Survey of Soviet Values, 1990: Detailed Description

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Gibson, James L., and Raymond M. Duch. Survey of Soviet Values, 1990. ICPSR06099-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1994. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06099.v1

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Description & Citation--Study No. 6099

Bibliographic Description
Scope of Study
Methodology
Access and Availability

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

06099

Title:

Survey of Soviet Values, 1990

Principal Investigator(s):

Gibson, James L.

Duch, Raymond M.

Funding:

National Science Foundation (SES-9003868)

Los Angeles Times

University of Houston. College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Dresser Foundation

USSR Academy of Sciences

Bibliographic Citation:

Scope of Study

Summary:

This dataset contains survey information from parts of the former Soviet Union located in Europe: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belorussia, Ukraine, Moldavia, Georgia, Armenia, and Russia west of the Ural Mountains. It was designed to assess respondents' commitment to democratic values and rates of political participation of the Soviet mass public. Major topics covered include conventional and unconventional political participation, political tolerance, support for democratic elections, support for pluralistic media, rights consciousness, anti-Semitism, and support for market institutions.

Subject Terms:

anti-Semitism, democracy, elections, human rights, market economy, mass media, media influence, political interest, political participation, public approval

Geographic Coverage:

Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia (Republic), Global, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia

Time Period:

1990-05

Date of Collection:

1990-05

Universe:

Adult residents of those portions of the Soviet Union located in Europe, with the exception of Azerbaijan and Kazakastan.

Data Types:

survey data

Data Collection Notes:

Two European sections of the former Soviet Union are not included in this dataset: Azerbaijan, due to political unrest, and Kazakastan, due to interview cost.

Methodology

Sample:

Four-stage stratified random sample. In the initial stage of the sampling, geographical units were classified according to certain statistical indices based on their assumed importance in structuring the beliefs of ordinary respondents. In the second stage of the sampling, eight substrata were identified from each of the first-stage strata. At the third stage of the sampling, each geographical unit fitting the defined matrix was enumerated, and the adult residents of these units were sampled in the fourth stage.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Access and Availability

Note:

Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

Original ICPSR Release:

1994-10-20

Dataset(s):

DS1: Main Data File
DS2: Frequencies File