We welcome Martin Hällsten
Martin Hällsten joined the Swedish Institute for Social Research as a professor a few weeks ago. Before that, he worked as a professor at the Department of Sociology. Martin will work with the Level of Living Survey (LNU).
We are happy to welcome Martin Hällsten to REWHARD and took the opportunity to ask a few questions.
Tell us about your research!
My research concerns social mobility, with slightly different perspectives. In recent years, the focus has been mainly on intergenerational mobility and back historically. But I also do a lot of research with other perspectives, as long as it has to do with inequality. Right now, I’m working on a project about peer effects in school and inequality in educational outcomes between urban and rural areas.
What did you know about LNU before you started?
I have worked with LNU between 2004 and 2010, mainly with coding and data management. I was also involved in developing the personality survey that was included for the first time in 2010. But I haven’t worked with LNU since then, so there’s a lot to familiarise myself with.
What are you most looking forward to in your new job?
There are a lot of things I'm looking forward to with this new job. From a LNU perspective, it's exciting to have access to all the subjective and more qualitative data that isn't available in the population registers I've mainly used in my research. Registries are an incredible asset, but they don't cover everything.
Read about Martin Hällsten's research on his profile page
Level of living survey (LNU)
LNU is a recurring survey in which a sample of Sweden's adult population is interviewed or fills out questionnaires about their living conditions.
The purpose of LNU is to study people's living conditions and how they change over time, for different groups of the population. LNU has been carried out seven times since 1968, most recently in 2020-22.
LNU is located at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University.
Project leaders for LNU are Carina Mood, professor of sociology and Michael Tåhlin, professor of sociology.
Read more about LNU on the SOFI website (in Swedish)
Conditions for data disclosure and rules for using LNU data (in Swedish)
Last updated: May 21, 2024
Source: REWHARD