World Values Survey 2005-2009, Wave 5
Andorra, Argentina, Australia...and 51 more, 2005 - 2009
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Reference ID
WLD_2005-2009_WVS-W5_v01_M
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Inglehart, R., A.Moreno, C. Welzel, K. Kizilova, J. Diez-Medrano, M. Lagos, P. Norris, E. Ponarin, B. Puranen
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The world is better off, or worse off, because of science an (V123)
Data file: WV5_Data_Stata_v20180912
Overview
Valid:
83975
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
-5
Maximum:
10
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
338
End:
339
Width:
2
Range:
-5 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Question pretext
(Show Card S)
Literal question
V123. All things considered, would you say that the world is better off, or worse off, because of science and technology? Please tell me which comes closest to your view on this scale: 1 means that "the world is a lot worse off," and 10 means that "the world is a lot better off."
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -5 | Missing; Unknown | 88 |
0.1%
|
| -4 | Not asked | 13699 |
16.3%
|
| -3 | Not applicable | 0 |
0%
|
| -2 | No answer | 1018 |
1.2%
|
| -1 | Dont know | 2399 |
2.9%
|
| 1 | A lot worse off | 3526 |
4.2%
|
| 2 | 2 | 1814 |
2.2%
|
| 3 | 3 | 2756 |
3.3%
|
| 4 | 4 | 3295 |
3.9%
|
| 5 | 5 | 9013 |
10.7%
|
| 6 | 6 | 7228 |
8.6%
|
| 7 | 7 | 9599 |
11.4%
|
| 8 | 8 | 11722 |
14%
|
| 9 | 9 | 6883 |
8.2%
|
| 10 | A lot better off | 10935 |
13%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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