Environmental Attitudes in Cross-National Perspective: A Multilevel Analysis of the ISSP 1993 and 2000
Environmental Attitudes in Cross-National Perspective: A Multilevel Analysis of the ISSP 1993 and 2000
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DOI：
10.1093/esr/jcp018
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发表时间：
2010-04-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Meyer, Reto
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作者：
Franzen, Axel;Meyer, Reto
本文讨论了公众对自然环境状况的关注的决定因素和发展。首先，我们回顾了一些理论方法，这些方法试图解释环境态度的个体差异和跨国差异。特别是，我们讨论了英格尔哈茨的后唯物主义理论，邓拉普和梅蒂格斯的全球化解释，以及繁荣假说。其次，我们通过对国际社会调查计划(ISSP)1993年和2000年的数据进行多水平分析来检验这些假设。最重要的是，结果支持了繁荣假说。在国内相对收入较高的个人比他们的同胞表现出更高的环境担忧水平，此外，据报道，较富裕国家的环境担忧程度高于较贫穷国家。结果表明，环境关注也与后物质主义态度和各种社会人口变量密切相关。将1993年国际科学计划所衡量的环境问题与2000年的环境问题进行比较，结果表明，自1990年代初以来，受审查国家的环境问题已基本稳定下来。
This article discusses the determinants and the development of public concern for the state of the natural environment. First, we review some theoretical approaches that try to explain individual as well as cross-national differences in environmental attitudes. Particularly, we discuss Ingleharts theory of post-materialism, Dunlap and Mertigs globalization explanation, and the prosperity hypothesis. Second, we test these hypotheses by applying multilevel analysis to the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) data from the years 1993 and 2000. The results support, above all, the prosperity hypothesis. Individuals with higher relative income within countries display higher levels of environmental concern than their compatriots, and additionally, more concern is reported in wealthier countries than in poorer nations. The results indicate that environmental concern is also closely associated with post-materialistic attitudes and various socio-demographic variables. Comparing the environmental concern measured in the ISSP in 1993 with that in 2000 shows that environmental concern has more or less stabilized since the early 1990s in the countries under scrutiny.