Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region, 1999-2001

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Elfar Loftsson - Södertörn University, School of Social Science

Yonhyok Choe - Södertörn University, School of Social Science

Description:

This is the first survey conducted at the Södertörn University College by the project 'Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region'. To address peoples' perception on social and political changes, the research group selected a number of questions to be asked in the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Major topics were: Political efficacy and political participation, political trust, evaluation of the electoral process, conceptions and evaluation of environmental issues, civil rights and duties, and an evaluation on household economy and economic situation. To acquire comparability with other Citizen Survey Studies conducted at Uppsala Universitey in Sweden and at six university institutes of European countries, the modules are similar to their questions in structure and wordings.

Subject area:

working conditions, political behaviour and attitudes, social behaviour and attitudes, elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

elections, organizations, leisure time, trust, civil and political rights, political interest, political behaviour, public political influence, membership, working conditions, social protests, political participation, autonomy at work, political institutions, election campaigns, internal politics

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Principal organisation:

Södertörns högskola

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Elfar Loftsson - Södertörn University, School of Social Science

Yonhyok Choe - Södertörn University, School of Social Science

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0760

Description:

This is the first survey conducted at the Södertörn University College by the project 'Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region'. To address peoples' perception on social and political changes, the research group selected a number of questions to be asked in the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Major topics were: Political efficacy and political participation, political trust, evaluation of the electoral process, conceptions and evaluation of environmental issues, civil rights and duties, and an evaluation on household economy and economic situation. To acquire comparability with other Citizen Survey Studies conducted at Uppsala Universitey in Sweden and at six university institutes of European countries, the modules are similar to their questions in structure and wordings.

Language:

English

Time period(s) investigated:

1999-06-01 — 1999-06-30

Instrument:

Questionnaire Estonia 1999 (Structured questionnaire)

Questionnaire Latvia 1999 (Structured questionnaire)

Questionnaire Lithuania 1999 (Structured questionnaire)

Questionnaire Estonia 2001 (Structured questionnaire)

Questionnaire Latvia 2001 (Structured questionnaire)

Questionnaire Lithuania 2001 (Structured questionnaire)

Questionnaire Poland 2001 (Structured questionnaire)

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Individuals aged 18 or older

Time Method:

Sampling procedure:

In Lithuania, the two-staged stratified sampling was used to extract the sample. First. Lithuania was divided geographically into 15 strata (10 counties and 5 cities). In Latvia, the entire nation was divided into 113 strata, of which 36 was from Riga, 41 from towns and 36 parishes. The size of the sample in each stratum was based on the proportion of inhabitants. Secondly, samples were extracted in each stratum. The primary sampling points were selected at random from the population registers of the Lithuanian Department of Statistics. Then the primary sampling units were selected using the route-sampling technique. Each seventh household was selected in urban areas and each fifth in rural areas. The secondary sampling units - individuals - were chosen using the next-birthday rule. Not more than 8 respondents were interviewed per one sampling point.

Subject area:

working conditions, political behaviour and attitudes, social behaviour and attitudes, elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

elections, organizations, leisure time, trust, civil and political rights, political interest, political behaviour, public political influence, membership, working conditions, social protests, political participation, autonomy at work, political institutions, election campaigns, internal politics

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Loftsson, E., & Choe, Y. (eds.) (2003) Political representation and participation in transitional democracies: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International.
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Version 1.0:

2002-01-10 doi:10.5878/maj6-fh02

Available documentation:

Codebook all parts (Swedish)

English questionnaire all parts

Dataset SND 0760-001

Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Estonia 1999

Citation:

Elfar Loftsson, Yonhyok Choe. Södertörn University, School of Social Science (2002). Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Estonia 1999. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/maj6-fh02

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 1999 — 1999

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

432

Number of individuals/objects:

1100

Version 1.0:

2002-01-10 doi:10.5878/8t77-xy25

Dataset SND 0760-002

Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Latvia 1999

Citation:

Elfar Loftsson, Yonhyok Choe. Södertörn University, School of Social Science (2002). Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Latvia 1999. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/8t77-xy25

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 1999 — 1999

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

343

Number of individuals/objects:

1116

Version 1.0:

2002-01-10 doi:10.5878/bs9p-pv69

Dataset SND 0760-003

Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Lithuania 1999

Citation:

Elfar Loftsson, Yonhyok Choe. Södertörn University, School of Social Science (2002). Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Lithuania 1999. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/bs9p-pv69

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 1999 — 1999

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

347

Number of individuals/objects:

1103

Version 1.0:

2011-02-08 doi:10.5878/9eee-nv74

Dataset SND 0760-004

Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Estonia 2001

Citation:

Elfar Loftsson, Yonhyok Choe. Södertörn University, School of Social Science (2011). Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Estonia 2001. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/9eee-nv74

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2001 — 2001

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

373

Number of individuals/objects:

1143

Version 1.0:

2011-02-08 doi:10.5878/f19n-0y74

Dataset SND 0760-005

Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Latvia 2001

Citation:

Elfar Loftsson, Yonhyok Choe. Södertörn University, School of Social Science (2011). Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Latvia 2001. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/f19n-0y74

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2001 — 2001

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

362

Number of individuals/objects:

1100

Version 1.0:

2011-02-08 doi:10.5878/cs6k-5d36

Dataset SND 0760-006

Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Lithuania 2001

Citation:

Elfar Loftsson, Yonhyok Choe. Södertörn University, School of Social Science (2011). Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Lithuania 2001. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/cs6k-5d36

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2001 — 2001

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

352

Number of individuals/objects:

1130

Version 1.0:

2011-02-08 doi:10.5878/9ff6-ha95

Dataset SND 0760-007

Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Poland 2001

Citation:

Elfar Loftsson, Yonhyok Choe. Södertörn University, School of Social Science (2011). Democracy and Social Transition in the Baltic Sea Region - Poland 2001. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/9ff6-ha95

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2001 — 2001

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

348

Number of individuals/objects:

1100