This is the Swedish part of the 2002 'International Social Survey Program' (ISSP), and it is the second time Sweden participates in an ISSP-survey focusing on the significance of family and changing gender roles. Questions cover the respondents attitude to employment of women and the role distribution of man and woman. Other questions deal with how much women should work outside the home during various stages of child raising. The respondents also gave their opinion on different aspects of marriage, divorce and having children. Respondents were asked how they managed their income, if they kept their own money separate or if they pooled the money. They were also asked how they divide the work between man and woman when it comes to housework such as: laundry, small repairs, care for sick family members, shopping for groceries, cleaning the house, and cooking. Other questions deal with: the average number of hours per week the respondent and the spouse respectively spends on housework; opinion on division of housework; disagreement between respondent and spouse about division of housework; partner most responsible for child raising; partner deciding about what to do together during weekends; partner deciding about major purchases to the home; and who earns more money. Furthermore the respondents had to give their opinion on their own degree of stress at work and at home, as well as their experience of not having enough time for both work and home. On a scale ranging from completely happy to completely miserable, the respondents had to indicate their own degree of happiness. The respondents also had to indicate their satisfaction with work and family life on scales ranging from totally satisfied to totally dissatisfied. Socio-economic background information include: employment status; weekly working hours; occupation; employee or self-employed; supervisory function; work in private or public sector; trade union membership; education; years in school; income; marital status; family income; number of persons in household; number of pre-school children and number of school-children in household; party preference; participation in last national election; self-classification of social class; religious affiliation and church attendance; gender; age. Background information on spouse include: employment status, weekly working hours, occupation, employed or self-employed, and education. Purpose: ISSP aims to design and implement internationally comparable attitude surveys. The study in 2002 investigating Family and Changing Gender Roles.

Detta är den svenska studien inom det internationella forskningsprojektet ISSP. Temat för studien 2002 är ”Family and Changing Gender Roles”. Detta är tredje gången studien genomförs på det här temat (SND 0481, SND 0793) och har sedan genomförts ytterligare en gång på samma tema (SND 0921). International Social Survey Program, ISSP, är ett globalt forskningsprojekt som har till uppgift att konstruera och genomföra internationellt jämförbara attitydstudier. Sedan 1985 har attityddata årligen samlats in och utgör nu en databas som är fritt tillgänglig för forskarsamhället. I dagsläget är 48 länder, från sex olika världsdelar, involverade i projektet. Genom bredden av medlemsländer skapas möjlighet till jämförelser i flera dimensioner. Det finns möjligheter att både jämföra länder som har en likartad samhällsstruktur och historia, och länder som skiljer sig påtagligt från varandra. Sverige har varit medlem i ISSP sedan 1992 och det är Sociologiska intuitionen vid Umeå universitet som är huvudman för studierna i Sverige. Sedan starten 1985 har attityder från flera olika områden undersökts. Vissa områden har återkommit genom åren, vilket gör det möjligt att även jämföra dem över tid. Följande ämnen har behandlats: 1985 The Role of Government I 1986 Social Networks I 1987 Social Inequality I 1988 Family and Changing Gender Roles I 1989 Work Orientations I 1990 The Role of Government II 1991 Religion I 1992 Social Inequality II 1993 Environment I 1994 Family and Changing Gender Roles II 1995 National Identity I 1996 The Role of Government III 1997 Work Orientations II 1998 Religion II 1999 Social Inequality III 2000 Environment II 2001 Social Networks II 2002 Family and Changing Gender Roles III 2003 National Identity II 2004 Social Citizenship I 2005 Work Orientations III 2006 Role of Government IV 2007 Leisure and Sports I 2008 Religion III 2009 Social Inequality IV 2010 Environment III 2011 Health 2012 Family, Work and Gender Roles IV 2012 Family, Work and Gender Roles IV Syfte: ISSP har som syfte att konstruera och genomföra internationellt jämförbara attitydstudier. Studien för 2002 undersöker åsikter om familjeliv och könsroller.

Probability: Simple random

Sannolikhetsurval: obundet slumpmässigt urval

Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Självadministrerat frågeformulär: papper