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Public opinion about social assistance in Sweden 1985

SND-ID: SND 0448

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Björn Gustafsson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Social Work

Renato Aguilar - University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

Description

The questions about social assistance included opinions on how much money per month adults and children in different age groups needs, the level of assistance that should be given for each additional child as compared to the level of assistance attributed to the first child, and level of assistance compared to the level of old-age pension. The respondents were asked if they believed that their own family was entitled to social assistance, and what they would do if there would not be enough money for food and rent. Background variables included information on marital status, age, existence of children in the family, type of neighbourhood, education, labour force status, socio-economic status, and monthly disposable income.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

Department of Economics

Funding 1

  • Funding agency: Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Delegationen för social forskning

Funding 2

  • Funding agency: Swedish Council for Social Research
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 16 and older

Time Method

Time period(s) investigated

1985-05-01 – 1985-06-30

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Topic and keywords

Research area

Social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Social Work (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Publications

Aguilar, R., & Gustafsson, B. (1988) Public Opinion about Social Assistance in Sweden. European Journal of Political Research, 16:251-276.

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Public opinion about social assistance in Sweden 1985

Associated documentation

Version 1.0

Citation

Björn Gustafsson, Renato Aguilar. University of Gothenburg (1996). Public opinion about social assistance in Sweden 1985. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002460

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Björn Gustafsson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Social Work

Renato Aguilar - University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

Data collection

  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1985-05-01–1985-06-30
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

33

Number of individuals/objects

880

Published: 1994-01-01
Last updated: 2019-02-06