Summary information

Study title

ESS 4 – European Social Survey 2008, Sweden

Creator

Hjerm, Mikael (Department of Sociology, Umeå University)
Svallfors, Stefan (Department of Sociology, Umeå University)

Study number / PID

snd0892-1-1.0 (SND)

https://doi.org/10.5878/002090 (DOI)

Data access

Open

Series

Not available

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Not available

Methodology

Data collection period

15/09/2008 - 03/02/2009

Country

Sweden

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Individuals born before 1 September 1993

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview: CAPI/CAMI

Funding information

Funder

Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation

Grant number

IN2007-0909

Funder

Swedish Research Council

Grant number

825-2007-7433

Funder

Forte - Swedish Research Counsil for Health, Working Life and Welfare

Grant number

2007-1885

Access

Publisher

Swedish National Data Service

Publication year

2011

Terms of data access

Access to data through SND. Data are freely accessible.

Related publications

Not available