A global research program examining social, political, economic, religious, and cultural values worldwide. Started in 1981 by Professor Ronald Inglehart from the University of Michigan, the WVS assesses the impact of values stability or change on the development of countries and societies. Operating in over 120 societies, it conducts a representative comparative social survey every 5 years. With extensive geographic and thematic coverage, and freely available survey data, the WVS is one of the most authoritative and widely-used cross-national surveys in the social sciences. It is currently the largest non-commercial investigation of human beliefs and values.
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Exploring Global Perspectives on Migration: Evidence From the World Values Survey With a Focus on Gender, Age, and Education
Copyright: © 2023
|Pages: 31
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7781-6.ch008
Abstract
In this study, the researcher used data from the World Values Survey seventh wave to explore attitudes towards migration with a specific focus on the influence of gender, age, and education. By examining perspectives on the impact of migration on the development of countries and the people's attitudes towards allowing migrants or immigrants, the researcher aims to shed light on the complex dynamics of this global phenomenon. Cross-tabulations, mean values, and the Mann-Whitney U test were used to analyse the variance on gender, while the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to explore variance based on age, education, and countries. The results reveal a striking diversity in respondents' perspectives, shaped by a multitude of factors such as gender, age, educational background, and country of origin. Overall, the implications of this study suggest that policy makers need to adopt a sophisticated and context-specific approach to migration policy, taking into account the complex social and cultural factors that shape attitudes towards migration.