Education Values

Here is a list of qualities which parents can try to encourage in their children. Which do you consider to be especially important? Please choose three.

Eurobarometer 63.1

Here is a list of qualities children that children might be encouraged to learn at home. Please indicate for each of them how important you consider it to be (very important, fairly important, not very important, not at all important).

A sense of responsibility
Good manners and politeness
(EB 39.0: Good manners, except 44.0 / 44.1, 63.1)
Tolerance and respect for others
Ability to communicate with others
(except EB 39.0, 63.1)
Independence
(EB 39.0: Self-reliance)
Loyalty
(except EB 39.0, 63.1)
Conscientiousness at work
(except EB 39.0, 44.0 / 44.1, 63.1)
Thrift, not wasting money and other things
(EB 28 / 28.1: sparing money; modified in 39.0 and 63.1; not in 44.0 / 44.1)
Imagination
(EB 39.0, 44.0 / 44.1: ... and creativity)
Obedience
(EB 44.0 /44.1: ... and respect for authority)
Religious faith
(except EB 44.0 / 44.1, 63.1)
Hard work
(only EB 28 / 28.1, 39.0 and 63.1)

Additional items in Eurobarometer 39.0

Determination and perseverance
(also in EB 63.1)
Generosity
Love of life
Courage
A taste of life's pleasures
An appreciation of beauty

Additional items in Eurobarometer 44.0 and 44.1

Ability to adapt
A questioning mind
Developing efficient ways in working
Ability to think logically

ZA Study Number	Eurobarometer	Fieldwork Month	Fieldwork Year	Question Number	Variable Name (1)
1713	28	10-11	1987	Q.144	V46-V56
2041	28.1	10-11	1987	Q.144
1960	34.0	10-11	1990	Q.60	V168-V179
1962	34.2	10-11	1990	Q.10	V56-V67
2242	37.2	4-5	1992	Q.5	V35-V47
2346	39.0	3-4	1993	Q.82	V591-V606
2689	44.0	10-11	1995	Q.47(2)	V376-V387
2690	44.1	11-12	1995	Q.97(2)	V811-V822
4233	63.1	1-2	2005	QB5

(1) Please note that the variable names refer to the final ICPSR/ZA codebook editions, if available.

(2) Modified Question wording: "Here is a list of qualities. Could you tell me the three which seem the most important for a person to have?"