Study Inglehart et al. (2008): study ZZ 1981

Public

18+ aged, general public, 52 nations, 1981-2007

Sample

Respondents

N = 72000

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

(Change in) Tolerance of outgroups

Our Classification

Remarks

Data: World Values Surveys. 52 nations involved in at least two waves between 1981 and 2007, AT LEAST 10 YEARS APART. Cases weighted for number of years between first and last survey; so countries for which the full 26-year time series was available have 2,6 times the weight of countries with a 10-year series. T1 = first survey T2 = last survey

Distribution

Not reported

Operationalization

Respondents designated groups of people that they would not like to have as neighbors, using a list that included drug addicts, people of a different race, people with AIDS, immigrants/foreign workers, homosexuals, people of a different religion, and heavy drinkers. Respondents also indicated to what extent they felt that homosexuality can be justified, using a scale that ranged from 1 (never) to 10 (always).

Observed Relation with Happiness