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Table 8.1
Scale of values held by respondents in recent surveys in Europe, 1990 and 1999

  Spain Portugal Great Britain Italy France Belgium Ireland Greece Denmark Germany Austria Netherlands Sweden Average
1990 1999 1990 1999 1990 1999 1990 1999 1990 1999 1990 1999 1990 1999 1990 1999 1990 1999 1990 1999 1990 1999 1990 1999 1990 1999 1990 1999
Family 83 86 62 84 89 88 87 90 81 88 82 87 91 91 ... 86 88 87 70 80 85 89 80 79 86 89 82 86
Work 64 63 35 58 47 38 62 61 60 70 55 64 65 51 ... 57 51 39 34 44 61 65 50 47 67 54 53 54
Friends and Relatives 44 39 20 30 48 58 39 35 40 49 47 47 54 61 ... 33 52 55 36 48 35 43 59 59 69 71 43 47
Leisure 38 31 15 20 43 51 34 29 31 37 40 39 32 40 ... 36 48 44 39 32 36 39 50 53 55 54 37 37
Religion 22 15 19 27 18 12 31 33 14 11 17 21 48 32 ... 48 8 8 12 9 25 20 21 18 10 11 20 17
Politics 6 4 3 5 10 5 7 8 8 8 6 10 5 6 ... 9 8 8 9 9 7 10 12 10 11 11 8 8
Source: Bréchon Pierre, Tchernia Jean-François. Les enquêtes sur les valeurs des Européens. Futuribles, 2002.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, New Frontiers of Research on Retirement, catalogue number 75-511-XWE.