Bringing values back in: The adequacy of the European social survey to measure values in 20 countries

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 420-445

  Davidov, Eldad ^a   Schmidt, Peter ^b   Schwartz, Shalom H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 51849083919     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfn035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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