Materialist and postmaterialist values are indicated in the responses to the survey question, "Which of the following goals do you consider the most important for your country, over the next ten years?" |
More say on the job |
Less impersonal society |
Ideas count more than money |
More say in government |
Freedom of speech |
More beautiful cities |
Fight rising prices |
Strong defense forces |
Economic growth |
Maintain stable economy |
Fight against crime |
Maintain order |
[Postmaterialist values in italics. Materialist values in bold.] |
Source: Paul R. Abramson & Ronald Inglehart, Value Change in Global Perspective (Univ. of Michigan Press, 1995), pg. 128. |