The Political Action measure includes 5 items from Round 6 of the World Values Survey. The measure assess individual participation or desire to participate in political activism such as protests or petitions. The World Values Survey consists of nationally representative surveys conducted in over 100 countries, and was developed to help scientists and policy makers understand global changes in individuals’ beliefs, values and motivations.
Short Measure
Multi-Country
Interviewer: Now I’d like you to look at this card. I’m going to read out some forms of political action that people can take, and I’d like you to tell me, for each one, whether you have done any of these things, whether you might do it or would never under any circumstances do it (read out and code one answer for each action):
1. Signing a petition
2. Joining in boycotts
3. Attending peaceful demonstrations
4. Joining strikes
5. Any other act of protest?
Response Options:
Have done - 1
Might do - 2
Would never do - 3
GEOGRAPHIES TESTED:
POPULATIONS INCLUDED:
Female
Male
AGE RANGE:
Adolescents
Adults
Not Applicable
PRIMARY CITATION:
Inglehart, R., C. Haerpfer, A. Moreno, C. Welzel, K. Kizilova, J. Diez-Medrano, M. Lagos, P. Norris, E. Ponarin & B. Puranen et al. (eds.). 2014. World Values Survey: Round Six – Country-Pooled Datafile. Madrid: JD Systems Institute. http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSDocumentationWV6.jsp.
Qualitative Research
Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework
Field Expert Input
Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing
Internal
Test-retest
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Face
Criterion (gold-standard)
Construct
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