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Value Priorities of Younger and Older Adults in Seven European Countries

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  • Tiia Tulviste

    (University of Tartu)

  • Kairit Kall

    (School of Governance, Law and Society, University of Tallinn)

  • Andu Rämmer

    (University of Tartu)

Abstract

This paper addresses the question of whether the value priorities of older and younger adults differ, and if so, whether the pattern of differences is similar in countries with different experience of economic, political and social change. The data from the 2008 wave from ESS about responses to a 21-item version of the Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ, Schwartz 2003) were used to compare value priorities in younger (under 30 years) and older adults from five East-Central European countries—Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Russia—and two relatively stable Nordic welfare states—Finland and Sweden. The study found a clear general trend for younger adults toward Openness to Change and Self-Enhancement on the two value dimensions. Age group differences were more pronounced in East-Central countries, and on Conservation—Openness to Change dimension. Younger people from different countries had more similar values than older adults in regard to the importance placed on Openness to Change. The discussion focused on possible reasons of the findings such as the different effect of societal change on value priorities of people from different age groups.

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  • Tiia Tulviste & Kairit Kall & Andu Rämmer, 2017. "Value Priorities of Younger and Older Adults in Seven European Countries," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 133(3), pages 931-942, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:133:y:2017:i:3:d:10.1007_s11205-016-1392-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-016-1392-4
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    1. Veronika Kalmus & Triin Vihalemm, 2006. "Distinct mental structures in transitional culture: An empirical analysis of values and identities in Estonia and Sweden," Journal of Baltic Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(1), pages 94-123.
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    1. Tiia Tulviste & Helina Harro & Anni Tamm, 2018. "Value Structure and Priorities in Estonian Children: using the Picture-Based Value Survey for Children (PBVS-C)," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 11(6), pages 1817-1829, December.

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