The maintenance of order within the nation is more important than ensuring that everybody's rights are upheld. Nowadays, more and more officials are prying into matters which do not concern them. Things were much better when it was understood that the place for a woman is in the home. High scorers tend to be disturbed by what they see as moral decay in society. They show strong support for traditional institutions and look to the past for their model of life.
Low scorers are progressive thinkers, open to new ideas and future-oriented.
They think that life is getting better - but then they may just be following the tide or latest fashion. This scale has fairly high correlation with age.