Compute basic values indices as measured in European Social Survey — ess_values • LittleHelpers

Computed in line with Shalom Schwartz's instructions on the ESS EduNet website.

Usage

ess_values(
  data,
  v2 = TRUE,
  v4 = TRUE,
  v10 = TRUE,
  v21 = FALSE,
  center = TRUE,
  abbr = FALSE,
  suffix = ""
)

Arguments

data: ESS dataset of any other dataset with the same 21 value indicator variable names
v2: Two higher value dimensions
v4: Four higher order values
v10: Compute 10 value indices
v21: Add 21 raw items
center: Apply within-individual centering?
abbr: Logical. Use abbreviated names, e.g. SE, ST, CO..
suffix: NULL of character. What is added to the names of centered indices.

Value

Returns a data with appended variables.