ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CORRELATES OF ROAD-TRAFFIC ACCIDENT FATALITY FATES IN OECD COUNTRIES

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2009-10-01

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Gaygısız Lajunen, Esma

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The relationships between economic conditions, cultural characteristics, personality dimensions, intelligence scores, and road-traffic accident mortality rates were investigated in 30 member and five accession countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Economic indicators included the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, the unemployment rate, and the Gini index. Cultural variables included five Hofstede's cultural dimensions, seven Schwartz cultural value dimensions, NFO-PI-R scales, and the intelligence quotient (IQ). The results showed positive associations between favorable economic conditions (high income per capita, high employment rate, and low income inequality) and high traffic safety. Countries with higher road-traffic accident fatality rates were characterized by higher power distance and uncertainty avoidance as well as embeddedness and emphasis on social hierarchy. Countries with lower road-traffic accident fatality rates were more individualistic, egalitarian, and emphasized autonomy of individuals. Conscientiousness (from NEO-PI-R) and IQ correlated negatively with road-traffic accident fatalities.

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sensory Systems

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/45646

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PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS

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https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.109.2.531-545

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Department of Economics, Article

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E. Gaygısız Lajunen, “ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CORRELATES OF ROAD-TRAFFIC ACCIDENT FATALITY FATES IN OECD COUNTRIES,” PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS, pp. 531–545, 2009, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/45646.