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Encyclopedia > World Values Survey

The World Values Survey is an academic project by social scientists to assess the state of sociocultural and political values of different cultures around the world. The survey has yielded many interesting results. For example, the survey found that trust and democracy were values that crossed most cultural boundaries.


The survey also showed that sex equality was one of the most significant differences between Western and other cultures.


External links

  • http://www.worldvaluessurvey.com
  • http://wvs.isr.umich.edu

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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: World Values Survey (354 words)
The World Values Survey is an academic project by social scientists to assess the state of sociocultural and political values of different cultures around the world.
Surprisingly, 90% of Iraqis reject French neighbors as well--despite the strong objections of the French to the invasion of Iraq--including approximately 51% of Kurds and 90% of Arab Iraqis.
The Indian survey was stratified to cover 14 states representing different geographic and socioeconomic regions of the country, with 2,500 interviews distributed among these states in proportion to their population.
Modernization and Values Futurist Magazine (2749 words)
The World Values Survey -- a two -decade-long examination of the values of 65 societies coordinated by the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research--is the largest investigation ever conducted of attitudes, values, and beliefs around the world.
The World Values Survey data show us that the world views of the people of rich societies differ systematically from those of low-income societies across a wide range of political, social, and religious norms and beliefs.
Using the 1995-1998 wave of the World Values Survey, we produced a map of the world's values, showing the locations of 65 societies on the two cross-cultural dimensions--traditional vs. secular-rational values and survival vs. self-expression values.
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