ISSP 1999 - Social inequality III: Sweden

SND-ID: snd0727-1. Version: 1.1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/001606

Is part of collection at SND: ISSP - International Social Survey Programme

Citation

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 rorId

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

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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, 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..

Data contains personal data

No

Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 17-80 years and residing in Sweden

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

Data collection
  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1999-02 – 1999-05
  • Data collector: Swedish Institute of Public Opinion Research
  • Source of the data: Population group
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

A-region

Highest geographic unit

Country

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Sociology

Topic and keywords

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)

Publications

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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Versions

Version 1.1. 2009-08-28

Version 1.1: 2009-08-28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/001606

Version 1.0. 2000-10-25

Version 1.0: 2000-10-25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/001605

Published: 2009-08-28
Last updated: 2024-04-12