QoG Expert Survey Data - Country-Level Survey Data

SND-ID: ext0005-2.

Is part of collection at SND: Quality of Government

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Contact

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Jan Teorell - Lund University, Department of Political Science orcid

Carl Dahlström - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Stefan Dahlberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - Quality of Government Institute rorId

Description

The QoG Institute is an independent research institute within the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. Overall 30 researchers conduct and promote research on the causes, consequences and nature of Good Governance and the Quality of Government - that is, trustworthy, reliable, impartial, uncorrupted and competent government institutions.

The main objective of our research is to address the theoretical and empirical problem of how political institutions of high quality can be created and maintained. A second objective is to study the effects of Quality of Government on a number of policy areas, such as health, the environment, social policy, and poverty.

The QoG Expert Survey is a unique dataset based on the QoG institution’s own web survey.1294 country experts from 159 countries have participated in the study. The data set contains information about the structure and behaviour of public administrations in a wide range of countries.

There are two datasets available for the QoG Expert Survey, one individual dataset and one aggregated dataset. In the individual set e

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The QoG Institute is an independent research institute within the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. Overall 30 researchers conduct and promote research on the causes, consequences and nature of Good Governance and the Quality of Government - that is, trustworthy, reliable, impartial, uncorrupted and competent government institutions.

The main objective of our research is to address the theoretical and empirical problem of how political institutions of high quality can be created and maintained. A second objective is to study the effects of Quality of Government on a number of policy areas, such as health, the environment, social policy, and poverty.

The QoG Expert Survey is a unique dataset based on the QoG institution’s own web survey.1294 country experts from 159 countries have participated in the study. The data set contains information about the structure and behaviour of public administrations in a wide range of countries.

There are two datasets available for the QoG Expert Survey, one individual dataset and one aggregated dataset. In the individual set each expert answers are presented individually and in the aggregated dataset we have pooled the answers by country.

The QoG Expert Survey Dataset (2008-2012) can be found in the Data Archive of the QoG Institute.

Purpose:

The aim of QoG Expert Survey dataset is to measure the structure and behaviour of public administration across countries.

A country-level dataset based on QoG Expert Survey Data, where the mean across experts for each county with least three respondents have been included.

Dahlström, Carl, Jan Teorell, Stefan Dahlberg, Felix Hartmann, Annika Lindberg, and Marina Nistotskaya. 2015. The QoG Expert Survey Dataset II. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute Show less..

Data contains personal data

No

Method and outcome

Population

Country Experts

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Non-probability
There have been three waves for the QoG Expert Survey I (excluding pilot survey). Generally the selection have been made by searching for respondents through international networks and national, regional and international organizations, on university web sites, searches on the internet and personal research contacts. Snowball sampling has also been used.
A new wave of the expert survey (the QoG Expert Survey II) was carried out in 2014.

Time period(s) investigated

2008 – 2015

Data format / data structure

Data collection

Data collection 1

  • Mode of collection: Web-based interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-03 – 2010-11
  • Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area

Data collection 2

  • Mode of collection: Web-based interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-06 – 2010-11
  • Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area

Data collection 3

  • Mode of collection: Web-based interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-06 – 2010-11
  • Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area
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Data collection 1

  • Mode of collection: Web-based interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-03 – 2010-11
  • Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area

Data collection 2

  • Mode of collection: Web-based interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-06 – 2010-11
  • Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area

Data collection 3

  • Mode of collection: Web-based interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-06 – 2010-11
  • Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area

Data collection 4

  • Mode of collection: Web-based interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2014-04 – 2015-04
  • Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area
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Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic description: 159 countries in 6 continents

Lowest geographic unit

Country

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Quality of Government Institute

Topic and keywords

Research area

Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Political science (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Publications
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