Table I

Materialism by age groups in Eastern Europe and the former USSR, selected countries, ISSP 1993 (Environment)

ages	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-high	average
material	40	41	44	44	57	58	47
posmaterial	7	6	5	5	3	1,5	5

Table II

Materialism by age groups in Western Europe, selected countries, ISSP 1993 Environment

ages	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-high	average
material	16	18	19	23	27	29	21
postmaterial	15	15	14	14	11	10	8

Figure 1

Materialism and GDP per capita in Western and Eastern Europe, 1993

Figure 2

Materialism by GDP per capita in Eastern Europe, 1993 (R=0.752)

Table III

Russia: mean earnings by age group, 1993

Ages	Mean	N
1	301862	249
2	223089	400
3	207413	483
4	168934	290
5	104470	270
6	128126	166

Table IV

Bulgaria: mean earnings by age group, 1993

Ages	Mean	N
1	123625	66
2	130186	119
3	115595	178
4	93903	154
5	49035	213
6	13307	257

Figure 3

Relationship between age groups and earnings in Eastern Europe

Table V

The US: mean earnings by age groups, 1993

Ages	Mean	N
1	7203	82
2	18328	261
3	24147	313
4	29231	188
5	29532	106
6	24560	46

Figure 4

Relationship between age groups and earnings in Western democracies

Table VI

Materialism by age group in Eastern Europe and former USSR: Second Battery of indicators from WVS 1995

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-high	average
material	42	47	50	54	59	62	52
postmaterial	6	5	4	3	3	2	4

Table VII

Materialism and GDP in Eastern Europe: 1990, 1993, and 1995

	mat90	mat93	mat95	GDP90	GDP93	GDP95	GDP99
tambov	na	na	0,63	na	na	na	na
azerbaijan	na	na	0,58	na	na	1790	1550
russia	0,36	0,61	0,54	9211	6120	4820	4370
moldova	na	na	0,54	na	na	2670	1500
ukraine	na	na	0,51	na	na	3650	2190
georgia	na	na	0,44	na	na	1060	1960
montenegro	na	na	0,47	na	na	na	na
serbia	na	na	0,45	5464	na	1000	na
hungary	0,49	0,35	0,43	6108	5380	5700	7200
belarus	0,27	na	0,43	na	na	5130	4850
armenia	na	na	0,41	na	na	2290	2360
lithania	0,15	na	0,4	na	na	3500	4220
macedonia	na	na	0,37	na	na	900	na
poland	na	0,46	0,35	4565	4400	4920	6520
estonia	0,26	na	0,35	na	na	6460	5240
latvia	0,18	na	0,31	na	na	4480	1300
bosnia	na	na	0,29	na	na	na	na
croatia	na	na	0,14	na	na	2640	4780
slovena	0,23	0,17	0,05	na	10700	8110	11800
czech	0,13	0,22	na	na	7300	7450	10510
moscow	0,14	na	na	na	na	na	na
romania	0,37	na	na	3445	2700	2790	na
bulgaria	0,2	0,54	0,49	5710	3800	3830	4010
slovakia	0,21	na	na	na	6100	6070	na

Figure 5

Materialism by GDP per capita in Eastern Europe, 1995

Figure 6

GDP per capita and future expectation in Eastern Europe, 1995

Table VIII

Mean percentage of job aspects by importance for Western and Eastern Europe, WVS, 1990 and 1995

	pay	pressure	secu	respe	initiat	holiday	realizat	responsib	abilit	interest
West	31	70	66	66	54	72	46	57	41	45
East	13	64	35	52	63	67	48	66	31	40

Table IX

Importance of “pay” for the West by age group, 1990 and 1995

cohorts	1	2	3	4	5	6
West %	25	24,5	25,5	27	33	35,5

1 represents the youngest age group

Table X

Mean percentage of choosing “pay” (WVS, 1990 and 1995 waves)

	1990	1995
Poland	53	10
Belarus	13	18
Slovenia	18	11
Bulgaria	9	6
Lithuania	21	5
Latvia	31	10
Estonia	14	10
Russia	17	9
West Germany	26	35
Spain	23	24
USA	14	17
Finland	34	40
Japan	21	12
Norway	40	41
Sweden	27	40

Figure 7

Materialism minus post-materialism for Western Europe

Taken from Inglehart, 1994.

Figure 8

NOT Reading Samizdat by age groups among Soviet immigrants, 1979

1 indicating "read very often"

Here age increases from 2 to 12

Figure 9

Life satisfaction in Easter Europe by age groups

10 indicating "very satisfied" and 1 indicating "very dissatisfied"

Figure 10

Life satisfaction among Soviet immigrants, 1979

1 indicating "very dissatisfied"

Figure 11

Reported standard of living by age groups, 1979

1 indicating "high standards" and 5 indicating "low standards"

Table XI

Monthly salary at last job, USSR, 1979

ages	mean	N
2	118	169
3	137	356
4	156	543
5	172	295
6	182	464
7	180	259
8	171	280
9	169	296
10	158	202
11	139	260
12	159	55

Age increases from 2 to 12

Table XII

Favoring private enterprise by age groups (1 is the youngest among Soviet immigrants, 1979

ages	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
change political system	24	33	58	34	44	25	25	24	14	19
allow private enterprise	14	10	10	10	10	8	12	8	8	1

©2001 by Kyvelidis
formated and tagged by S.H. & MN, 29.3.2001