Welfare state survey 2002
SND-ID: snd0779-1. Version: 1.1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002405
Is part of collection at SND: Welfare surveys
Associated documentation
Citation
Edlund, J., & Svallfors, S. (2008). Welfare state survey 2002 (1.1) [Data set]. Umeå University. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5878/002405
Alternative title
Åsikter om den offentliga sektorn och skatterna 2002
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, inquiring the attitudes of the Swedish population towards the public sector and the taxes, is a follow-up of three earlier surveys conducted in 1986, 1992 and 1997. A number of questions are also similar to those put in the 1996 ISSP-survey. In the survey respondents had to give their opinion on public expences and social services: 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; and how well the public sector manage to maintain different services. Respondents also had to report their own as well as their family´s and friends´ experiences of social services during the la
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Language
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 18-79 years and residing in Sweden
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
2002-03-08 – 2002-05-14
Variables
121
Number of individuals/objects
1088
Data format / data structure
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
A-region
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, Social services, Public expenditure, Social welfare expenditure, Educational expenditure, Child care, Medical care, Public services, Taxation, Social security benefits, Education, Social welfare finance, Welfare economics, European economic and monetary union, Social welfare philosophy
Olsson, E., Edlund, J., & Svallfors, S. (2002) Åsikter om den offentliga sektorn och skatterna 2002 : kodbok för maskinläsbar datafil, Umeå: Department of Sociology.
Eger, M A. Even in Sweden: The effect of immigration on support for welfare state spending. Studentarbete vid Department of Sociology, University of Washington
Grape, L. (2009) En sjukförsäkring som ger trygghet? Om tilltro till försäkringen och åsikter om den. Arbetslivsenheten, Landsorganisationen i Sverige
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ISBN:
9789156625596
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