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voice

A measure of how strongly the respondents value the voice of the people as a source of influence in their society, based on three items from Inglehart’s (1977) materialism/postmaterialism batteries. These items indicate whether respondents assign first, second, or no priority to the goals of (a) “protecting freedom of speech”, (b) “giving people more say in important government decisions”, and (c) “giving people more say about how things are done at their jobs and in their communities”.

Index

2015

http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/wvs.jsp

Welzel, C. (2013). Freedom rising. Cambridge University Press.

World Values Survey

A related publication in which Welzel's indicators and algorithms are applied is: Λιναρδής Α., Νησιώτης, Κ.Σ., Κληρονόμος Ν. (2021), Το Παράδοξο της Δημοκρατίας στην Ελλάδα: Χειραφετητικές αξίες, εκφάνσεις της δημοκρατίας και πολιτική αυτοτοποθέτηση, στο Κονιόρδος Σ. (επιμ.), «Αξίες, Πολιτισμικά Πρότυπα & Κοινωνικοί Προσανατολισμοί στη Σύγχρονη Ελλάδα» (in Greek, available here)

Name: Var_1
Description: Aims of country: first choice
Question: People sometimes talk about what the aims of this country should be for the next ten years. Here are listed some of the goals which different people would give top priority ((a) A high level of economic growth, (b) Making sure this country has strong defense forces, (c) Seeing that people have more say about how things are done at their jobs and in their communities, and (d) Trying to make our cities and countryside more beautiful). Would you please say which one of these you, yourself, consider the most important?
Comments: Code one answer

Name: Var_2
Description: Aims of country: second choice
Question: And which one ((a) A high level of economic growth, (b) Making sure this country has strong defense forces, (c) Seeing that people have more say about how things are done at their jobs and in their communities, and (d) Trying to make our cities and countryside more beautiful) would be the next most important?
Comments: Code one answer

Name: Var_3
Description: Aims of respondent: first choice
Question: If you had to choose, which one of the things ((a) Maintaining order in the nation, (b) Giving people more say in important government decisions, (c) Fighting rising prices, and (d) Protecting freedom of speech) on this card would you say is most important?
Comments: Code one answer

Name: Var_4
Description: Aims of respondent: second choice
Question: And which one ((a) Maintaining order in the nation, (b) Giving people more say in important government decisions, (c) Fighting rising prices, and (d) Protecting freedom of speech) would be the next most important?
Comments: Code one answer