Aging in Society: Social Attitudes Towards the Elderly, 1982 [Sweden] (ICPSR 9605)

Published: Feb 17, 1992

Principal Investigator(s):
Lars Tornstam

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09605.v1

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Project Description

Summary

This collection focuses on attitudes toward and knowledge of the social conditions, abilities, and personalities of elderly persons. Additionally, these data describe how social background characteristics, such as age, sex, profession, and living conditions, influence attitudes toward the elderly.

Citation

Tornstam, Lars. Aging in Society: Social Attitudes Towards the Elderly, 1982 [Sweden]. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09605.v1

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Subject Terms

ability age discrimination age groups attitudes toward aging careers demographic characteristics living conditions older adults personality public opinion retirees social status

Geographic Coverage

Sweden Global

Restrictions

These data, provided by the Swedish Social Science Data Service, are available only for use in academic research within the United States and Canada.

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1981 -- 1982

Date of Collection

1982 (Spring)

Data Collection Notes

Machine-readable documentation is in Swedish.

Methodology

Sample

(1) Randomly selected sample drawn from the register of total population, (2) sample drawn from the register of employees of the Swedish County Councils Association, and (3) sample of employees in municipal social services in Uppsala, Sandviken, Ystad, Gatland, Saeffa, and Goteborg.

Universe

(1) Swedish citizens aged 15-75 years, and employees working in the care of the aged in (2) County Councils and (3) municipal social services.

Data Source

self-enumerated mail questionnaires

Data Type(s)

survey data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1991-10-23

Version Date

1992-02-17

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.
The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.

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