ISSP 1999 - Social inequality III: Sweden
This study is part of the collection ISSP - International Social Survey Programme
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jonas Edlund - Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Stefan Svallfors - Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Description
This survey is the Swedish part of the 1999 '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 1999 was 'Social inequality'. In this survey the respondents had to give their opinions on equality of income, wealth, and opportunity. Respondents were asked to give an estimate of average monthly income of selected occupational groups and inform on a justified income for the members of these occupational groups from the point of view of the respondent. The respondents also had to give their judgement on total taxation for recipients of high, middle and low income. Other questions dealt with perceived social conflicts in the country; different criterias for establishing work pay; attitudes towards people receiveing different kinds of social benefits. Socio-economic background information include occupation, trade union affiliation, education, housing, income, marital status, spouse's occupation, in
Subject area
Equality, inequality and social exclusion, Social welfare systems/structures, Social behaviour and attitudes
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Sociology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Responsible department/unit
Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jonas Edlund - Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Stefan Svallfors - Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Identifiers
SND-ID: SND 0727
Description
This survey is the Swedish part of the 1999 '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 1999 was 'Social inequality'. In this survey the respondents had to give their opinions on equality of income, wealth, and opportunity. Respondents were asked to give an estimate of average monthly income of selected occupational groups and inform on a justified income for the members of these occupational groups from the point of view of the respondent. The respondents also had to give their judgement on total taxation for recipients of high, middle and low income. Other questions dealt with perceived social conflicts in the country; different criterias for establishing work pay; attitudes towards people receiveing different kinds of social benefits. Socio-economic background information include occupation, trade union affiliation, education, housing, income, marital status, spouse's occupation, in
Language
Swedish
Time period(s) investigated
1999-02-01 — 1999-06-01
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
A-region
Highest geographic unit
Country
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 17-80 years and residing in Sweden
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Subject area
Equality, inequality and social exclusion, Social welfare systems/structures, Social behaviour and attitudes
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Sociology
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Is part of collection at SND
Publications
Särkimukka, J., Edlund, J., & Svallfors, S. (2000) ISSP 1999 - Åsikter om ojämlikhet i Sverige II. Kodbok för maskinläsbar datafil. Umeå: Department of Sociology.
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ISSP 1999 - Social inequality III: Sweden
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Jonas Edlund - Umeå University, Department of Sociology
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: 1999-02 — 1999-05
Data collector: Swedish Institute of Public Opinion Research
Source of the data: Population group
Variables
136
Number of individuals/objects
1150
Response rate/participation rate
61.2