QoG Expert Survey Data

This study is part of the collection Quality of Government

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute

Jan Teorell - Lund University, Department of Political Science orcid

Carl Dahlström - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Stefan Dahlberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

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 QoG Expert Survey is a unique dataset based on the QoG institution’s own web survey.1294 country experts from 159 countries have participated in the study. The data set contains information about the structure and behaviour of public administrations in a wide range of countries.

There are two datasets available for the QoG Expert Survey, one individual dataset and one aggregated dataset. In the individual set e

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Subject area

Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

state control, corruption, data, bureaucracy, public administration, government organizations, political systems

Principal organisation

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute

Jan Teorell - Lund University, Department of Political Science orcid

Carl Dahlström - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Stefan Dahlberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Identifiers

SND-ID: EXT 0005

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 QoG Expert Survey is a unique dataset based on the QoG institution’s own web survey.1294 country experts from 159 countries have participated in the study. The data set contains information about the structure and behaviour of public administrations in a wide range of countries.

There are two datasets available for the QoG Expert Survey, one individual dataset and one aggregated dataset. In the individual set e

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Time period(s) investigated

2008 — 2015

Geographic spread

Geographic description: 159 countries in 6 continents

Lowest geographic unit

Country

Unit of analysis

Population

Country Experts

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Non-probability
There have been three waves for the QoG Expert Survey I (excluding pilot survey). Generally the selection have been made by searching for respondents through international networks and national, regional and international organizations, on university web sites, searches on the internet and personal research contacts. Snowball sampling has also been used.
A new wave of the expert survey (the QoG Expert Survey II) was carried out in 2014.

Data contains personal data

No

Subject area

Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

state control, corruption, data, bureaucracy, public administration, government organizations, political systems

Citation requirement

Dahlström, Carl, Jan Teorell, Stefan Dahlberg, Felix Hartmann, Annika Lindberg, and Marina Nistotskaya. 2015. The QoG Expert Survey Dataset II. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute

Contact for questions about the data

Stefan Dahlberg

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Dataset 1

The QoG Survey Individual-Level Survey Data

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute

Jan Teorell - Lund University, Department of Political Science orcid

Carl Dahlström - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Stefan Dahlberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Description

A dataset based on QoG Expert Survey Data, each experts answers are presented individually.

The QoG Survey is a unique data set with information on the structure and behavior of public administration in a range of different countries. The data covers 159 countries and is based on a web survey of 1294 experts.
The dataset covers different dimensions of Quality of Government, such as, politicization, professionalization, openness, and impartiality.
The web survey is an ongoing project and data i

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Keywords

state control, corruption, data, bureaucracy, public administration, government organizations

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Mode of collection: Web-based interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2008-09 — 2009-05

Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area

Mode of collection: Web-based interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2008-09 — 2009-05

Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area

Mode of collection: Web-based interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-03 — 2010-11

Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area

Mode of collection: Web-based interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2014-04 — 2015-04

Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area

Time period(s) investigated

2008 — 2012

Dataset 2

The QoG Survey Country-Level Survey Data

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, Quality of Government Institute

Jan Teorell - Lund University, Department of Political Science orcid

Carl Dahlström - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Stefan Dahlberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Description

A country-level dataset based on QoG Expert Survey Data, where the mean across experts for each county with least three respondents have been included.

Dahlström, Carl, Jan Teorell, Stefan Dahlberg, Felix Hartmann, Annika Lindberg, and Marina Nistotskaya. 2015. The QoG Expert Survey Dataset II. University of Gothenburg: The Quality of Government Institute

Keywords

state control, corruption, data, bureaucracy, public administration, government organizations

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Mode of collection: Web-based interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-03 — 2010-11

Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area

Mode of collection: Web-based interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-06 — 2010-11

Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area

Mode of collection: Web-based interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-06 — 2010-11

Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area

Mode of collection: Web-based interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2014-04 — 2015-04

Source of the data: Population group, Geographic area

Time period(s) investigated

2008 — 2015

Published: 2013-07-12
Last updated: 2019-12-13