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NEWS LATINOBARÓMETRO 2010

We have the pleasure to announce a couple of novelties in the Latinobarómetro collection: the publication of Latinobarómetro 2010, the opening of Latinobarómetro 2009 and 2008, the inclusion of Spain in the collection for years 2006 to 2010, and the complete update of the codes of political parties, regions and cities for the years 2005 to 2010.

All these novelties are now available in Latinobarómetro site.

ASEP INDICATORS IN THE SPANISH ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CRISIS

The five most significant indicators have been shown here in previous occasions. The three economic indicators derive from the Consumer Sentiment Index (ISC) that compares R’s perceptions about his/her personal economic situation (Optimism, IO) and that of Spain (Evaluation of the Economic Situation, IESE) at present, in the past and in the immediate future. The two political indicators measure Satisfaction with how Democracy is working (ISD), and Satisfaction with the Government’s performance (ISG). ....

INTERMEDIA LAUNCHS ITS HAITI MOBILE MONEY TRACKER (HMMT) PROJECT

In 2011, InterMedia launched its Haiti Mobile Money Tracker (HMMT) Project with the mission of providing robust research and analysis into the emerging mobile money (m-money) services market

INTERPERSONAL TRUST

A question that appears in almost all international comparative surveys is the 'Interpersonal Trust' question, usually asked in the following terms: "Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you need to be very careful in dealing with people?" As the world map shows, the world doesn't trust much other people. Leaving appart the Northern Europe region (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland), and six other countries with almost an equal number of people trusting and not trusting, the remaining ones fall under the equilibrium index. On the bottom side, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago and Rwanda are the least trusty.

TOP DOWNLOADS OF THE MONTH

Latinobarómetro 2009 report

Integrated questionnaire WVS/EVS

Official codebook of the World Values Survey 2005

5 Wave WVS Aggregate 1981-2009

How to build the 5-wave 1981-2009 WVS/EVS aggregate

Official file World Values Survey 2005

World Map of Interpersonal Trust

Latinobarómetro 2008 report

Latinobarómetro Bibliography 1995-2009

World Map of Happiness

THE TECHNICAL CORNER

The WVS archive has to deal every day with many questions from researchers around the world. Most of these questions deal with weighting. Which variable should be used? Why are there so many? How are they calculated within countries? The purpose of this paper is to provide answers to all these questions and introduce readers to some new concepts such as the population balanced weight.

Afrobarometer: analysis online now in 4 languages
The interface of the online analysis tool is now available in 4 languages: Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.

Alexandria conference for preparing for the 6th wave of WVS
The past 8-10th September took place a conference in Alexandria to prepare the next wave of the WVS2010. The objectives of the workshop were to discuss and coordinate the 2010 World Values Survey for the MENA-region.

ASEP/JDS Databank adds a search engine
ASEP/JDS databank reforms his image to incorporate a content search engine and a new structure for the of online analysis section.

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DATA COLLECTIONS
The Values Surveys	Immigrants Collection
Latinobarómetro	'The Public Opinion of Spaniards' survey (ASEP, Spain)
Afrobarometer	CIRES (Centre for Research on the Social Reality)
East-Asian Barometer	Centre for the Study of the Contemporary Reality (CERC)
Comparative Studies on Electoral Systems (CSES)	Globalbarometer
Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos	International Social Survey Program (ISSP)

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