Research project Interlocking inequalities: A multidimensional perspective on inequality in contemporary Sweden

Some of the questions that we will shed light on are: Do disadvantages cluster on the same individuals over time? Do poorer children and youth lose hope, trust, and confidence in the future? Why do boys tend to lag behind in school and why do immigrant background youth have so high educational aspirations? Which advantages are transmitted from parents to children and what are the likely processes?

At the core of our program is the Level of Living Survey (LNU), launched in 1968 and covering a hundred cohorts born between the earl 1890’s and the early 1990’s. We also use population register data as well as a new longitudinal survey among youth focused on ethnic inequality, and together these data provide us with unique opportunities to put today’s situation in a historical perspective and to respond to emerging research questions and policy issues.