ISSP 1997 - Work orientations II: Sweden
This study is part of the collection ISSP - International Social Survey Programme
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Stefan Svallfors - Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Description:
This survey is the Swedish part of the 1997 'International Social Survey Program'. ISSP is an ongoing program of cross-national collaboration. Formed in 1984, the group develops topical modules dealing with important areas of social science as supplements to regular national surveys. The topic of 1997 was 'Work orientations'.
The respondents were asked if they wanted to spend more or less time on gainful employment, housework, family, friends, and leisure activities. They could also state if they agreed or not with a number of statements concerning work in general. A number of questions concerned how important different factors are for work, and the situation at the respondent's workplace. Respondents also had to give their opinion on the sabbatical year. Socio-economic background information includes occupation, trade union affiliation, education, housing, income, marital status, spouse's occupation and income, number of children, citizenship of parents, and political preferences.
Purpose:
ISSP aims to design and implement internationally comparable attitude surveys. The study in 1997 inve
Subject area:
employment, working conditions
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Sociology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords:
Responsible department/unit:
Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Stefan Svallfors - Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Identifiers:
SND-ID: SND 0722
Description:
This survey is the Swedish part of the 1997 'International Social Survey Program'. ISSP is an ongoing program of cross-national collaboration. Formed in 1984, the group develops topical modules dealing with important areas of social science as supplements to regular national surveys. The topic of 1997 was 'Work orientations'.
The respondents were asked if they wanted to spend more or less time on gainful employment, housework, family, friends, and leisure activities. They could also state if they agreed or not with a number of statements concerning work in general. A number of questions concerned how important different factors are for work, and the situation at the respondent's workplace. Respondents also had to give their opinion on the sabbatical year. Socio-economic background information includes occupation, trade union affiliation, education, housing, income, marital status, spouse's occupation and income, number of children, citizenship of parents, and political preferences.
Purpose:
ISSP aims to design and implement internationally comparable attitude surveys. The study in 1997 inve
Language:
English
Swedish
Time period(s) investigated:
1997-02 — 1997-05
Geographic spread:
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit:
National area (NUTS2)
Highest geographic unit:
Country
Unit of analysis:
Population:
Individuals aged 18-75 years and residing in Sweden
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Sampling procedure:
Subject area:
employment, working conditions
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Sociology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
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Publications
Edlund, J., & Svallfors, S. (1997) ISSP 1997 - Work Orientation II. Codebook for machine-readable datafile. Umeå: Department of Sociology.
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2009-08-28
doi:10.5878/001604
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doi:10.5878/001603
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ISSP 1997 - Work orientations II: Sweden
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Stefan Svallfors. Umeå University, Department of Sociology (2009). ISSP 1997 - Work orientations II: Sweden. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.1. https://doi.org/10.5878/001604
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Stefan Svallfors - Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Data format / data structure:
Numeric
Data collection:
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 1997-02 — 1997-05
Data collector: Statistics Sweden
Source of the data: Population group
Variables:
126
Number of individuals/objects:
1276
Response rate/participation rate:
68,4%