ISSP 1999 - Social inequality III: Sweden
SND-ID: snd0727-1. Version: 1.1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/001606
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jonas Edlund - Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Stefan Svallfors - Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Research principal
Umeå University
- Department of Sociology
Description
This survey is the Swedish part of the 1999 'International Social Survey Program'. ISSP is an ongoing program of cross-national collaboration. Formed in 1984, the group develops topical modules dealing with important areas of social science as supplements to regular national surveys.
The topic of 1999 was 'Social inequality'. In this survey the respondents had to give their opinions on equality of income, wealth, and opportunity. Respondents were asked to give an estimate of average monthly income of selected occupational groups and inform on a justified income for the members of these occupational groups from the point of view of the respondent. The respondents also had to give their judgement on total taxation for recipients of high, middle and low income. Other questions dealt with perceived social conflicts in the country; different criterias for establishing work pay; attitudes towards people receiveing different kinds of social benefits. Socio-economic background information include occupation, trade union affiliation, education, housing, income, marital status, spouse's occupation, in
The topic of 1999 was 'Social inequality'. In this survey the respondents had to give their opinions on equality of income, wealth, and opportunity. Respondents were asked to give an estimate of average monthly income of selected occupational groups and inform on a justified income for the members of these occupational groups from the point of view of the respondent. The respondents also had to give their judgement on total taxation for recipients of high, middle and low income. Other questions dealt with perceived social conflicts in the country; different criterias for establishing work pay; attitudes towards people receiveing different kinds of social benefits. Socio-economic background information include occupation, trade union affiliation, education, housing, income, marital status, spouse's occupation, income, number of children, citizenship of parents, and political preferences.
Purpose:
ISSP aims to design and implement internationally comparable attitude surveys. The study in 1999 investigating Social Inequality. Show less..
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Population
Individuals aged 17-80 years and residing in Sweden
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1999-02-01 – 1999-06-01
Variables
136
Number of individuals/objects
1150
Response rate/participation rate
61.2%
Data format / data structure
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
A-region
Highest geographic unit
Country
Responsible department/unit
Department of Sociology
Research area
Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Sociology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Social welfare systems/structures (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Equality, inequality and social exclusion (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Keywords
Särkimukka, J., Edlund, J., & Svallfors, S. (2000) ISSP 1999 - Åsikter om ojämlikhet i Sverige II. Kodbok för maskinläsbar datafil. Umeå: Department of Sociology.
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