Education and ideology

Planned This chapter has not been written. It is listed so the book shows its full scope.

The question

Is the link between ideology and political action stronger among the educated?

The data

• World Values Survey and EVSYears: 1981-2023 (7 unified waves)
• ANES 2024 Time SeriesYears: 2024 (pre-election and post-election interviews)

wvsanes2024

The scope

Countries Estimates are made among respondents within each country and then compared across countries, so results describe countries, not the people in them.

The chapter sits in Part VII, What left and right mean, ideology, values and religion. Its unit of analysis is countries. See how the book treats evidence.