World Monitor Magazine WM_Energy_ 2019_web

Life style World values survey A person appreciates personal independence. How does the worldview of ordinary people affect how their countries live? Assumption/restriction: How much control over one’s own life is in the hands of the person him/herself * Venezuela Puerto-Rico Mexico Salvador Nigeria Angola Russia Ukraine Hong Kong Iraq Bulgaria Latvia Estonia Albania Lithuania Egypt Pakistan 100 99 97 89 84 83 20 18 17 17 16 16 16 15 13 4 0 Uncertainty Avoidance Index: How much do cultures avoid uncertainty and other points of view* Greece Portugal Russia Ukraine Belgium Salvador Poland Malaysia Great Britain Ireland China Vietnam Hong Kong Sweden Denmark Jamaica Singapore 30 world monitor World Values Survey (WVS) – an international research project that studies values, religion, the country's governance system, participation in public life, tolerance, environmental protection, and simply the subjective perception and well-being of people from different countries. It reveals how values influence the life of the state. Research began by American sociologist Ronald Inglehart, so the classification of types of cultures bears his name. WVS is the only source of empirical data on the worldview and values of people collected practically around the world and used as a basis for reporting in places like Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Economist, as well as the World Development Report and Human Development Report, which are prepared by UN experts. Individualism/Collectivism: The degree to which individuals are integrated in groups * 100 99 95 95 94 94 93 36 35 35 29 29 29 29 23 13 8 USA Australia Great Britain Hungary Canada Netherlands New Zealand Italy Belgium Denmark Russia Ghana Costa Rica Indonesia Pakistan Colombia Venezuela 91 90 89 80 80 80 79 76 75 74 39 15 15 14 14 13 12

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