A new paper looks at 40 questions from the World Values Survey from 1981 to 2022 (n = 406,185) for the 76 nations that did this survey more than once. Overall these values diverged over these four decades. The strongest factor from a factor analysis explained 65% of variation, and was strongly linked (b = 0.76) to Welzel’s “emancipative vs. obedient” [EO] dimension (“restrict the freedom of the individual from the group”), and less so (b = 0.26) to Welzel’s “sacred vs. secular” [SS] dimension. The value divergence rate correlated with EO, but not SS.
incredibly interesting.
Too low for what outcome?
Fascinating share, thank you so much. Are there any papers that you would recommend on the scientific study of culture?