Summary information

Study title

Social Distinctions in Modern Russia 1990-2015

Creator

Nikula, Jouko (University of Helsinki. Aleksanteri Institute) - 0000-0003-0525-6091

Study number / PID

FSD3291 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3291 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd3291 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Social Distinctions in Modern Russia

The Social Distinctions in Modern Russia surveys chart various issues characterising social differentiation in contemporary Russian society, such as the occupation, social mobility, property and income of the working-age Russian population as well as their attitudes towards civic life, politics, religion and other relevant issues. The surveys in this series have been conducted in 1990, 1998, 2006 and 2015. Additionally, the series includes a dataset that contains combined data from the four surveys. Many questions are repeated in the surveys, although the first datasets differ somewhat from...

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Abstract

The Social Distinctions in Modern Russia survey series charted various issues characterising social differentiation in contemporary Russian society. This dataset contains combined data from datasets FSD3285, FSD3286, FSD3287 and FSD3288. Social differentiation in this study was mainly considered in terms of occupation, social mobility, property and income, but attitudes, politics and religion were also examined. The study aimed to survey the respondents' conditions in life together with their values in order to examine the interaction between the two.

Methodology

Data collection period

1990 - 08/2015

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Russian citizens aged over 18

Excludes: sparsely populated areas and employees in certain institutions (the armed forces, prisons, highest positions in administration, and hospitals)

Sampling procedure

Probability: Stratified: Proportional
Probability: Simple random

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI)

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2021

Terms of data access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.