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Swedish people 1955

SND-ID: SND 0207

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Sten Hultgren - Svenska Gallupinstitutet AB

Description

Swedish people 1955 is the first part of the first large-scale survey in Sweden attempting to give an objective picture of interests, personalities, opinions, habits and living conditions in Sweden. The second part was made in 1970 (Swedish people 1970). The Swedish Opinion-studies (1979-1985) repeat some of the questions from these studies. Questions about opinions of human behaviour, interests, attitude to alcohol, religion, possesions, social benefits, voting, Swedish conditions, work and trade unions, studies, personal conditions, children´s upbringing and education, parents, membership in different organizations and personal data.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Svenska Gallupinstitutet AB

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Time period(s) investigated

1954-10-01 – 1955-03-31

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Topic and keywords

Research area

Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

living conditions, standard of living, social behaviour, social attitudes, interest (cognitive processes), public opinion polls

Publications
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Dataset 1
Swedish people 1955 - Men born 1900-1937

Version 1.0

Citation

Sten Hultgren. Svenska Gallupinstitutet AB (1986). Swedish people 1955 - Men born 1900-1937. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/pwk3-ha59

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Sten Hultgren - Svenska Gallupinstitutet AB

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1954-10-01–1955-03-31
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

553

Number of individuals/objects

739

Dataset 2
Swedish people 1955 - Women born 1900-1937

Version 1.0

Citation

Sten Hultgren. Svenska Gallupinstitutet AB (1986). Swedish people 1955 - Women born 1900-1937. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/en5g-5g58

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Sten Hultgren - Svenska Gallupinstitutet AB

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1954-10-01–1955-03-31
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

563

Number of individuals/objects

899

Dataset 3
Swedish people 1955 - Youth born 1927-1939

Version 1.0

Citation

Sten Hultgren. Svenska Gallupinstitutet AB (1986). Swedish people 1955 - Youth born 1927-1939. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/wq2y-aq85

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Sten Hultgren - Svenska Gallupinstitutet AB

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1954-10-01–1955-03-31
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

397

Number of individuals/objects

540

Dataset 4
Swedish people 1955 - Born 1900-1939

Version 1.0

Citation

Sten Hultgren. Svenska Gallupinstitutet AB (1986). Swedish people 1955 - Born 1900-1939. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/yp1j-dp71

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Sten Hultgren - Svenska Gallupinstitutet AB

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1954-10-01–1955-03-31
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

268

Number of individuals/objects

2178

Published: 1986-01-01
Last updated: 2019-12-10