Women in Sweden 1981 - family and working life
type: Dataset
description: This investigation on Swedish women aged 20-45 years shed light on their views on family and working life. The questions are divided into nine parts: Background describe marital status, household composition, housing, and environment growing up in. Furthermore the women had to state if they agreed or not with a number of statements concerning children and parenthood. Education and occupation dealt with experienced education, plans and desires on further education, time of changing from one occupation to another, attitude toward part-time work, housework and plans on going out to work after parental leave. Gainfully employed were asked questions about time spent travelling to work and working hours. Questions about pregnancy and child bearing dealt with if the pregnancy was planned, if she had to wait for a long time, if the child was wanted, if it was born at a suitable time, and if any pregnancy had been broken. The part concerning birth control dealt with the use of different contraceptives. Present cohabiting include questions about marriage and cohabiting, when moving together, and if one is married with the man one lives together with. Women cohabiting with a man, but not married to him, were asked if they were planning to get married later. Other questions dealt with the distribution of the housework, partner´s occupation and education. To get a summary of periods in her life when living together with a man, there were also a number of questions about earlier cohabiting. Women having children were asked a number of questions about child day-care child day-care used, monthly cost, and if there had been any problems in connection with the use of child day-care. There were also questions asked about the father using the possibility of parental leave, possibilities to get a baby-sitter outside of the family, who stays at home when the child gets ill, and the division of the practical work with the children among the parents. Leisure and economy deals with leisure-…
citation: Statistics Sweden (1983) Arbete och barn. Information i prognosfrågor IPF 1983:4. Stockholm: Statistics Sweden.
citation: Statistics Sweden (1984) Att fråga om barn. Teknisk beskrivning av undersökningen Kvinnor i Sverige. Bakgrundsmaterial från Prognosinstitutet 1984:4. Stockholm: Statistics Sweden.
citation: Statistics Sweden (1982) Kvinnor och barn. Information i prognosfrågor IPF 1982:4. Stockholm: Statistics Sweden.
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creator: Statistics Sweden
date modified: 2026-06-05
date published: 1995-01-01
language: Swedish
is part of: https://doi.org/10.5878/000240
keywords: Reproductive health
keywords: Employment
keywords: Gender and gender roles
keywords: Family life and marriage
keywords: Children
keywords: Social Sciences
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keywords: Sociology
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publisher: Statistics Sweden
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spatial coverage: Sweden
temporal coverage: 1981-03-01/1981-10-01
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Statistics Sweden
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Swedish
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Reproductive health
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description: Reproductive process, function or system at any stage of life. Includes data on pregnancy, birth, family planning, contraception, abortion and menopause.
term code: Health.ReproductiveHealth

Employment
type: DefinedTerm
description: Data on employment rate and statistics, labour market, job vacancies, job-seeking, job characteristics, employment of certain groups (e.g. youth or minority employment), employment services, career. Use note: For pay and remuneration use 'Working conditions'.
term code: LabourAndEmployment.Employment

Gender and gender roles
type: DefinedTerm
description: Gender identity; gendered representation(e.g.representation of genders in decision-making bodies, in media, in literature etc); social, cultural and psychological traits linked to males and females; women's studies; men's studies; expected behaviour and choices according to gender roles and the impact of such expectations.
term code: SocialStratificationAndGroupings.GenderAndGenderRoles

Family life and marriage
type: DefinedTerm
description: Covers issues related to families, relatives, generations and household composition. For instance, data on child rearing, division of labour within the family, support provided for family members.
term code: SocialStratificationAndGroupings.FamilyLifeAndMarriage

Children
type: DefinedTerm
description: Use note: May need an additional topic, if children are studied from a particular aspect.
term code: SocialStratificationAndGroupings.Children

HOUSING
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OCCUPATIONS
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EMPLOYMENT
type: DefinedTerm

FAMILY ENVIRONMENT
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LEISURE TIME
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description: TIME SPENT AWAY FROM ONE'S USUAL OCCUPATION

CHILDREN
type: DefinedTerm

HOUSEWORK
type: DefinedTerm

MARRIAGE
type: DefinedTerm
description: A LEGALLY RECOGNIZED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADULTS THAT CARRIES CERTAIN LEGAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

DOMESTIC RESPONSIBILITIES
type: DefinedTerm
description: ALL TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES CONNECTED TO HOME AND FAMILY LIFE

CHILD CARE
type: DefinedTerm
description: CARE OF CHILDREN BY PARENTS, GUARDIANS OR OTHER PRIMARY CARERS

INCOME
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
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CIVIL STATUS
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description: A PERSON'S LEGAL RELATIONSHIP STATUS, SUCH AS SINGLE, MARRIED, CIVIL PARTNER, DIVORCED OR WIDOWED

PARENT ATTITUDE
type: DefinedTerm

SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYMENT
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description: WHERE A WORKER HOLDS MORE THAN ONE JOB AT THE SAME TIME, LEGALLY, EITHER FOR TWO OR MORE DIFFERENT EMPLOYERS OR AS SELF-EMPLOYED FOR ONE OF THE JOBS

OVERTIME
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PREGNANCY
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CHILDBIRTH
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description: THE CONCEPT OF BIRTH

ABORTION
type: DefinedTerm

CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
type: DefinedTerm

SPOUSES
type: DefinedTerm
description: THE HUSBAND OR WIFE WITHIN A MARRIED COUPLE

PARTNERSHIP HISTORY (PERSONAL)
type: DefinedTerm
description: HISTORY OF COHABITATION, MARRIAGE AND CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS

PATERNITY LEAVE
type: DefinedTerm

HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS
type: DefinedTerm

HOUSEHOLDS
type: DefinedTerm
description: A HOUSEHOLD INCLUDES EITHER ONE PERSON LIVING ALONE OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE, NOT NECESSARILY RELATED, LIVING AT THE SAME ADDRESS WITH COMMON HOUSEKEEPING, I.E. SHARING AT LEAST ONE MEAL PER DAY OR SHARING A LIVING OR SITTING ROOM.

COMMUTING
type: DefinedTerm

BIRTH CONTROL
type: DefinedTerm
description: THE USE OF CONTRACEPTION METHODS OR STERILIZATION TO PREVENT CONCEPTION

HOURS OF WORK
type: DefinedTerm
description: THE NUMBER OF HOURS EMPLOYEES ARE CONTRACTED TO WORK EACH WEEK FOR THEIR EMPLOYER

STILL-BIRTH
type: DefinedTerm

MISCARRIAGE
type: DefinedTerm

Sweden
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