Welfare state survey 1992
SND-ID: snd0489-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002649
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Alternative title
Åsikter om den offentliga sektorn och skatterna 1992
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jonas Edlund - Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Björn Halleröd - University of Gothenburg, Department of Sociology and Work Science
Stefan Svallfors - Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Rune Åberg - Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Research principal
Umeå University
- Department of Sociology
Description
This survey inquiring the Swedish people´s attitudes towards their taxes was financed by the ministry of finance through the ´Kommittén för utvärdering av skattereformen´ (KUSK). For a number of statements occurring in the current Swedish debate the respondents had to state if they agreed or not. Other questions dealt with their opinion on public expenses and social service; if they wanted the amount of tax money spent on a number of different areas to increase, decrease or to be kept unchanged; how to finance education, medical service, child care and care of the elderly; and best suited to take care of education, medical service, child care, care of elderly, and social welfare. Furthermore, the respondents had to state how to distribute the responsibility for financing social insurances between the individual and the public sector; how common they believe it to be that social security benefits and social care services are misused. Respondents also had to report their own experiences of social services during the last three years. A number of questions dealt with opinions on the Swedish taxes
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Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 18-74 years and residing in Sweden
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1992-02-01 – 1992-05-01
Variables
103
Number of individuals/objects
1346
Weighting
Datainsamlingen genomfördes som en kombination av postenkät och telefonintervju med ett suburval av bortfallet. Bland dem som ännu efter två påminnelser inte besvarat enkäten drogs ett suburval vilket telefonintervjuades. De som ingår i suburvalet skall därför ges en högre vikt i datamaterialet. Viktvariabel = V5.
Response rate/participation rate
76 (vägd)
Data format / data structure
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
County (NUTS 3)
Responsible department/unit
Department of Sociology
Research area
Economic policy, public expenditure and revenue (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Sociology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Social welfare systems/structures (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Keywords
Public sector, Care of the elderly, Fiscal policy, Social welfare, Public expenditure, Social welfare expenditure, Educational expenditure, Child care, Medical care, Public services, Privatization, Taxation, Social security benefits, Education, Social welfare finance, Welfare economics, Social welfare philosophy
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