The European Values Study

The European Values Study Is a Large-scale, Cross-national, And Longitudinal Survey Research Program On Basic Human Values, Initiated By The European Value Systems Study Group In The Late 1970s, At That Time An Informal Grouping Of Academics. Now, It Is Carried On In The Setting Of a Foundation, The European Values Study (EVS). The Researchers Aimed At Exploring The Moral And Social Values Underlying European Social And Political Institutions And Governing Conduct. At The Time Of The First Survey, The Following Questions Raised

Do Europeans share common values?
Are values changing in Europe and, if so, in what directions?
Do Christian values continue to permeate European life and culture?
Is a coherent alternative meaning system replacing that of Christianity?
What are the implications for European unity?

In order to answer these questions, a survey was planned and in 1981 interviews were conducted in ten European countries. The research project aroused interest in other countries and as a result a unique data set became available,



covering 26 nations. To explore the dynamics of values changes, a second wave of surveys was launched in 1990 in all European countries, as well as the US and Canada. About ten years later (1999/2000), the third wave was launched and fieldwork was conducted in almost all European countries, allowing for investigating the causes and consequences of the dynamics of value change.

Atlas of European Values

More than 800 million people can call themselves Europeans: from Finland to Malta and from Iceland to Azerbaijan. Their cultures and societies have all been influenced by the Roman Empire, Christianity, Enlightenment and two World Wars. This communal history has not led to one European culture. The importance of God, the value of leisure time, the significance of having children and the disapproval of homosexuality all differ enormously between countries. This diversity is made visible in the full colour Atlas

📌 Atlas of European values – Making DATA accessible for educational use (Italia)
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