ESS 4 - European Social Survey 2008, Sweden

SND-ID: SND 0892

This study is part of the collection ESS - European Social Survey

Alternative title

ESS4

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Mikael Hjerm - Umeå University, Department of Sociology

Stefan Svallfors - Umeå University, Department of Sociology

Description

This survey is the Swedish part of the 2008 'European Social Survey ' (ESS), and is focusing on welfare attitudes and ageism. The survey also includes data on media and social trust, politics, subjective well being, household characteristics and socio-demographics as well as human values as part of the core module of ESS.

Purpose:

The European Social Survey (the ESS) is an academically-driven social survey designed to chart and explain the interaction between Europe's changing institutions and the attitudes, beliefs and behaviour patterns of its diverse populations.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Umeå University

Responsible department/unit

Department of Sociology

Funding 1

  • Funding agency: Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research

Funding 2

  • Funding agency: Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation

Funding 3

  • Funding agency: Swedish Research Council
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals born before 1 September 1993

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random

Time period(s) investigated

2008

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Geographic description: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

National area (NUTS2)

Publications
Dataset
ESS 4 - European Social Survey 2008, Sweden

Version 1.0

Citation

Mikael Hjerm, Stefan Svallfors. Umeå University (2014). ESS 4 - European Social Survey 2008, Sweden. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002090

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Mikael Hjerm - Umeå University, Department of Sociology

Stefan Svallfors - Umeå University, Department of Sociology

Variables

402

Number of individuals/objects

1830

Published: 2013-08-23
Last updated: 2020-08-27