ISSP 2000 - Environment II: Sweden

This survey is the Swedish part of the 2000 'International Social Survey Program'. ISSP is an ongoing program of cross-national collaboration. Formed in 1983, the group develops topical modules dealing with important areas of social science as supplements to regular national surveys. The topic of year 2000 was 'Environment', and this was the second survey exploring this topic. The initial survey on this topic was in 1993, a year before the first Swedish ISSP survey. The topic was explored a third time in 2010 (SND 0887), hence the second time in Sweden.

In this survey the respondents were asked to comment on various topics regarding nature and the environment, including the role of science and scientific solutions to environmental problems and protection of the environment through higher prices of goods, higher taxes or cuts in the standard of living. In addition, respondents were asked to estimate the effects of air pollution, pesticicides and chemicals used in farming, and modifications of genes of certain crops on themselves, their families, and the environment. Additional information was elicited regarding measures respondents were taking to protect the environment. The respondents also had to indicate their trust in information about casuses of pollution given by different groups. A number of questions dealt with opinions on the Swedish taxes; the pressure of taxation in general, and for various income brackets; willingness to pay more tax if the money was spent on different specific areas; charges when using public services instead of paying through taxes. Respondents also had to state if they felt a need for private insurances to supplement the public welfare system. Demographic variables include respondent´s occupation, trade union affiliation, education, housing, income, marital status, spouse´s occupation, income, number of children, citizenship of parents, and political preferences.

Purpose:

ISSP aims to design and implement internationally comparable attitude surveys. The study in 2000 investigating Environment.