United States Participation in the 2016-17 World Values Survey

本奖项支持美国参与第七轮（2016-7）世界价值观调查（WVS）。WVS于1981年在美国的大力领导下成立。在过去的36年里，世界人口调查一直是世界上人口占大多数的国家关于大众价值观和态度的唯一信息来源。WVS数据的可用性使得分析(1)经济和技术变革对人们的影响成为可能？(2)个人层面的价值观和信仰对社会层面特征的影响，如社会具有民主价值观的程度。WVS包括一系列衡量人们对科学和技术态度的项目。当前关于全球气候变化、转基因食品和传染病等话题的争论说明了理解这些态度的形成和分布的重要性。WVS是建立在个人态度形成的一般模型上的，其中包括家庭的早期影响、社会规范和个人文化。以及更广泛的关于宗教和经济制度的社会信仰。来自50多个国家的学者构建了一份共同的调查问卷，并在每个国家使用适合该国的方法和模式进行管理。个人的社会、经济和政治价值观正在发生变化，这些变化对广泛的社会期望和公共政策产生了重大影响。这些价值观也对一个社会的良好治理和民主体制的程度产生重大影响。为了制定有效的政策，重要的是让决策者了解这些趋势及其背后的原因。许多学者使用WVS数据来分析社会变化，出版了数百本书和1000多篇文章。来自六大洲的10万多名学生和教师下载了第六届WVS的数据和信息。这些数据也被许多社会科学家用于教学目的：一家出版商估计，每年有超过5万名学生在他们的教科书中使用WVS数据。

SES- 1628141Jon MillerRonald InglehartUniversity of MichiganThis award supports the participation of the United States in the 7th cycle (2016-7) of the World Values Survey (WVS). The WVS was initiated in 1981 with substantial leadership from the United States. Over the last 36 years, the WVS has been the only source of information on mass values and attitudes from countries containing the majority of the world's population. The availability of data from the WVS makes it possible to analyze (1) the impact of economic and technological change on people?s values, and (2) the impact of individual-level values and beliefs on societal-level characteristics such as the extent to which a society has democratic values. The WVS includes a set of items measuring attitudes toward science and technology. Current controversies over topics such as global climate change, genetically modified foods, and infectious diseases illustrate the importance of understanding the formation and distribution of these attitudes.The WVS is built on a general model of individual attitude formation that includes the early influence of family, the social norms and culture of an individual?s community, and broader societal beliefs about religion and economic systems. A common questionnaire is constructed by scholars from more than 50 countries and is administered in each country using methods and modes appropriate to that country. The social, economic, and political values of individuals are changing and these changes have a major impact on a wide range of societal expectations and public policies. These values also have a major influence on the extent to which a society has good governance and democratic institutions. In order to make effective policy, it is important for policy makers to be informed about these trends and the reasons underlying them. Numerous scholars have used WVS data in analyzing social change, producing hundreds of books and more than 1,000 articles. More than 100,000 students and faculty from all six continents downloaded data and information from the 6th cycle of the WVS. These data have also been used for instructional purposes by many social scientists : one publisher estimates that more than 50,000 students use WVS data with their textbooks each year.