Information

public opinion survey (global, 1981–2014)

• public opinion surveys on changing values
• vote intention question used to calculate party size information

http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSDocumentationWVL.jsp

main dataset (main) — popular datasets linked with Party Facts

first imported on 21 July 2015 and last updated on 12 March 2021

Reference

World Values Survey 1981-2014 Longitudinal Aggregate v.20150418. World Values Survey Association (www.worldvaluessurvey.org). Aggregate File Producer: JDSystems, Madrid SPAIN.

Import "readme.txt"

World Value Survey

Source

WORLD VALUES SURVEY 1981-2014 LONGITUDINAL AGGREGATE v.20150418. World Values Survey Association (www.worldvaluessurvey.org). Aggregate File Producer: JDSystems, Madrid SPAIN.

http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSDocumentationWVL.jsp

Import

"wvs-parties.csv" based on "Political Parties" sheet in "F00003843_WVS_EVS_Integrated_Dictionary_Codebook_v_2014_09_22.xls"

Uploaded to Google Sheets to edit and clean up WVS party list. Imported into repository with "wvs.R" as "wvs-parties.csv".

"wvs-share.csv" party size information calculated by share of respondents for vote intention question.

Comments

Little party information found in trend file (E178, E179, E256). Wave datasets used with vote intention question for party size.

Todo later

• remove parties already linked but below threshold -- see "wvs.R" and "wvs-linked-2017-03-12.csv"
• lower threshold for inclusion -- see "wvs.R"