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Description	The World Values Survey (WVS) series was designed to enable a crossnational, crosscultural comparison of values and norms on a wide variety of topics and to monitor changes in values and attitudes across the globe. This dataset contains the survey data from the Australian component of the sixth wave of the World Values Surveys carried out in 2012. The World Values Survey is the world’s most comprehensive investigation of political and sociocultural change. It is an international survey with the 2011 – 2012 ‘wave’ covering at least 50 countries. The purpose of the survey is to investigate worldwide political and sociocultural change and is conducted by a network of social scientists from leading universities around the world. Broad topics covered in the 2012 wave include personal values, trust, gender roles, subjective wellbeing, volunteering, self-perceptions, social and economic environment, inequality, confidence in institutions, politics and democracy, religion, perceptions of older people, perceptions of crime and security, national identity, media and technology. Demographic information includes size of locality, region of residence, occupation of the head of household, and the respondent's age, sex, marital status, number of children, employment status, occupation, social class, country of birth, ethnicity, education, religion, religiosity, political party, and left-right political self-placement.
Subject	Social Sciences
Keyword	Aged, Crime, Crime victims, Democracy, Economics, Elections, Environment, Human relations, Mass media, National characteristics, Policy, Political activism, Political science, Poverty, Religion, Sex roles, Technology, Values, Voluntary workers, War
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Persistent Identifier	doi:10.4225/87/QJKL15
Publication Date	2017-07-26
Title	World Values Survey, Australia, 2012
Other Identifier	Australian Data Archive: 01252
Author	McAllister, Ian (Australian National University) Pietsch, Juliet (Australian National University)
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Description	The World Values Survey (WVS) series was designed to enable a crossnational, crosscultural comparison of values and norms on a wide variety of topics and to monitor changes in values and attitudes across the globe. This dataset contains the survey data from the Australian component of the sixth wave of the World Values Surveys carried out in 2012. The World Values Survey is the world’s most comprehensive investigation of political and sociocultural change. It is an international survey with the 2011 – 2012 ‘wave’ covering at least 50 countries. The purpose of the survey is to investigate worldwide political and sociocultural change and is conducted by a network of social scientists from leading universities around the world. Broad topics covered in the 2012 wave include personal values, trust, gender roles, subjective wellbeing, volunteering, self-perceptions, social and economic environment, inequality, confidence in institutions, politics and democracy, religion, perceptions of older people, perceptions of crime and security, national identity, media and technology. Demographic information includes size of locality, region of residence, occupation of the head of household, and the respondent's age, sex, marital status, number of children, employment status, occupation, social class, country of birth, ethnicity, education, religion, religiosity, political party, and left-right political self-placement.
Subject	Social Sciences
Keyword	Aged (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Crime (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Crime victims (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Democracy (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Economics (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Elections (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Environment (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Human relations (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Mass media (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php National characteristics (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Policy (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Political activism (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Political science (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Poverty (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Religion (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Sex roles (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Technology (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Values (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Voluntary workers (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php War (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php
Topic Classification	Australian studies Sociology, culture Social attitudes, values and behaviour
Language	English
Contributor	Data Collector : Myers, Paul Data Collector : Balasubramanian, Bharat
Distributor	Australian Data Archive (Australian National University) (ADA) http://ada.edu.au
Distribution Date	2012-12-20
Depositor	McAllister, Ian
Deposit Date	2012-12-09
Time Period	Start Date: 2011 ; End Date: 2012
Date of Collection	Start Date: 2012-08-09 ; End Date: 2012-10-16
Data Type	Survey data
Series	World Values Survey: The World Values Survey (WVS) explores values and beliefs, cultural stability or change over time and the impact of values on social and political development in different societies around the world. It was established in 1981 and it has become one of the most widely-used and authoritative cross-national and time-series surveys. The WVS consists of nationally representative surveys conducted in almost 100 countries which contain almost 90 percent of the world’s population, using a common questionnaire. The WVS is the largest non-commercial, cross-national, time series investigation of human beliefs and values ever executed, currently including interviews with almost 400,000 respondents. Moreover the WVS is the only academic study covering the full range of global variations, from very poor to very rich countries, in all of the world’s major cultural zones.
Software	SPSS, Version: 24.0 Stata, Version: 12.0 SAS, Version: 9.4
Related Dataset	World Values Survey, Australia, 2005

Social Science and Humanities Metadata

Unit of Analysis	Individual
Universe	Adult Australian population aged 18 and over who are on the electoral roll
Time Method	One-time cross-sectional study
Data Collector	Social Research Centre
Sampling Procedure	Simple random sample
Major Deviations for Sample Design	Table 5 of the Technical summarises the sample distribution and mode of survey completion by respondent characteristics, relative to the overall population.
Collection Mode	Postal survey
Type of Research Instrument	Structured
Characteristics of Data Collection Situation	An analysis of the survey responses is included in Section 3 of the technical report.
Actions to Minimize Losses	Procedures to maximise response for the World Values Survey included: (1) Having an online survey option available for sample members; (2) Operation of a World Values Survey helpdesk with a 1800 number and an email address to help establish survey bona fides, address sample members’ queries, and encourage response; (3) Reminder activities including reminder card, reminder survey booklet and a reminder letter; (4) Incorporating a ‘top-up’ batch to boost total returns; (5) Extending the cut off date to accommodate later arrivals and responses received from remote locations; and (6) Having an incentive scheme with a chance to win one of four $500 prize draw (total prize pool of $2,000).
Weighting	A “rim weighting” approach was used to adjust the data for differential survey response rates across age (18-34 years, 35-44 years, 45-54 years, 55+ years) by educational attainment (university degree, not university), gender and state/territory. The weights were created using a statistical regression approach which seeks to achieve the “best fit” possible with the population proportions specified by the weighting variables while disturbing the overall data as little as possible. The “rim weighting” algorithm provided in the Quantum analysis software was used to develop sample weights. Source data for weighting was the 2011 Census of Population and Housing in the case of gender and state and the 2006 Census of Population and Housing for educational (and age) as educational attainment data had not been released for the 2011 Census by the completion of the survey. Respondents who did not provide their age were assigned to survey average age (45 to 54 years) for weighting purposes. Appendix 4 of the Technical Report provides the population matrices (as proportions) used for weighting purposes.
Cleaning Operations	The data were checked by the archive for missing variable and value labels, out of range values and wild codes, logical inconsistencies, and confidentiality.
Response Rate	29.5 percent

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