Living standard 2018
Single Wave Study
General Information
Title
Living standard 2018
Project Number
229
Abstract
The research is about the assessment of living standards: When does someone think that a household is poor or rich? In the context of this study, a questionnaire, partly consisting of vignettes, was administered to a selection of the LISS panel.
Longitudinal Type
Single Wave Study
Begin date
05-02-2018
End date
27-02-2018
Researcher
Ingrid Robeyns (Utrecht University)
Publisher
CentERdata
Copyright
© 2021 CentERdata
Funding Organization
Utrecht University
NWO
ODISSEI
NWO
ODISSEI
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xv3-c26d
Datasets and documentation
View Documentation
Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch
Data Files
English SPSS file
English STATA file
Variables
| Variable name | Variable Label | Variable Type |
|---|---|---|
| nomem_encr | Number of the household member encrypted | preloaded |
| qs18a_m | Year and month of the field work period | constructed |
| qs18a001 | How do you judge the standard of living of this family? Family A | directly measured |
| qs18a002 | How do you judge the standard of living of this family? Family B | directly measured |
| qs18a003 | How do you judge the standard of living of this family? Family C | directly measured |
| qs18a004 | How do you judge the standard of living of this family? Family D | directly measured |
| qs18a005 | How do you judge the standard of living of this family? Family E | directly measured |
| qs18a006 | How do you judge the standard of living of this family? Family F | directly measured |
| qs18a007 | How do you judge the standard of living of this family? Family G | directly measured |
| qs18a008 | How do you judge the standard of living of this family? Family H | directly measured |
| qs18a009 | How do you judge the standard of living of this family? Family I | directly measured |
| qs18a010 | How do you judge the standard of living of this family? Family J | directly measured |
| qs18a011 | It is not a problem if people become extremely rich, as long as they earn their money fairly according to the rules and do not evade tax. | directly measured |
| qs18a012 | The richest man in the world, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is worth an estimated 98,000,000,000 dollars (98 billion dollars). It is undesirable for one person to have so much money. | directly measured |
| qs18a013 | In the Netherlands no-one should be allowed to earn more than the prime minister of our country; that is 157,287 euro gross per year. | directly measured |
| qs18a014 | There’s nothing wrong with major income inequalities as long as there is no discrimination in the labour market and the government ensures that everyone has access to high-quality education. | directly measured |
| qs18a015 | If the government Rutte III had to choose between cutting services for the most vulnerable people in society or increasing taxes on the income of the rich and superrich, they should choose a tax increase. | directly measured |
| qs18a016 | It would be better if there would be an additional tax rate of 70% for the part of the gross annual income above 150,000 euro. | directly measured |
| qs18a017 | The tax rates on income from labour, and the tax rate on profit (income from entrepreneurship) should be the same (for your information: the tax rates on profit are now lower than the tax rates on income from labour). | directly measured |
| qs18a018 | The government should not try to redistribute wealth. | directly measured |
| qs18a019 | Too much inequality is not good for society. Even if that inequality is not caused by tax-evasion, it is nevertheless better that no-one becomes superrich. | directly measured |
| qs18a020 | It is a problem if some people become superrich due to the fact that their parents leave them large fortunes via gifts or inheritances. | directly measured |
| qs18a021 | It is a problem for society if extremely rich people have more influence over politicians than people who are not rich. | directly measured |
| qs18a022 | It is unfair that there exist different tax-rates for those who inherit a company, compared with those inheriting a house, money, or other things. | directly measured |
| qs18a023 | Do you think that a maximum or upper limit should be imposed on disposable monthly income per person in the Netherlands? | directly measured |
| qs18a024 | Do you think that a maximum or upper limit should be imposed on disposable monthly income per person in the Netherlands? yes, namely... euro per month | directly measured |
| qs18a025 | Do you think that, within a company or organisation, there should be a maximal difference between the wage of people who earn most, and those who earn least? | directly measured |
| qs18a026 | yes, namely: the person who earns most can earn maximally... times the wage of the person who earns least | directly measured |
| qs18a027 | Do you think that there should be an upper limit to how much savings anyone can have? | directly measured |
| qs18a028 | Do you think that there should be an upper limit to how much savings anyone can have? yes, namely... euro | directly measured |
| qs18a029 | Do you think that there should be an upper limit for a person’s total wealth? | directly measured |
| qs18a030 | Do you think that there should be an upper limit for a person’s total wealth? yes, namely... euro | directly measured |
| qs18a031 | Do you think there should be an upper limit to how much wealth (money, dwellings, stocks, companies, valuables, and so forth) that a person throughout their life can inherit from their parents (or from others)? | directly measured |
| qs18a032 | Do you think there should be an upper limit to how much wealth (money, dwellings, stocks, companies, valuables, and so forth) that a person throughout their life can inherit from their parents (or from others)? yes, namely... euro | directly measured |
| qs18a033 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? | directly measured |
| qs18a034 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? | directly measured |
| qs18a035 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? | directly measured |
| qs18a036 | Was it an interesting subject? | directly measured |
| qs18a037 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? | directly measured |
| qs18a038 | Starting date questionnaire | constructed |
| qs18a039 | Starting time questionnaire | constructed |
| qs18a040 | End date questionnaire | constructed |
| qs18a041 | End time questionnaire | constructed |
| qs18a042 | Duration questionnaire in seconds | derived |
Questions
Questionnaire: Living standard 2018
The questionnaire was administered in Dutch
Browse Living standard 2018Response Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 3,350 (100.0%)Non-response: 782 (23.3%)
Response: 2,568 (76.7%)
Complete: 2,561 (76.4%)
Incomplete: 7 (0.2%)
Collection Events
Period
05-02-2018 to 27-02-2018
Sample
Random selection of LISS panel members
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents