Reliability and validity of measures
| Panel A: loading of indicators on the first-order constructs | ||||||||||
| Loading | CR | AVE | ||||||||
| Second-order construct | First-order construct | Indicators | 2014 | 2016 | 2014 | 2016 | 2014 | 2016 | ||
| Self-Transcendence | Universalism | (1) Important that people are treated equally and have equal opportunities | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.67 | 0.66 | ||
| (2) Important to understand different people | 0.83 | 0.83 | ||||||||
| (3) Important to care for nature and the environmenta | 0.61 | 0.61 | ||||||||
| Benevolence | (4) Important to be loyal to friends and devoted to people | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.71 | 0.73 | |||
| (5) Important to help people and care for others’ well-being | 0.86 | 0.86 | ||||||||
| Conservatism | Tradition | (6) Important to be humble and modest, and not to draw attention to oneself | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.58 | 0.59 | ||
| (7) Important to follow traditions and customs | 0.81 | 0.83 | ||||||||
| Conformity | (8) Important to do what is told and follow rules | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.69 | 0.71 | |||
| (9) Important to behave properly | 0.86 | 0.86 | ||||||||
| Security | Important to live in secure and safe surroundings | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.71 | 0.70 | |||
| (10) Important that government is strong and ensures safety | 0.83 | 0.84 | ||||||||
| Human capital expectancy | (11) Migrants Should have good educational qualifications | 0.86 | na | 0.89 | na | 0.80 | na | |||
| (12) Migrants Should have work skills that the host country needs | 0.93 | na | ||||||||
| Acculturation expectancy | (13) Be able to speak country’s official language(s) | 0.84 | na | 0.81 | na | 0.68 | na | |||
| (14) Be committed to the way of life in the host country | 0.82 | na | ||||||||
| Attitude towards migrants | (15) Immigration bad or good for a country’s economy? | 0.84 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.79 | |||
| (16) The country’s cultural life undermined or enriched by immigrants? | 0.88 | 0.90 | ||||||||
| (17) Immigrants make the country a worse or a better place to live in? | 0.88 | 0.89 | ||||||||
| Panel B: loading of the first-order constructs on the second-order value constructs | ||||||||||
| Loading | CR | AVE | MSV | |||||||
| Second-order construct | First-order construct | 2014 | 2016 | 2014 | 2016 | 2014 | 2016 | 2014 | 2016 | |
| Self-Transcendence | Universalism | 0.96 | 0.97 | 0.73 | 0.83 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.20 | 0.17 | |
| Benevolence | 0.73 | 0.70 | ||||||||
| Conservatism | Tradition | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.60 | 0.82 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.12 | 0.12 | |
| Conformity | 0.78 | 0.78 | ||||||||
| Security | 0.80 | 0.78 | ||||||||
| Loading | CR | AVE | ||||||||
| Second-order construct | First-order construct | Indicators | 2014 | 2016 | 2014 | 2016 | 2014 | 2016 | ||
| Self-Transcendence | Universalism | (1) Important that people are treated equally and have equal opportunities | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.67 | 0.66 | ||
| (2) Important to understand different people | 0.83 | 0.83 | ||||||||
| (3) Important to care for nature and the environmenta | 0.61 | 0.61 | ||||||||
| Benevolence | (4) Important to be loyal to friends and devoted to people | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.71 | 0.73 | |||
| (5) Important to help people and care for others’ well-being | 0.86 | 0.86 | ||||||||
| Conservatism | Tradition | (6) Important to be humble and modest, and not to draw attention to oneself | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.74 | 0.58 | 0.59 | ||
| (7) Important to follow traditions and customs | 0.81 | 0.83 | ||||||||
| Conformity | (8) Important to do what is told and follow rules | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.69 | 0.71 | |||
| (9) Important to behave properly | 0.86 | 0.86 | ||||||||
| Security | Important to live in secure and safe surroundings | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.71 | 0.70 | |||
| (10) Important that government is strong and ensures safety | 0.83 | 0.84 | ||||||||
| Human capital expectancy | (11) Migrants Should have good educational qualifications | 0.86 | na | 0.89 | na | 0.80 | na | |||
| (12) Migrants Should have work skills that the host country needs | 0.93 | na | ||||||||
| Acculturation expectancy | (13) Be able to speak country’s official language(s) | 0.84 | na | 0.81 | na | 0.68 | na | |||
| (14) Be committed to the way of life in the host country | 0.82 | na | ||||||||
| Attitude towards migrants | (15) Immigration bad or good for a country’s economy? | 0.84 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.79 | |||
| (16) The country’s cultural life undermined or enriched by immigrants? | 0.88 | 0.90 | ||||||||
| (17) Immigrants make the country a worse or a better place to live in? | 0.88 | 0.89 | ||||||||
| Loading | CR | AVE | MSV | |||||||
| Second-order construct | First-order construct | 2014 | 2016 | 2014 | 2016 | 2014 | 2016 | 2014 | 2016 | |
| Self-Transcendence | Universalism | 0.96 | 0.97 | 0.73 | 0.83 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.20 | 0.17 | |
| Benevolence | 0.73 | 0.70 | ||||||||
| Conservatism | Tradition | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.60 | 0.82 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.12 | 0.12 | |
| Conformity | 0.78 | 0.78 | ||||||||
| Security | 0.80 | 0.78 | ||||||||
Notes: CR, composite reliability; AVE, average variance extracted; na, not available scores due to lack of data in ESS round 8, 2016. aItem was deleted due to a low loading on the latent construct (<0.70)
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