Research project The Swedish Generations and Gender Survey (GGS)

The GGP’s overarching goal is to provide data infrastructure for improved understanding of the causes and consequences of dramatic declines in fertility and changes in partnership behavior in Europe and other affluent countries. GGP data enable research on life-course decision processes; the role of values in life course choices; persistence and change in the gendered character of the life course; intra- and inter-generational processes in the life course; and improved understanding of the effects of welfare policy in general and policies focused on aging or gender.

The Swedish Generations and Gender Survey was carried out by means of an online (or postal option) questionnaire during 2021. Some data were collected through population registers. A target population of 30,000 individuals aged 18-59 years produced 8,082 respondents (response rate 27%). The field work was carried out by Statistics Sweden. Data from the Swedish GGS will be available through the Generations and Gender Programme website at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute.