02. <---This run used the weight variable.
frequencies vars=v01. 
V01       NATION                                    Valid     Cum
Value Label            Value  Frequency  Percent  Percent  Percent
United States              1      1837     23.7     23.7     23.7
Great Britain              2      1488     19.2     19.2     42.9
West Germany               3      2094     27.0     27.0     69.9
France                     4      1002     12.9     12.9     82.8
East Germany               5      1336     17.2     17.2    100.0
                       Total      7757    100.0    100.0

Data from the 1990-91 World Values Survey taken from
Russell J. Dalton, Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Western Democracies, 2nd Ed.
(Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1996)


Appendix B in Citizen Politics contains a brief description of the World Values Survey and an abbreviated codebook that describes 66 variables extracted from the survey for the 7,757 respondents in the U.S., U.K., France, West Germany, and East Germany.

These data are available to students with class accounts on the hardin computer. The data have been prepared for analysis with the SPSS statistical package. The file is citizen.sav.

SPSS refers to variables by names limited to 8 characters in length. To aid your analysis, I have converted the uninformative variable numbers in Appendix B to mnemonics that signal the substance of the variables. Use these mnemonic "names" to refer to the variables

The names of the variables are linked to a computer printout of a crosstabulation of each variable by nation just click on the variable name below.
SPSS Name
#
Label

NATION

1

v01 NATION (nation in which interview occurred)

WEIGHT

2

v02 Case Weight for National Sample

DISCUSS

3

v03 Do you DISCUSS POLITICS often?

INTEREST

4

v04 How INTERESTED are you IN POLITICS

PETITION

5

v05 Would you SIGN a PETITION?

BOYCOTT

6

v06 Would you JOIN in BOYCOTTS?

AGITATE

7

v07 Would you ATTEND DEMONSTRATIONS?

STRIKE

8

v08 Would you JOIN STRIKES?

SIT.IN

9

v09 Would you OCCUPY BUILDINGS?

PROTEST

10

v10 PROTEST SCALE Sum of acts V05 to V09

TRUST

11

v11 Can you TRUST PEOPLE?

PM.SHORT

12

v12 POSTMATERIAL--SHORT scale, 4 items

PM.LONG

13

v13 POSTMATERIAL--LONG, 12 items

L.RSCALE

14

v14 LEFT/RIGHT SCALE

PARTY

15

v15 PARTY PREFERENCE

L.R.VOTE

16

v16 LEFT/RIGHT VOTE

INEQUAL

17

v17 INCOME INEQUALITY

GOVTOWN

18

v18 GOVT OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS?

WELFARE

19

v19 Should Govt Guarantee well-being?

JOBS

20

v20 Should Govt guarantee employment?

PAY.ENVR

21

v21 Would you PAY MORE FOR ENVIRONMENT?

TAX.ENVR

22

v22 Would you TAX more FOR ENVIRONMENT?

NO$.ENVR

23

v23 Save Environment at no cost

NOT.ENVR

24

v24 The environment is not so important

JOBS.SEX

25

v25 Men deserve jobs more than women

JOBS.OLD

26

v26 Young deserve jobs more than old

JOBS.FOR

27

v27 Citizens deserve jobs over aliens

JOBS.DIS

28

v28 Able-bodied deserve jobs first

GOOD.BAD

29

v29 Belief in GOOD AND EVIL?

GOD

30

v30 BELIEVE IN GOD?

AFTRLIFE

31

v31 BELIEVE IN AFTERLIFE?

DEVIL

32

v32 BELIEVE IN DEVIL?

HEAVEN

33

v33 BELIEVE IN HEAVEN?

HELL

34

v34 BELIEVE IN HELL?

FREESEX

35

v35 Do you Favor SEXUAL FREEDOM?

MOM.JOB

36

v36 Working mom can raise a child

KID.JOB

37

v37 CHILD SUFFERS if mom works

HOUSEWRK

38

v38 HOUSEWORK is as FULFILLING as a job

OWN.JOB

39

v39 A JOB makes a woman independent

ABORTION

40

v40 ABORTION is JUSTIFIABLE

ECOLOGY

41

v41 Feeling about ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT

NONUKES

42

v42 Feeling about ANTINUCLEAR MOVEMENT

DISARM

43

v43 Feeling about DISARMAMENT MOVEMENT

RIGHTS

44

v44 Feeling about HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT

WOMEN

45

v45 Feeling about WOMEN'S MOVEMENT

APARTHEI

46

v46 Feeling about ANTIAPARTHEID MOVEMENT

NATPRIDE

47

v47 NATIONAL PRIDE

FIGHTFOR

48

v48 Would you FIGHT FOR COUNTRY?

CHANGE

49

v49 Feeling about SOCIAL CHANGE

JUDICIAL

50

v50 Confidence in LEGAL SYSTEM

PRESS

51

v51 Confidence in PRESS

UNIONS

52

v52 CONFIDENCE in UNIONS

POLICE

53

v53 Confidence in POLICE

PARLMENT

54

v54 Confidence in PARLIAMENT

BUREAUCY

55

v55 CONFIDENCE in CIVIL SERVICE

BUSINESS

56

v56 CONFIDENCE in BUSINESS

UNJUST

57

v57 I COULD CHANGE UNJUST LAW

RELIGION

58

v58 RELIGION

CHURCH

59

v59 How often Attend CHURCH?

PIOUS

60

v60 How RELIGIOUS are you?

ETHNIC

61

v61 ETHNIC GROUP

GENDER

62

v62 GENDER

AGE

63

v63 AGE group

SCHOOL

64

v64 Level of EDUCATION

OCCUPATN

65

v65 OCCUPATION Class

TOWNSIZE

66

v66 Urban Population

PARTY.US

67

Parties in the United States only

PARTY.UK

68

Parties in the United Kingdom only

PARTY.WG

69

Parties in West Germany only

PARTY.FR

70

Parties in France only

PARTY.EG

71

Parties in East Germany only

The last five variables were created from the PARTY variable (v15). In that variable, each code number (e.g., "1") has a different meaning, being linked to different parties in the U.S., U.K., and so on. These five variables translate the code numbers into meaningful labels for different parties in each of the five countries.

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