Private freedom in nations

Travel    Religion     Marriage    Divorce     Sex    Homo-sexuality     Prostitution    Sex with minors    Prostitution     Abortion    Sterilization    Unmarried motherhood    Suicide    Euthanasia    Summed personal freedom

Aspects of

Variable Measurement Era SPSS code N Source
Freedom to travel Freedom to travel in country 1990 FreeTravel1_1990 73 Humana 1992 (item 1)
Freedom to travel abroad 1990 FreeTravel2_1990 73 Humana 1992 (item2)
Freedom of religion Legal restrictions to: 1990 FreeReligion_1990 73 Humana 1992 (item 38)
Freedom of marriage Legal restrictions to 1990 FreeMarriage_1990 73 Humana 1992 (item 36-37)
Freedom of divorce Public opinion. "Please ell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between." Values represent scores on statement "Divorce", 1 meaning never justifiable, 10 always justifiable. 1990-91 AcceptDivorce_1990 42 WVS2 item 310
1995-98 AcceptDivorce_1995 48 WVS3 item 200
1999-2000 AcceptDivorce_1999 78 WVS4 item f119
1990-2000 AcceptDivorce_1990s 85 fdiv290+95+99
Freedom of sex Public acceptance of free sex 1990-91 AcceptFreeSex_1990 41 WVS2 item 197
1995-98 AcceptFreeSex_1996 48 WVS3 item 95
1999-2002 AcceptFreeSex_1999 13 WVS4 item d024
1990-2000 AcceptFreeSex_1990s 65 mean fsex790+95+99
See also sex life
Freedom of homo-sexuality Public opinion."On this list are various groups of people. Could you please sort out any that you would not like to have as neighbors?"People with a criminal record; People of different race; Political extremists; Heavy drinkers; Emotionally unstable people; Muslims, Jews, Members of religious movements orPeople with different religion; Blacks,Muslims; Whites, Christians;Coloureds; Indians; Immigrants/Foreign workers; People who have AIDS;
Drugaddicts; Homosexuals.
% not mentioning homo-sexuals 		1990-98 AcceptHomoSex1_1990s 61 WVS2 item 80
WVS3 item 60
Public opinion. "Please ell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between." Values represent scores on statement "Homosexuality", 1 meaning never justifiable, 10 always justifiable. 1990-91 AcceptHomoSex2_1990 42 WVS2 item 307
1995-98 AcceptHomoSex2_9195 47 WVS3 item 197
1999-2000 AcceptHomoSex2_1999 80 WVS4 item f118
1990-2002 AcceptHomoSex2_1990s 84 mean fsex290+95+99
See also sex life
Freedom of prostitution Public opinion. "Please tell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between." Values represent scores on statement "Prostitution", 1 meaning never justifiable, 10 always justifiable. 1990-91 AcceptProstitution_1990 42 WVS2 item 308
1995-98 AcceptProstitution_1995 46 WVS3 item 198
1999-2002 AcceptProstituion_1999 ?? WVS4 item f198
1990-2000 AcceptProstitution_1990s 82 mean fsex490+95+99
Freedom of sex with minors Public acceptance of 1990-91 AcceptMinorSex_1990 40 WVS2 item 305
1999-2002 AcceptMinorSex_1999 15 WVS4 item f135
1990-2000 AcceptMinorSex_1990s 46 mean fsex690+99
Freedom of abortion Legal and practical restrictions; expert rating 1 to 9 1990 FreeAbortion1_1990 37 PAI 1995
19?? FreeAbortion1_1990s 92 PAI 2001
Legal grounds, number in law. Grounds are: 1) to save women’s life, 2) to preserve physical health, 3) to preserve mental health, 4) rape or incest, 5)foetal impairment, 6) economic or social reasons, 7)on request. Higher number indicates more freedom. 1995 fFeeAbortion2_1995 91 World Abortion Policies 1999
Public opinion. "Please ell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between." Values represent scores on statement "Abortion", 1 meaning never justifiable, 10 always justifiable. 1990-91 AcceptAbortion_1990 42 WVS2 item 309
1995-98 AcceptAbortion_1995 47 WVS3 item 199
1999-2002 AcceptAbortion_1999 81 WVS4 itemf120
1990-2000 AcceptAbortion_1990s 85 mean fabo390+95+99
Freedom of sterilization Legal/practical restrictions, expert rating 198?-90 FreeSterilization1_1990 34 IPPF 1990
Access to female sterilization 1994 FreeSterilization2_1994 91 PAI 1997
Freedom of contraception Access to contraceptives 1994 FreeContraception_1994 89 PAI 1997
Access to condoms 1994 FreeCondoms_1994 91 PAI 1997
Freedom of (planned) unmarried motherhood Public opinion. "If a woman wants to have a child as a single parent but she does not want to have a stable relationship with a man, do you approve or dissaprove?" 1: approve, 2: depends (if volunteered, 3: dissapprove. 1990-91 AcceptSinglemoth_1990 40 WVS2 item 217
1995-98 AcceptSinglemoth_1995 46 WVS23 item 96
1999-2000 AcceptSinglemoth_1999 80 WVS4 item d023
1990-2000 AcceptSinglemoth_1990s 84 mean fmot2 90+95+99
Freedom of suicide Public opinion. "Please ell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between." Values represent scores on statement "Suicide", 1 meaning never justifiable, 10 always justifiable. 1990-91 AcceptSuicide_1990 401 WVS2 item 313
1995-98 AcceptSuicide_1995 47 WVS3 item 202
1999-2002 AcceptSuicide_1999 80 WVS4 item f123
1990-2000 AcceptSuicide_1990s 83 mean fsui290+95+99
Freedom of euthanasia Public opinion. "Please ell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between." Values represent scores on statement "Euthanasia", 1 meaning never justifiable, 10 always justifiable. 1990-91 AcceptEuthanasia_1990 40 WVS2 item 312
1995-98 AcceptEuthanasia_1995 45 WVS3 item 201
1999-2002 AcceptEuthanasia_1999 79 WVS4 item f122
1990-2000 AcceptEuthanasia_1990s 83 mean feut290+95+99

Indexes

Variable Measurement Era SPSS code N Source
Summed personal freedom Mean of freedom to: 1) travel, 2) religion, 3) marriage, 4) divorce, 5) euthenasia, 6) suicide, 7) homosexuality, 8) prostitution
No missing values accepted		 1990-91 PrivateFreedom_1990 56 mean z-scores of: fabo1+2+3 90, fdiv290, feut290, fmot290, frel190, fsex2+4+6+7 90, fsui290, ftrav1+2 90
Mean of freedom to: 1) travel, 2) religion, 3) marriage, 4) divorce, 5) euthenasia, 6) suicide, 7) homosexuality, 8) prostitution.
Maximally 2 missing values accepted per country.		 1990-2002 PrivateFreedom_1990s 86 mean z-scores of: fabo1+2+3 90s, fdiv290s, feut290s, fmot290s, frel190, fsex2+4+6+7 90s, fsui290s, ftrav1+2 90

1. Estimates of value-individualism added: 0,5: N-Ireland (between Britain and Ireland), 0: Iceland, -1,0: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia (based on average of Eastern Europe). Estimate of education added: 0: East-Germany.

Related themes:
Freedom		 Related topics:
 Democracy
Individualism
Human rights
Sex life

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Keywords added: Cross-national, Freedom, Autonomy, Liberty, Independence, Self-determination, Emancipation, Repression