The Ahuachapan geothermal field, El Salvador: Reservoir analysis

These are appendices F through I of the Ahuachapan Geothermal Field Reservoir Analysis. The volume contains: well logs, water chemistry plots, gas chemistry plots, temperature plots, and flow plots. (JEF

Global commitment towards sustainable energy

Energy is crucial to economic and social development and improves quality of life. However, fossil fuel energy produces greenhouse gases (GHGs) and cannot be sustained for a long time. It is essential to tackle these problems by moving towards renewable and sustainable energy. Some countries, including those in the Arabian Gulf region, are still in the appraisal stage of adopting different forms of renewable energy. This paper reviews the business potential and likely GHG reductions associated with adopting renewable energy in Oman. It is revealed that 1·9 Mt of annual carbon dioxide emissions could be cut by producing 10% of the country’s electricity from renewables. The paper further discusses the global sustainable energy commitment under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and reviews the 2030 targets of some countries that are high producers of GHGs. It is anticipated that if all these planned targets are achieved, the total sustainable energy contribution could grow by nearly 11 000 TWh by 2030. These plans provide guidance for those countries still preparing to submit their plans to the UN

The Ahuachapan geothermal field, El Salvador: Reservoir analysis

These are appendices A thru E of the Ahuachapan geothermal field reservoir analysis. The volume contains: mineralogy contours, ionic chlorine and silicon dioxide contours, well summaries, and temperature and pressure effects. (JEF

European Values Study, 1990 - EVS '90

This data collection is designed to enable cross-national comparison of values and beliefs in a wide variety of areas and to monitor changes in values and attitudes of mass publics in 14 European countries and the United States and Canada. Broad topics covered are work, the meaning and purpose of life, family life, and contemporary social issues. Respondents were asked to rate the importance of work, family, friends, leisure time, politics, and religion in their lives. They were also asked how satisfied they were with their present lives, whether they tended to persuade others close to them, whether they discussed political matters, and how they viewed society. Questions relating to work included what aspects were important to them in a job, the pride they took in their work, their satisfaction with the present job, and their views on owner/state/employee management of business. Respondents were asked about the groups and associations they belonged to and which ones they worked for voluntarily, the level of trust they had in most people, the groups they would not want as neighbours, their general state of health, and whether they felt they had free choice and control over their lives. A wide range of items was included on the meaning and purpose of life, such as respondents' views on the value of scientific advances, the demarcation of good and evil, and religious behaviour and beliefs. Respondents were queried about whether they shared the same attitudes toward religion, morality, politics, and sexual mores with their partner and parents, their views on marriage and divorce, qualities important for a child to learn, whether a child needs both parents to grow up happy, views on mothers working outside the home, views on abortion, and whether marriage is an outdated institution. Questions regarding political issues probed for respondents' opinions of various forms of political action and the likelihood of their taking an action, the most important aims for their countries, confidence in various civil and governmental institutions, and whether they felt divorce, abortion, suicide, cheating on taxes, lying, and other such actions were ever justified. Constructed variables: PLUS1 to PLUS53 are constructs for 1990 only, C90_1 to C90_51 are constructs which can be used to make comparisons with the same constructs in P0830 named C81_1 to C81_51. Topics of constructs: religiosity, church involvement, moral values, conservatism-progressiveness, confidence in institutions, intolerance, materialism-postmaterialism, political involvement, Bradburn's affect balance scale, marriage, family, abortion, education, work. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ organizational membershi

European Values Study, 1990 - EVS '90

This data collection is designed to enable cross-national comparison of values and beliefs in a wide variety of areas and to monitor changes in values and attitudes of mass publics in 14 European countries and the United States and Canada. Broad topics covered are work, the meaning and purpose of life, family life, and contemporary social issues. Respondents were asked to rate the importance of work, family, friends, leisure time, politics, and religion in their lives. They were also asked how satisfied they were with their present lives, whether they tended to persuade others close to them, whether they discussed political matters, and how they viewed society. Questions relating to work included what aspects were important to them in a job, the pride they took in their work, their satisfaction with the present job, and their views on owner/state/employee management of business. Respondents were asked about the groups and associations they belonged to and which ones they worked for voluntarily, the level of trust they had in most people, the groups they would not want as neighbours, their general state of health, and whether they felt they had free choice and control over their lives. A wide range of items was included on the meaning and purpose of life, such as respondents' views on the value of scientific advances, the demarcation of good and evil, and religious behaviour and beliefs. Respondents were queried about whether they shared the same attitudes toward religion, morality, politics, and sexual mores with their partner and parents, their views on marriage and divorce, qualities important for a child to learn, whether a child needs both parents to grow up happy, views on mothers working outside the home, views on abortion, and whether marriage is an outdated institution. Questions regarding political issues probed for respondents' opinions of various forms of political action and the likelihood of their taking an action, the most important aims for their countries, confidence in various civil and governmental institutions, and whether they felt divorce, abortion, suicide, cheating on taxes, lying, and other such actions were ever justified. Constructed variables: PLUS1 to PLUS53 are constructs for 1990 only, C90_1 to C90_51 are constructs which can be used to make comparisons with the same constructs in P0830 named C81_1 to C81_51. Topics of constructs: religiosity, church involvement, moral values, conservatism-progressiveness, confidence in institutions, intolerance, materialism-postmaterialism, political involvement, Bradburn's affect balance scale, marriage, family, abortion, education, work. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ household characteristics/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ social class/ politics/ religion/ organizational membershi

International Social Survey Programme: Social Inequality IV - ISSP 2009

Social inequality. Themes: Importance of social background, merit, discrimination,corruption and good relations as prerequisites for success in society(wealthy family, well-educated parents, good education, ambitions, hardworking, knowing the right people, political connections, givingbribes, person´s race and religion, gender); attitude towards equalityof educational opportunity in one´s country (corruption as criteria forsocial mobility, only students from the best secondary schools have agood chance to obtain a university education, only rich people canafford the costs of attending university, same chances for everyone toenter university, regardless of gender, ethnicity or socialbackground); opinion about own salary: actual occupational earning isadequate; estimation of actual and reasonable earnings for occupationalgroups: doctor, chairman of a large national corporation, shopassistant, unskilled worker in a factory, cabinet minister in thenational government; income differences are too large in therespondent´s country; responsibility of government to reduce incomedifferences; government should provide a decent standard of living forthe unemployed and spend less on benefits for poor people; demand forhigher taxes for people with high incomes; opinion on taxes for peoplewith high income; justification of better medical supply and bettereducation for people with higher income; perception of class conflictsbetween social groups in the country (poor and rich people, workingclass and middle class, management and workers, people at the top ofsociety and people at the bottom); self-assessment and assessment ofthe family the respondent grew up in on a top-bottom-scale; socialposition compared to father (social mobility); salary criteria (scale:responsibility, education, needed support for family and children,quality of job performance or hard work at the job); feeling of a justpayment; characterisation of the actual and the desired social systemof the country, measured by classification on pyramid diagrams (imageof society). Demography: sex; age; marital status; steady life partner; years ofschooling; highest education level; country specific education anddegree; current employment status (respondent and partner); hoursworked weekly; occupation (ISCO 1988) (respondent and partner);supervising function at work; working for private or public sector orself-employed (respondent and partner); if self-employed: number ofemployees; trade union membership; earnings of respondent (countryspecific); family income (country specific); size of household;household composition; party affiliation (left-right); country specificparty affiliation; participation in last election; religiousdenomination; religious main groups; attendance of religious services;self-placement on a top-bottom scale; region (country specific); sizeof community (country specific); type of community: urban-rural area;country of origin or ethnic group affiliation; occupation status andprofession of respondent´s father and mother during the youth of therespondent (ISCO 88); number of books in the parental home during theyouth of the respondent (cultural resources); occupational status andprofession in the first job and the current job (ISCO 88 and workingtype); self-assessment of the social class; estimated amount of familywealth (monetary value of assets); work orientation:self-characterisation at this time and in the youth of the respondentconcerning his performance at work respectively at school. Additionally coded: administrative mode of data-collection; weightingfactor; case substitution

International Social Survey Programme: Family and Changing Gender Roles IV - ISSP 2012

Familie und Wandel der Geschlechterrollen. Themen: Einstellung zur Berufstätigkeit von Müttern; Rollenverteilung von Mann und Frau in Beruf und Haushalt; präferierter Umfang der Berufsausübung von Frauen während verschiedener Phasen der Kindererziehung; Einstellung zu Ehe, zum Zusammenleben ohne Heirat sowie zu Scheidung; Einstellung zu Alleinerziehenden und Kinderbetreuung durch gleichgeschlechtliche weibliche und männliche Paare (alternative Familienformen); ideale Kinderzahl für eine Familie; Einstellungen gegenüber Kindern: Ansichten über die Bedeutung von Kindern für das Leben; Gleichstellung, Pflege und Sozialpolitik: Einstellung zu Elternzeit für Vollzeit arbeitende Eltern und präferierte Dauer der Elternzeit; Finanzierungsquelle für Elternzeit, präferierte Aufteilung der Elternzeit zwischen Mutter und Vater; bester Weg zur Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf für eine Familie mit einem Kind im Vorschulalter und die am wenigsten wünschenswerte Option; Hauptzahler für die Kinderbetreuung von Kindern im Vorschulalter (Familie selbst, Regierung oder aus öffentlichen Mitteln oder Arbeitgeber); Familie oder Institutionen, die in erster Linie Unterstützung bieten sollte für ältere Menschen; Hauptzahler für diese Hilfe für ältere Menschen; Zeitbudget für beide Partner für Arbeiten im Haushalt und die Betreuung von Familienangehörigen; Verwaltung der Einkünfte in der Ehe oder Partnerschaft; Verteilung von Pflichten im Haushalt und in Familienangelegenheiten; Bestimmung des Zeitanteils an der Hausarbeit; Entscheidungsgewalt innerhalb der Partnerschaft bei Wochenendaktivitäten und bei der Kindererziehung; Hauptverdiener (Partner mit höherem Einkommen); Belastung durch Familie, Arbeit und Haushalt; Einschätzung des allgemeinen persönlichen Glücks; Zufriedenheit mit der Arbeitssituation und dem Familienleben; Selbsteinschätzung der Gesundheit; Berufstätigkeit der Mutter während der Kindheit des Befragten; Erwerbstätigkeit des Befragten und des Ehepartners / Partners in verschiedenen Phasen der Kindererziehung. Demographie: Geschlecht; Alter; Geburtsjahr; Jahre in der Schulbildung; Bildung (länderspezifisch); höchster Bildungsabschluss; Erwerbstätigkeit; wöchentliche Arbeitszeit; Arbeitsverhältnis; Anzahl der Mitarbeiter; Vorgesetztenfunktion; Anzahl der beaufsichtigten Mitarbeiter; Organisationsart (Profit / Non-Profit bzw. öffentlich / privat); Beruf (ISCO- 88); Haupterwerbsstatus; Zusammenleben mit einem Partner; Gewerkschaftsmitgliedschaft; Religionszugehörigkeit oder Konfession (länderspezifisch); Gruppen von Glaubensgemeinschaften; Kirchgangshäufigkeit; Selbsteinstufung auf einer Oben-Unten-Skala; Beteiligung bei der letzten allgemeinen Wahl; Parteipräferenz (länderspezifisch) und Wahlverhalten bei der letzten Wahl; links-rechts-Einstufung der gewählten Partei; ethnische Zugehörigkeit (länderspezifisch); Anzahl der Kinder; Anzahl der Kleinkinder; Haushaltsgröße; Einkommen des Befragten (länderspezifisch); Familieneinkommen (länderspezifisch); Familienstand, Wohnsitz: Stadt- Land; Region (länderspezifisch). Informationen zum Ehepartner bzw. Partner bezüglich: Erwerbstätigkeit; Wochenarbeitszeit; Arbeitsverhältnis: Vorgesetztenfunktion; Beruf (ISCO-88); Haupterwerbsstatus; Bildung und Alter des derzeitigen Ehegatten bzw. Partners; Dauer der aktuellen Beziehung. Zusätzlich verkodet wurde: Interviewdatum; case substitution flag; Erhebungsmethode; Gewichtungsfaktor