Grigorjev A., Valueva E., Grigorjev N., Karlin A.
WORLD VALUES SURVEY DATA, NATIONAL IQ AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF COUNTRIES
The article presents the results of evaluating the informativity of the World Values Survey data relative to the real values of citizens of the countries surveyed, taking into account their level of intelligence (national IQ). The data of the World Values Survey were analyzed at the level of two “key dimensions”: “traditional values – secular-rational values” and “survival values – self-expression values”, the analysis included data from the five waves of this survey, from the first to the fifth. National IQs were obtained by combining data from psychometric measurements in countries of the world with the results of international studies of educational attainments. Indicators of real values were socio-economic indicators (gross domestic product per capita, publication activity index, life expectancy, infant mortality, tuberculosis incidence and general indicator of socio-economic achievements), reflecting the social behavior of citizens of a country. Using a regression analysis, it was determined whether the “key measurements” do make an independent of the national IQ contribution to the prediction of socio-economic indicators. The results showed that while traditional – secular-rational values do not make an independent contribution to the prediction of any of the socio-economic indicators included in the analysis, survival values – self-expression make such a contribution to the prediction of gross domestic product per capita , publication activity index, life expectancy and general indicator of socio-economic achievements.
Keywords: values, national IQ, WVS, socio-economic indicators.
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