QoG Social Policy Dataset

SND-ID: EXT 0004

This study is part of the collection Quality of Government

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Jan Teorell - Lund University, Department of Political Science orcid

Richard Svensson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Marcus Samanni - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Staffan Kumlin - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Stefan Dahlberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

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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 dataset was created as part of a research project titled “Quality of Government and the Conditions for Sustainable Social Policy”. The aim of the dataset is to promote cross-national comparative research on social policy output and its correlates, with a special focus on the connection between social policy and Quality of Government (QoG).

The data comes in three versions: one cross-sectional dataset, and two

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Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

Quality of Government Institute

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Countries

Sampling procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration
Non-probability
Cross-sectional dataset: All countries recognized by United Nations as of year 2002, plus Taiwan and Serbia and Montenegro (both as a unit and as two separate states). Total 194 countries.

Time-serie dataset, long and wide: Selected accordning to two criteria. I) countries among the 30 most data-rich countries in the global sample, or II) is a current member of the European Union. Total 40 countries.

Time period(s) investigated

1946 – 2009

Geographic coverage

Lowest geographic unit

Country

Highest geographic unit

Country

Publications
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Dataset 1
The QoG Social Policy Cross-Section Data

Description

A cross-section dataset based on data from and around 2002 of QoG Social Policy-dataset. If there was no data for 2002 on a variable, data from the year closest year available have been used, however not further back in time than 1995.

Samanni, Marcus. Jan Teorell, Staffan Kumlin, Stefan Dahlberg, Bo Rothstein, Sören Holmberg & Richard Svensson. 2012. The QoG Social Policy Dataset, version 4Apr12. University of Gothenburg:The Quality of Government Institute. http://www.qog.pol.gu.se

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Jan Teorell - Lund University, Department of Political Science orcid

Richard Svensson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Marcus Samanni - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Staffan Kumlin - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Stefan Dahlberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

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Time period(s) investigated

2002

Dataset 2
The QoG Social Policy Long Time-Series CS Data

Description

The dataset combining cross-sectional data and time-series data for a selection of 40 countries spanning the time period 1946-2009.

Samanni, Marcus. Jan Teorell, Staffan Kumlin, Stefan Dahlberg, Bo Rothstein, Sören Holmberg & Richard Svensson. 2012. The QoG Social Policy Dataset, version 4Apr12. University of Gothenburg:The Quality of Government Institute. http://www.qog.pol.gu.se

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Jan Teorell - Lund University, Department of Political Science orcid

Richard Svensson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Marcus Samanni - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Staffan Kumlin - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Stefan Dahlberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

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Time period(s) investigated

1946 – 2009

Dataset 3
The QoG Social Policy Wide Time-Series CS Data

Description

The dataset combining cross-sectional data and time-series data for a selection of 40 countries. The dataset is specifically tailored for the analysis of public opinion data over time, instead uses country as its unit of observation, and one variable for every 5th year from 1970-2005 (or, one per module of each public opinion data source).

Samanni, Marcus. Jan Teorell, Staffan Kumlin, Stefan Dahlberg, Bo Rothstein, Sören Holmberg & Richard Svensson. 2012. The QoG Social Policy Dataset, version

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Jan Teorell - Lund University, Department of Political Science orcid

Richard Svensson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Marcus Samanni - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Staffan Kumlin - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Stefan Dahlberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

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Time period(s) investigated

1970 – 2005

Published: 2013-07-12
Last updated: 2020-02-13