The Role of Post-Materialist Values in Shaping Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Comparative In

Comparative survey data from Germany and China used to examine the Value-Attitude-Behavior framework. The dataset, authored by Ting Li and last updated in May 2026, contains 3.8 MB of files. It applies multi-group structural equation modeling to analyze how post-materialist values and environmental concern shape pro-environmental behaviors.

Use Cases

• Compare the mediating role of environmental intention between values and behaviors based on the described VAB framework.
• Analyze country-specific pathways from environmental cognition to public-sphere or private-sphere behaviors as described in the findings.
• Test the hierarchical internal structure of environmental concern and its context-dependent operation across cultures.
• Examine the relative strength of pathways from cognition to intention and from environmental concern to public-sphere behaviors between Germany and China.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the ISSP 2020 survey, a recognized international social survey program.
• The analysis applies multi-group structural equation modeling, a robust statistical technique for cross-cultural comparison.
• The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open sharing and reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset size is 3.8 MB, indicating a relatively small scale.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Analysis of ISSP 2020 survey data using multi-group structural equation modeling.

Time Range

Survey data from 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 15:48:44; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Germany and China.