United States Participation in the 2016-17 World Values Survey

SES-1628141乔恩·米勒罗纳德·英格尔哈特密歇根大学该奖项支持美国参与世界价值观调查（WVS）的第七周期（2016-7）。WVS于1981年在美国的实质性领导下发起。在过去的36年里，世界价值观调查一直是关于世界上大多数人口所在国家的大众价值观和态度的唯一信息来源。从世界人口统计局获得的数据可以分析：（1）经济和技术变化对人的影响？的价值观，以及（2）个人层面的价值观和信仰对社会层面的特征，如在何种程度上，一个社会的民主价值观的影响。WVS包括一套衡量对科学和技术的态度的项目。目前的争议主题，如全球气候变化，转基因食品和传染病说明了理解这些态度的形成和分布的重要性。WVS是建立在一个一般模型的个人态度形成，包括家庭的早期影响，社会规范和文化的个人？的社区，以及更广泛的社会信仰的宗教和经济制度。来自50多个国家的学者构建了一份通用问卷，并使用适合该国的方法和模式在每个国家进行管理。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重大影响。这些价值观也对一个社会的善政和民主机构的程度产生重大影响。为了制定有效的政策，决策者必须了解这些趋势及其背后的原因。许多学者使用WVS数据分析社会变化，产生了数百本书和1,000多篇文章。来自六大洲的10万多名学生和教职员工下载了第六届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50，000名学生在教科书中使用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.