Sweden2010: Swedish Parliamentary Candidate Survey (2010)
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Sweden2010

R Documentation

Swedish Parliamentary Candidate Survey (2010)

Description

2010 Survey of Swedish Parliamentary Candidates

Usage

data(Sweden2010)

Format

A data frame with 2751 observations on the following 56 variables. Each of the policy statements is coded 1 (strongly disagree), 2 (disagree), 3 (agree), 4 (strongly agree), 8 (don't know)

id: Candidate ID
elected: Whether the candidate was elected (1) or not (0)
party.name: Name of candidate's party
party.code: Candidate's party code
govt.party: Whether the candidate is in a government party (1) or not (0)
left.right.self.fivept: Candidate's left-right self-placement from (1=left to 5=right)
congestion.taxes: Congestion taxes should be introduced in more big cities
highspeed.trains: Sweden should invest in high-speed trains
hunt.wolves: Sweden should allow license hunt of wolves
nuclear.power: The nuclear power should be further expanded
gasoline.taxes: The tax on gasoline should be raised
museum.fees: The entrance fee for state-owned museums should be removed
online.piracy: It should be a criminal offense to download copyright protected material from the internet for personal use
state.TV: The fee for state-owned TV should be replaced with a mandatory tax

No municipality should be allowed to refuse to take in refugees

refugee.cities: No municipality should be allowed to refuse to take in refugees
asylum.seekers: Fewer asylum seekers should be accepted into Sweden
refugee.healthcare: Refugees without documents should be able to receive free health care
teacher.veils: Teachers should not be allowed to wear face-covering veil in Swedish schools
paternal.leave: A bigger share of the parental leave should be reserved for the fathers
affirmative.action.universities: The use of affirmative action in university admission should be abolished
child.raising.allowance: The child-raising allowance should be abolished
property.taxes.wealthy: The property tax for detached houses with a taxable value above 4.5 millions should be raised
wealth.tax: The wealth tax should be reinstated
tax.wealthy: The tax rate for those with high incomes should be raised
tax.pensions: The same tax rate should be applied to pensions and wages
household.services.deduction: The tax deduction for household services [RUT] should be kept
work.income.tax: The tax on work-income should be lowered
sex.purchase: The sex purchase law should be abolished
DUI.penalty: The penalty for driving under intoxication should be increased
criminal.sentences: Violent crimes should lead to tougher sentences
wiretaps: The FRA law [a legislative package that authorizes the state to wiretap all telephone and Internet traffic that crosses Sweden's borders] should be torn up
retirement.age: Those who are 58 years old should be eligible for early retirement
health.insurance.time: The maximum time on health insurance should be limited
dental.insurance: Dental care should be included in health care insurance
competition.public.sector: There should be more competition in the public sector
mandatory.unemployment.insurance: Unemployment insurance should be mandatory
municipal.home.care: Municipal home-care service fees should be fully equalized across municipalities
circumcision: Swedish health care should only offer to carry out circumcision when it has a medical value
private.healthcare.profits: Government financed private health care service providers should be able to distribute profits to their owners
govt.alcohol.monopoly: The government monopoly on selling alcoholic beverages should be removed
employment.protection: It should be made more difficult for personnel agencies to circumvent employment protection legislation
sell.public.corporations: State-owned corporations should not be sold
Aghanistan.withdrawal: Swedish soldiers in Afghanistan should be brought immediately
exporting.arms: Swedish should cease exporting arms immediately
aid.undemocratic.countries: Foreign aid should not go to undemocratic countries
compulsory.military.service: The compulsory military service should be reinstated
leave.EU: Sweden should leave the European Union
transfer.students: It should be possible to transfer students with discipline problems from their school against the will of the student and their parents
local.control.education: Responsibility for primary and secondary education should be moved from municipalities to the national government
student.grades: Students should received grades from garde six and onwards
number.private.schools: The number of private schools should be limited
university.eligibility: All who pass secondary school programs should be eligible for university studies
criminalize.racist.organizations: It should be a criminal offense to be a member of a racist organisation
abolish.monarchy: Monarchy should be abolished
ballot.order: Voter control over the order of candidates on ballots in Swedish elections should be strengthened
referenda.elections: More referenda should be held in Sweden