European Value Survey Map
Topic
Society
Wellbeing
Work
Religion
Family
Politics
Respondent characteristics
EVS Question
how important in your life: work (Q1A)
how important in your life: family (Q1B)
how important in your life: friends and acquaintances (Q1C)
how important in your life: leisure time (Q1D)
how important in your life: politics (Q1E)
how important in your life: religion (Q1F)
do you belong to: cultural activities (Q4B)
do you belong to: trade unions (Q4C)
do you belong to: political parties/groups (Q4D)
animal rights (Q4E)
do you belong to: professional associations (Q4F)
do you belong to: sports/recreation (Q4G)
do you belong to: charitable/humanitarian organization (Q4H)
do you belong to: consumer organization (Q4I)
mutual aid group (Q4J)
do you belong to: other groups (Q4K)
did you do voluntary work in the last 6 months (Q5)
dont like as neighbours: people of different race (Q6A)
dont like as neighbours: heavy drinkers (Q6B)
dont like as neighbours: immigrants/foreign workers (Q6C)
dont like as neighbours: drug addicts (Q6D)
dont like as neighbours: homosexuals (Q6E)
dont like as neighbours: Christians (optional in countries with Christian majority) (Q6F)
dont like as neighbours: Muslims (optional in countries with Muslim majority) (Q6G)
dont like as neighbours: Jews (optional) (Q6H)
dont like as neighbours: Gypsies (optional) (Q6I)
people can be trusted/can't be too careful (Q7)
how much you trust: your family (Q8A)
how much you trust: people in your neighborhood (Q8B)
how much you trust: people you know personally (Q8C)
how much you trust: people you meet for the first time (Q8D)
how much you trust: people of another religion (Q8E)
how much you trust: people of another nationality (Q8F)
how much control over your life (Q9)
how much confidence in: church (Q38A)
how much confidence in: armed forces (Q38B)
how much confidence in: education system (Q38C)
how much confidence in: the press (Q38D)
how much confidence in: trade unions (Q38E)
how much confidence in: the police (Q38F)
how much confidence in: parliament (Q38G)
how much confidence in: civil service (Q38H)
how much confidence in: social security system (Q38I)
how much confidence in: European Union (Q38J)
how much confidence in: United Nations Organization (Q38K)
how much confidence in: health care system (Q38L)
how much confidence in: justice system (Q38M)
how much confidence in: major companies (Q38N)
how much confidence in: environmental organizations (Q38O)
how much confidence in: political parties (Q38P)
how much confidence in: government (Q38Q)
how much confidence in: social media (Q38R)
do you justify: claiming state benefits (Q44A)
do you justify: cheating on tax (Q44B)
do you justify: taking soft drugs (Q44C)
do you justify: accepting a bribe (Q44D)
do you justify: homosexuality (Q44E)
do you justify: abortion (Q44F)
do you justify: divorce (Q44G)
do you justify: euthanasia (Q44H)
do you justify: suicide (Q44I)
do you justify: having casual sex (Q44J)
do you justify: avoiding a fare on public transport (Q44K)
do you justify: prostitution (Q44L)
do you justify: artificial insemination or in-vitro fertilization (Q44M)
do you justify: political violence (Q44N)
do you justify: death penalty (Q44O)
how close do you feel: to own town/city (Q45A)
district] (Q45B)
how close do you feel: to [country] (Q45C)
how close do you feel: to [continent] (Q45D)
how close do you feel: to world (Q45E)
how proud are you to be a ... [country] citizen (Q47)
environment: giving part of income (Q56A)
environment: too difficult for me to do much (Q56B)
environment: there are more important things to do (Q56C)
environment: no point unless others do the same (Q56D)
environment: environmental threats are exaggerated (Q56E)
government: public area under video surveillance (Q58A)
government: monitor all information exchanged on the internet (Q58B)
government: collect information about anyone without their knowledge (Q58C)
are you concerned with: people neighbourhood (Q60A)
are you concerned with: people own region (Q60B)
are you concerned with: fellow countrymen (Q60C)
are you concerned with: Europeans (Q60D)
are you concerned with: humankind (Q60E)
are you concerned with: elderly people (Q61A)
are you concerned with: unemployed people (Q61B)
are you concerned with: immigrants (Q61C)
are you concerned with: sick and disabled (Q61D)
important: eliminating income inequalities (Q62A)
EVS Question
taking all things together how happy are you (Q2)
describe your state of health these days (Q3)
how satisfied are you with your life (Q10)
EVS Question
important in a job: good pay (Q11A)
important in a job: good hours (Q11B)
important in a job: opportunity to use initiative (Q11C)
important in a job: generous holidays (Q11D)
important in a job: achieving something (Q11E)
important in a job: responsible job (Q11F)
job needed to develop talents (Q12A)
humiliating receiving money without working (Q12B)
people turn lazy not working (Q12C)
work is a duty towards society (Q12D)
work comes always first (Q12E)
jobs are scarce: giving...(nation) priority (Q26A)
jobs are scarce: giving men priority (Q26B)
EVS Question
do you belong to: religious organization (Q4A)
do you belong to a religious denomination (Q13)
how often attend religious services (Q15)
are you a religious person (Q17)
do you believe in: God (Q18A)
do you believe in: life after death (Q18B)
do you believe in: hell (Q18C)
do you believe in: heaven (Q18D)
do you believe in: re-incarnation (Q19)
how important is God in your life (Q21)
how often do you pray outside religious services (Q22)
EVS Question
important in marriage: faithfulness (Q23A)
important in marriage: adequate income (Q23B)
important in marriage: good housing (Q23C)
important in marriage: share household chores (Q23D)
important in marriage: children (Q23E)
important in marriage: time for friends and personal hobbies (Q23F)
marriage is outdated (Q24)
child suffers with working mother (Q25A)
women really want home and children (Q25B)
family life suffers when woman has full-time job (Q25C)
man's job is to earn money; woman's job is to look after home and family (Q25D)
men make better political leaders than women (Q25E)
university education more important for a boy than for a girl (Q25F)
men make better business executives than women (Q25G)
one of main goals in life has been to make my parents proud (Q25H)
homosexual couples - as good parents as other couples (Q27A)
duty towards society to have children (Q27B)
It is childs duty to provide long-term care for parents (Q27C)
learn children at home: good manners (Q28A)
learn children at home: independence (Q28B)
learn children at home: hard work (Q28C)
learn children at home: feeling of responsibility (Q28D)
learn children at home: imagination (Q28E)
learn children at home: tolerance and respect (Q28F)
saving money and things (Q28G)
perseverance (Q28H)
learn children at home: religious faith (Q28I)
learn children at home: unselfishness (Q28J)
learn children at home: obedience (Q28K)
EVS Question
how interested are you in politics (Q29)
political action: signing a petition (Q30A)
political action: joining in boycotts (Q30B)
political action: attending lawful demonstrations (Q30C)
political action: joining unofficial strikes (Q30D)
political view: left-right (Q31)
individual vs. state responsibility for providing (Q32A)
take any job vs. right to refuse job when unemployed (Q32B)
competition is good vs. harmful (Q32C)
equalize incomes vs. incentives for individual effort (Q32D)
private vs. government ownership business (Q32E)
democracy: governments tax the rich and subsidize the poor (Q39A)
democracy: religious authorities interpret the laws (Q39B)
democracy: people choose their leaders in free elections (Q39C)
democracy: people receive state aid for unemployment (Q39D)
democracy: the army takes over when government is incompetent (Q39E)
democracy: civil rights protect people from state oppression (Q39F)
democracy: the state makes people?s incomes equal (Q39G)
democracy: people obey their rulers (Q39H)
democracy: women have the same rights as men (Q39I)
importance of democracy (Q40)
democracy in own country (Q41)
satisfaction political system (Q42)
political system: strong leader (Q43A)
political system: experts making decisions (Q43B)
political system: the army ruling (Q43C)
political system: democratic (Q43D)
vote in elections: local level (Q48A)
vote in elections: national level (Q48B)
vote in elections: European level (Q48C)
how often in country's elections: votes are counted fairly (Q50A)
how often in country's elections: opposition candidates are prevented from running (Q50B)
how often in country's elections: TV news favors the governing party (Q50C)
how often in country's elections: voters are bribed (Q50D)
how often in country's elections: journalists provide fair coverage of elections (Q50E)
how often in country's elections: election officials are fair (Q50F)
how often in country's elections: rich people buy elections (Q50G)
how often in country's elections: voters are threatened with violence at the polls (Q50H)
immigrants: impact on the development of [your country] (Q51)
immigrants take away jobs from [nationality] (Q52A)
immigrants increase crime problems (Q52B)
immigrants are a strain on welfare system (Q52C)
better if immigrants maintain/not maintain own customs (Q52D)
important: to have been born in [country] (Q53A)
important: to respect [country nationality] political institutions and laws (Q53B)
important: to have [country nationality] ancestry (Q53C)
important: to be able to speak [national language] (Q53D)
important: to share [national] culture (Q53E)
important: to be born in Europe (Q54A)
important: to have European ancestry (Q54B)
important: to be a Christian (Q54C)
important: to share European culture (Q54D)
European Union enlargement (Q55)
how often do you follow politics: on television (Q59A)
how often do you follow politics: on the radio (Q59B)
how often do you follow politics: in the daily papers (Q59C)
how often do you follow politics: on social media (Q59D)
important: basic needs for all (Q62B)
important: recognizing people on merits (Q62C)
important: protecting against terrorism (Q62D)
EVS Question
political party: appeals to you most: left/right scale (Q49)
sex respondent (Q63)
age: respondent (constructed) (Q64)
having steady relationship (Q75)
number of children in/outside HH (constructed) (Q77)
educational level respondent: ESS-edulvlb coding one digit (Q81)
educational level respondent: recoded (Q81)
dependency on social security during last 5 years respondent (Q97)
corrected for ppp in euros (Q98)
size of town where interview was conducted Q106 (5 categories)
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