README
Akaliyski et al. 20225 – New Individualism–Collectivism (I-C) Index (v1.0)

OVERVIEW
This dataset contains country-level indicators used to construct the
Individualism–Collectivism (I-C) score developed by Akaliyski et al. (2025)
The index operationalizes I-C as a societal-level cultural dimension
based on nationally representative survey data.

DATA SOURCE
The indicators are derived from the World Values Survey (WVS) and the
European Values Study (EVS) and aggregated at the country level.

FILES INCLUDED
The dataset is provided in the following formats:

- CSV
- XLSX
- Stata
- SPSS
- R

All files contain identical data and variable definitions.


VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

- country : Country labels
- COW : Correlates of War (COW) country codes
- ISO : ISO country codes
- sub1 : Child-rearing for self-direction
- sub2 : Distancing from traditional duties
- sub3 : Egalitarian beliefs
- sub4 : Equal trust
- sub5 : Accepting diverse others
- sub6 : Accepting diverse life choices
- IC : Overall Individualism–Collectivism (I-C) score

Higher values indicate higher individualism on each subindex and the overall index.

CONSTRUCTION NOTES

The six subcomponents represent theoretically grounded facets of
individualism versus collectivism.

The overall IC score is a composite index constructed from these
subcomponents.

The data are intended for cross-national comparative analysis and
should not be used for individual-level inference.

CITATION
If you use this dataset, please cite the associated paper:

Akaliyski, P., Vignoles, V. L., Welzel, C., & Minkov, M. (2025). Individualism–collectivism: Reconstructing
Hofstede’s dimension of cultural differences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online
publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000580

LICENSE AND USE
The data are shared for academic research and educational purposes.
Users are responsible for appropriate citation and interpretation.

CONTACT
For questions, updates, or corrections, please contact: 
Dr Plamen Akaliyski at akaliyski.plamen@gmail.com