Denotes an agency head's party affiliation. Note that this variable is based on an agency head's biographical background, not on actual party membership.
footnote{Further note that it is illegal to keep records of an individual's political preferences in Sweden (åsiktsregistrering) unless you have the individual's explicit consent. The variable has been approved for use by the Regional Ethics Committee in Gothenburg (Regionala etikprövningsnämnden i Göteborg, dnr 1030-13).} We consider an agency head to have a party affiliation if they have been:
elected to a local democratic assembly (section 3.4.1, 3.4.2);
elected to parliament (section 3.4.3);
appointed as minister (section 3.4.4);
appointed as secretary of state (section 3.4.5, 3.4.6);
appointed as chief of planning (section 3.4.7);
appointed as political adviser (section 3.4.8);
employed by a political party (subsection 3.3.1, 3.3.2);
employed by a political party's youth section (section 3.3.7, 3.3.8); or
employed by an organization otherwise clearly associated with a political party, such as the blue-collar union confederation
textit{Landsorganisationen} (section 3.3.5, 3.3.6).
The variable can be made more restrictive by selectively excluding observations from any of the above categories. The variable's party codes are as follows:
0 = No Party Affilliation
1 = Left Party (Vänsterpartiet)
2 = Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna)
3 = Centre Party (Centerpartiet)
4 = Liberal People's Party (Folkpartiet)
5 = Moderate Party (Moderaterna)
6 = Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna)
7 = Green Party (Miljöpartiet)
8 = Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna)
9 = Other political party
99 = Politically active, but insufficient information to determine party affiliation (e.g. a source might state that an individual has been elected to a local democratic assembly, but without specifying for which party)
9999 = Missing
Type of variable: Continuous
Last updated by source: 2018-09-09