Can we Rate Public Support for Democracy in a Comparable Way? Cross-National Equivalence of Democratic Attitudes in the World Value Survey |
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Authors: | Gal Ariely Eldad Davidov |
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Institution: | (1) University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel;(2) University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | 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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