Abstract
The theoretical framework laid out in previous chapters will be tested using Swedish cross-sectional survey data.The purpose of this chapter is to present these data and to think about their strengths and weaknesses.We begin by discussing Sweden as a laboratory for studying political effects of personal welfare state experiences.The chapter then proceeds to a brief presentation of the primary and secondary data sources. It closes with a discussion on potential perils of cross-sectional data: in particular, we consider how political orientations held prior to experiences may affect or interact with the impact of experiences.
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Kumlin, S. (2004). The Data and the Case. In: The Personal and the Political: How Personal Welfare State Experiences Affect Political Trust and Ideology. Political Evolution and Institutional Change. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403980274_5
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