# DE World Values — Source Catalog

**Source ID:** DS-00027
**Record Created:** 2026-04-23
**Cataloger:** Sven / PAI

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## Sources

### World Values Survey (WVS)
- **URL:** https://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/
- **Data download:** https://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSContents.jsp
- **Auth:** Free registration required for bulk download
- **Coverage:** Value orientations, Inglehart dimensions (survival/self-expression, traditional/secular-rational)
- **Waves used:** Wave 5 (2006, n=2,064), Wave 6 (2013, n=2,046), Wave 7 (2017–2022, n=1,528)
- **Update frequency:** Every ~5 years (new wave)
- **Data access:** No public REST API; bulk CSV/SPSS download after registration

### European Values Study (EVS)
- **URL:** https://europeanvaluesstudy.eu/
- **Coverage:** Complementary European values data; Germany included
- **Update frequency:** Every ~9 years

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## Dataset

`Data/DE-World-Values/DE-World-Values.md`

## Connection to DE-Plan

CHALLENGE 1 (value fragmentation), PR-00001 (Meaning Crisis — Inglehart post-materialist shift)