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World Values Survey

World Values Survey
The 6th WVS wave The World Values Survey Association is carrying out a new wave of surveys during 2011-2012. This wave will cover at least 50 countries, but funding decisions are still pending for a number of additional countries. Data from all previous waves are available from the World Values Survey website . Site Shortcuts: Download Survey Data Files

http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/

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