Welfare state survey 1992

SND-ID: snd0489-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002649

Is part of collection at SND: Welfare surveys

Citation

Alternative title

Åsikter om den offentliga sektorn och skatterna 1992

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Jonas Edlund - Umeå University, Department of Sociology

Björn Halleröd - University of Gothenburg, Department of Sociology and Work Science

Stefan Svallfors - Umeå University, Department of Sociology

Rune Åberg - Umeå University, Department of Sociology

Research principal

Umeå University - Department of Sociology rorId

Description

This survey inquiring the Swedish people´s attitudes towards their taxes was financed by the ministry of finance through the ´Kommittén för utvärdering av skattereformen´ (KUSK). For a number of statements occurring in the current Swedish debate the respondents had to state if they agreed or not. Other questions dealt with their opinion on public expenses and social service; 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. Respondents also had to report their own experiences of social services during the last three years. A number of questions dealt with opinions on the Swedish taxes

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This survey inquiring the Swedish people´s attitudes towards their taxes was financed by the ministry of finance through the ´Kommittén för utvärdering av skattereformen´ (KUSK). For a number of statements occurring in the current Swedish debate the respondents had to state if they agreed or not. Other questions dealt with their opinion on public expenses and social service; 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. Respondents also had to report their own experiences of social services during the last three years. A number of questions dealt with opinions on the Swedish taxes; the pressure of taxation in general and the respondents´ judgement on total taxation for recipients of high, middle and low incomes; and opinion on the tax reform introduced in 1991. Socio-economic background information include occupation, trade union affiliation, education, housing, income, marital status, spouse´s occupation and income, number of children, citizenship of parents, and political preferences. Show less..

Data contains personal data

No

Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 18-74 years and residing in Sweden

Sampling procedure

Time period(s) investigated

1992-02-01 – 1992-05-01

Variables

103

Number of individuals/objects

1346

Weighting

Datainsamlingen genomfördes som en kombination av postenkät och telefonintervju med ett suburval av bortfallet. Bland dem som ännu efter två påminnelser inte besvarat enkäten drogs ett suburval vilket telefonintervjuades. De som ingår i suburvalet skall därför ges en högre vikt i datamaterialet. Viktvariabel = V5.

Response rate/participation rate

76 (vägd)

Data format / data structure

Data collection
  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1992-02-01 – 1992-05-01
  • Instrument: (Semi-structured questionnaire)
  • Source of the data: Population group
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

County (NUTS3)

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Sociology

Funding

  • Funding agency: Committee for Evaluating Tax Reform
Topic and keywords

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)

Publications

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Svallfors, S. (1994) Svenskarna och välfärdspolitiken: opinionstrender 1970-93. Häften för kritiska studier, nr 2-3, 1994, s. 39-52.

Sundström, E., & Svallfors, S. (1995) Åsikter om den offentliga sektorn och skatterna : kodbok för maskinläsbar datafil. Umeå: Department of Sociology.

Svallfors, S. (1994) Farväl till välfärdsstaten. TLM nr 19, 1994, s. 21-24.

Svallfors, S. (1994) Farväl till välfärdsstaten? Attityder till svensk välfärdspolitik 1986-92. In Har vi råd att avvara välfärden?. Stockholm: FKF debatt.

Svallfors, S. (1995) Den stabila välfärdsopinionen : attityder till svensk välfärdspolitik 1986-1992. Report no 5, project Opinioner kring 1991 års skattereform. Umeå: Department of Sociology.

Svallfors, S. (1995) Den svenska välfärdsopinionen. Välfärdsbulletinen, nr 1, 1995.

Svallfors, S. (1995) Svenskarna och välfärdspolitiken: opinionstrender 1970-93. Stockholm: TCO.

Svallfors, S. (1995) The End of Class Politics? Structural Cleavages and Attitudes to Swedish Welfare Policies. Acta Sociologica, 1995.

Åberg, R. (1993) Århundradets skattereform? Politik och opinion kring 1991 års skattereform. Stockholm: Norstedts.
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ISBN: 9789138134856

Eger, M A. Even in Sweden: The effect of immigration on support for welfare state spending. Studentarbete vid Department of Sociology, University of Washington

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Published: 1995-07-05
Last updated: 2020-02-03