Research group Level of living (LNU)
Research at the Level of Living-unit includes studies of individuals' living conditions, social stratification and economic and social inequality. Here we study what living conditions in society look like today for both adults and children, and how the standard of living in society has changed over time and between generations.
Examples of living conditions are family life, health, education, working life, financial conditions and social support. The level and distribution of these conditions, as well as changes in levels and distribution, are central study objects in living standard research. Differences in living conditions between different population groups (defined by, among other things, gender, age, family type, country of birth, place of residence, education and occupation) are important themes, both empirically and theoretically. Several of the researchers at the department analyze these issues in an international comparative perspective.
An important part of the unit's activities is to carry out the Level of Living Survey (Levnadsnivåundersökningen – LNU), which is a recurring survey in which a nationally representative sample of Sweden's adult population is interviewed or answers questionnaires about their living conditions in a number of areas. The LNU survey was first implemented in 1968 and has since then been implemented another six times with intervals of approximately 10 years, the latest round in 2020-22 . To a large extent, the same persons have been interviewed in the survey on repeated occasions. Together with the american Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID ) is LNU the world's longest still ongoing longitudinal survey.
Group members
Group managers
Carina Mood
Professor
Members
Sandra Thiman
PhD student
Amanda Almstedt Valldor
PhD student
Adam Altmejd Selder
Researcher
Linus Andersson
Researcher
Erik Bihagen
Professor
Anton Bjuggren Andersson
Researcher
Katarina Boye
Senior Lecturer assistant professor
Margarita Chudnovskaya
Researcher
Andreas Diemer
Researcher
Per Engzell
Researcher
Robert Erikson
Professor emeritus
Anni Erlandsson
Guest researcher
Michael Grätz
Assistant professor
Peter Fallesen
Assistant professor
Michael Grätz
Assistant professor
Karin Halldén
Researcher
Simon Hjalmarsson
Researcher
Jan Jonsson
Professor
Tünde Dóra Lénárd
PhD student
Charlotta Magnusson
Senior Lecturer
Carina Mood
Professor
Stephanie Plenty
Assistant professor
Frida Rudolphi
Researcher
Roujman Shahbazian
Researcher
Are Skeie Hermansen
Researcher
Edvin Syk
PhD student
Michael Tåhlin
Professor
Johan Westerman
Researcher
Xiaojie Xu
PhD student
