ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Northern Ireland European Values Survey, 1999 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:4422</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Hayes, B.C.<br>Queen's University of Belfast. Department of Sociology and Social Policy<br>Fahey, T.<br>Economic and Social Research Institute (Dublin)<br>Sinnott, R.<br>University College Dublin. Centre for European Economic and Public Affairs<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Data Collector</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Research and Evaluation Services<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Economic and Social Research Council<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> December 2001 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Hayes, B.C., Fahey, T. and Sinnott, R., <i> Northern Ireland European Values Survey, 1999</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], December 2001. SN: 4422, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-4422-1. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 4422 . Northern Ireland European Values Survey, 1999<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Research and Evaluation Services</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>Hayes, B.C. , Queen's University of Belfast. Department of Sociology and Social Policy</h5> <h5>Fahey, T. , Economic and Social Research Institute (Dublin)</h5> <h5>Sinnott, R. , University College Dublin. Centre for European Economic and Public Affairs</h5> <H3>Data Collector:</H3> <H5>Research and Evaluation Services<br></H5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> Economic and Social Research Council<br> <i class='myclass'> Grant Number:</i> R000222959 </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The <i>European Values Study</i> (EVS) and <i>World Values Survey</i> (WVS) series were designed to enable a cross-national, cross-cultural comparison of values and norms on a wide variety of topics and to monitor changes in values and attitudes across the globe. <br> <br> The EVS/WVS provides data from representative national surveys in 97 societies containing almost 90 per cent of the world's population. These surveys show pervasive changes in what people want out of life and what they believe. In order to monitor these changes, the EVS/WVS has executed five waves of surveys, from 1981 to 2007. Representative national samples of each society's public are interviewed, using a standardised questionnaire that covers a full range of social, economic, cultural and religious topic areas. The countries included in these surveys cover the full range from very poor countries to very rich ones, from authoritarian systems to liberal democracies and covering all major cultural zones. <br> <br> Further information about the each survey series can be found on the <a href="http://www.europeanvaluesstudy.eu/" title ="European Values Study">EVS</a> and <a href="http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/index_html" title ="World Values Surveys">WVS</a> web sites and the <a href="http://www.esds.ac.uk/international/access/I33239.asp" title="ESDS International European and World Values Survey web pages">ESDS International European and World Values Survey</a> web page.<br><b><i>Background to the European Values Studies</b></i><br> The European Values Study (EVS) is a large-scale, cross-national and longitudinal survey of moral, religious, political and social values. The project was designed to investigate the nature and inter-relationship of value systems, their degree of homogeneity, and the extent to which they are subject to change across time.<br> To date there have been 3 waves, the first carried out in 1981, the second in 1990 and the third in 1999/2000.<br> The 1981 survey was carried out in ten member states of the European Community. After the initial fieldwork the survey was carried out in a further 16 countires (Argentina, Australia, Chile, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Norway, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, United States and parts of the Soviet Union).<br> The 1990 survey was carried out in all European countries as well as the United States and Canada.The third EVS was carried out in Europe.<br> Further information can be found on the <a href=http://www.europeanvalues.nl/>EVS</a> web pages<br> <br> <b><i>Northern Ireland European Values Survey, 1999</b></i><br> The aim of this study was the inclusion of Northern Ireland as a fully participant member of the 1999 <i>European Values Study</i> (EVS). The survey was carried out by means of face-to-face interviews with a sample of 1000 randomly-selected adults, representative of the adult population of Northern Ireland. The study was based on an adapted version of the 1999 wave of the EVS, which has now been completed in most countries of western and eastern Europe, including the Republic of Ireland. As in previous EVS studies, the core questions focus on values and attitudes in areas such as religion, ethics, politics, work motivation, family and life-style. In addition to these core elements, however, the Northern Ireland survey also included and additional range of items on aspects of culture and identity peculiar to the island of Ireland. For example, respondents in this survey and the Republic of Ireland EVS wave (not currently held at the UK Data Archive) were questioned about their views on various aspects of the Good Friday Agreement and about their attitudes to national identity. Special care was taken to ensure that these additional questions were relevant within and across the two societies.<br> <br> These data are also included in <i>European and World Values Survey Four-wave Integrated Data File, 1981-2004</i>, which is available for online analysis and download. Please see SN: 5488 for details.<br> <br> <br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5> Topics covered include attitudes to work, religion, social groups, local communities, environmental protection, voluntary organisations, government, politics and democracy, family and friends, life satisfaction, human needs, marriage, children, concerns over the troubled situation in Northern Ireland, paramilitary violence, the Good Friday Agreement, political developments and devolved government and associated views on national identity. A range of demographic information was also collected.<br> <br> Standard Measures<br> Previous EVS measures from the 1981 and 1990 studies on values and attitudes in areas such as religion, ethics, politics, work, motivation, family and life-style were used.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> September 1999 - November 1999 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> Northern Ireland <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Local Authority Districts <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals; Individuals <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Numeric data; Individual (micro) level; Numeric data; Individual (micro) level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> Cross-national; National <br> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Adults aged 18 and over in private households in Northern Ireland during 1999. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Repeated cross-sectional study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> One-stage stratified or systematic random sample <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 1463 (target) 1000 (obtained);Weighted sample size = 1000.<br>Household size was derived from the 1991 Census. <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS International, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>External note: </i></b> These data are included in <i>European Values Study Integrated Dataset, 1999-2000 </i> (SN: 4944) for online analysis and download from <a href="http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/index.jsp" title="ZACAT website">ZACAT website</a>. Access is free of charge and requires separate online registration, including agreement to terms and conditions of use of the data. The data are available for scientific purposes only. <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: international@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 03 December 2001<br></h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>31 October 2011</h5> </body></html>