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WORLD VALUES SURVEY 1990 QUESTIONNAIRE SHOW CARD A Please say, for each of the following, how important it is in your life. Very Quite Not Very Important Important Important V 4 A) Work 2 3 V 5 B) Family 2 3 V 6 C) Friends, 2 3 acquaintances V 7 D) Leisure 2 3 time V 8 E) Politics 2 3 V 9 F) Religion 2 3 Not at all Important 4 4 4 4 4 4 NOTE: Throughout these surveys, "0" is used as a Not Ascertained (N.A.) code. With single-digit variables, "9" is also occasionally used as a N.A. code. V 10 When you get together with your friends, would you say you discuss political matters frequently, occasionally or never? * [INDICATES ITEMS ASKED IN BOTH 1981 and 1990 SURVEYS] I Frequently 2 Occasionally 3 Never 9 Don't know V 11 When you yourself, hold a strong opinion, do you ever find yourself persuading your friends, relatives or fellow workers to share your views? IF SO, does it happen often, from time to time, or rarely? 493 DK 9 9 9 9 9 9 Often 2 From time to time 3 Rarely 4 Never 9 Don't know SHOWCARDB I am now going to read out some statements about the environment. For each one I read out, can you tell me whether you agree strongly, agree, disagree or strongly disagree? (READ OUT EACH STATEMENT AND CODE AN ANSWER FOR EACH) Strongly Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Disagree DK V 12 A) I would give part of my income if I were certain that the money would be used to prevent environmental pollution V 13 B) I would agree to an increase in taxes if the extra money is used to prevent environmental pollution V 14 C) The Government has to reduce environmental pollution but it should not cost me any money V 15 D) All the talk about pollution makes people too anxious V 16 E) If we want to combat unemployment in this country. we shall just have to accept environmental problems V 17 F) Protecting the environment and fighting pollution is less urgent than often suggested 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 9 3 4 9 3 4 9 3 4 9 3 4 9 3 4 9 V 18 Taking all things together, would you say you are...(READ OUT, REVERSING ORDER FOR ALTERNATE CONTACTS) * 1 Very happy 2 Quite happy 3 Not very happy 4 Not at all happy 9 Don't know SHOW CARD C Please look carefully at the following list of voluntary organisations and activities and say... * a) which, if any, do you belong to? (CODE ALL 'YES' ANSWERS UNDER (a)) b) which, if any, are you currently doing unpaid voluntary work for? (CODE ALL 'YES' ANSWERS UNDER (b)) (a) (b) Do unpaid Belong to work for V 19 A) Social welfare services for elderly, handicapped or deprived people V 37 V 20 B) Religious or church organisations V 38 V 21 C) Education, arts, music or cultural activities V 39 V 22 D) Trade unions V 40 V 23 E) Political parties or groups V 41 V 24 F) Local community action on issues like poverty, employment, housing, racial equality V 42 V 25 G) Third world development or human rights V 43 V 26 H) Conservation, the environment, ecology V 44 V 27 I) Professional associations V 45 V 28 J) Youth work (e.g. scouts, guides, youth clubs. etc.) V 46 V 29 K) Sports or recreation V 47 V 30 L) Women's groups V 48 V 31 M) Peace movement V 49 V 32 N) Animal rights V 50 V 33 0) Voluntary organisations concerned with health V 51 V 34 P) Other groups V 52 V 35 None V 53 V 36 Don't know 9 V 54 For VJ9 to V54, "J" illdicates "mentioned, "2" indicates "not mentioned. " The Chinese questionnaire trallslated "Trade Unions" (V22 and V40) as "Trading Associations, " which was chosen by very few people. "Professional Associations" was translated as "occupational organizations," which evokes the (government-sponsored) lahor unions; thus, for China, V27 is functionally equivalent to V22. The Swiss survey used the phrase, "charitable organization, "for "social welfare services" in VJ9 and V37. SHOW CARD D Thinking about your reasons for doing voluntary work, please use the following five-point scale to indicate how important each of the reasons below have been in your own case. (WHERE...

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