TY - JOUR

T1 - The Values in Crisis Project

T2 - A Three-Wave Panel Study in Germany and the United Kingdom

AU - Welzel, Christian

AU - Boehnke, Klaus

AU - Delhey, Jan

AU - Deutsch, Franziska

AU - Eichhorn, Jan

AU - Kühnen, Ulrich

AU - Dragolov, Georgi

AU - Hess, Stephanie

AU - Larsen, Mandi

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Author(s).

PY - 2024/4/2

Y1 - 2024/4/2

N2 - This article introduces the data from the Values in Crisis project conducted in Germany and the United Kingdom. The project seized the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural experiment to investigate whether, how and to what extent people’s moral values change as a result of a disruptive event of massive order and global scale. An online panel survey measured individuals’ experiences with COVID-19, moral values, personality traits and social orientations at three different stages throughout the pandemic: at its onset (Wave 1: April–May 2020), one year later amidst the pandemic (Wave 2: February–March 2021), and two years later towards its end (Wave 3: February–April 2022). The samples for Wave 1 were drawn using quota sampling along gender, age group, level of education, and country region for the population aged 16 and above in Germany (NDE,W1 = 2,005), and 18 and above in the UK (NUK,W1 = 2,033). The samples for Wave 2 consist of re-contacted participants at a retention rate of 63.99% for Germany (NDE,W1–2 = 1,283) and 56.57% for the UK (NUK,W1–2 = 1,150). The samples for Wave 3 comprise of re-contacted participants at a retention rate of 43.74% in Germany (NDE,W1–3 = 877) and 37.73% in the UK (NUK,W1–3 = 767) as well as newly recruited participants (NDE,W3 = 381, NUK,W3 = 461). The data can be used for various secondary analyses on the topics covered in the survey.

AB - This article introduces the data from the Values in Crisis project conducted in Germany and the United Kingdom. The project seized the COVID-19 pandemic as a natural experiment to investigate whether, how and to what extent people’s moral values change as a result of a disruptive event of massive order and global scale. An online panel survey measured individuals’ experiences with COVID-19, moral values, personality traits and social orientations at three different stages throughout the pandemic: at its onset (Wave 1: April–May 2020), one year later amidst the pandemic (Wave 2: February–March 2021), and two years later towards its end (Wave 3: February–April 2022). The samples for Wave 1 were drawn using quota sampling along gender, age group, level of education, and country region for the population aged 16 and above in Germany (NDE,W1 = 2,005), and 18 and above in the UK (NUK,W1 = 2,033). The samples for Wave 2 consist of re-contacted participants at a retention rate of 63.99% for Germany (NDE,W1–2 = 1,283) and 56.57% for the UK (NUK,W1–2 = 1,150). The samples for Wave 3 comprise of re-contacted participants at a retention rate of 43.74% in Germany (NDE,W1–3 = 877) and 37.73% in the UK (NUK,W1–3 = 767) as well as newly recruited participants (NDE,W3 = 381, NUK,W3 = 461). The data can be used for various secondary analyses on the topics covered in the survey.

KW - COVID-19 pandemic

KW - Germany

KW - panel study

KW - United Kingdom

KW - value change

KW - Politics

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85190940588&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.5334/jopd.89

DO - 10.5334/jopd.89

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85190940588

VL - 12

JO - Journal of Open Psychology Data

JF - Journal of Open Psychology Data

SN - 2050-9863

IS - 1

M1 - 1

ER -