Can we Rate Public Support for Democracy in a Comparable Way? Cross-National Equivalence of Democratic Attitudes in the World Value Survey

被引：79

作者：

Ariely, Gal ^{[1
]}

Davidov, Eldad ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Haifa, IL-31999 Haifa, Israel

[2] Univ Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

来源：

SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH | 2011年 / 104卷 / 02期

关键词：

Attitudes toward democracy; Measurement invariance; Multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA); World Value Survey (WVS); OF-FIT INDEXES; MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE; SATISFACTION; ISLAM; MODELS; ARAB;

D O I：

10.1007/s11205-010-9693-5

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

In this study we examine the cross-cultural equivalence of two scales that measure attitudes toward democracy across 36 countries in the World Value Survey (WVS) 2000. We examine the equivalence of these scales in order to explore if we can meaningfully compare democratic attitudes across countries. Multiple group confirmatory factor analyses (MGCFA) is applied to answer this question. The analyses indicate that the scales may be compared but only to a certain extent and not across all the countries. We close this article by discussing the implications of the findings.

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页码：271 / 286

页数：16

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