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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Testing Schwartz’s Model of Cultural Value Orientations in Europe with the European Social Survey: An Empirical Comparison of Additive Indexes with Factor Scores
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Hermann Duelmer
  • Shalom H Schwartz
  • Jan Cieciuch
  • Eldad Davidov
  • Peter Schmidt
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Survey Research Methods
Publisher European Survey Research Association
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 1864-3361
Volume 17
Number 4
Page Range 447 - 463
Date 2023
Abstract Text The aim of this study is to compare results of measuring the Schwartz (2004) cultural value orientations using multilevel confirmatory factor analysis (ML CFA) vs. the unweighted aggregated means (simple means) used in previous research. We conduct this comparison with data from the 21-item short version of the Portrait Values Questionnaire in 6 rounds of the European Social Survey (ESS). An advantage of estimating factor scores via ML CFA vs. simple means is that ML CFA weights the impact of the factors on their indicators empirically. It also permits simultaneously assessing Schwartz' 10 individual level and 7 cultural level values by decomposing the total variances of the 21 items into a within part (individual values) and a between part (cultural values), while controlling for random measurement errors. High intercorrelations between related values in ML CFA required unifying two pairs of cultural values. Comparing correlations with theoretically relevant macro indicators of the factor scores and of the simple means of the cultural values indicated somewhat higher external validity for the factor scores. Taken together, the findings suggest that the derived factor scores provide suitable macro indicators of Schwartz' cultural value orientations for future studies using the ESS data.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.18148/srm/2023.v17i4.8031
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Keywords European Social Survey (ESS), Schwartz’ Cultural Values, Schwartz’ Personal Values, Multilevel Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Multidimensional Scaling