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List of Abbreviations

General

AHV
Old-age and survivors' insurance (Alters- und Hinterlassenenversicherung)
ES
Employment Statistics
ESPOP
Annual Population Statistics
ESS
European Social Survey
ETHZ
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
EU
European Union
Eurostat
Statistical Office of the European Communities
FE
Further education
FOEN
Federal Office for the Environment
FORS
Swiss Foundation for Research in Social Sciences
Fr.
Swiss Francs (CHF)
GDR
German Democratic Republic (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR)
GRA
Foundation against Racism and Antisemitism
ICVS
International Crime and Victimisation Survey
ILO
International Labour Organisation
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISCED
International Standard Classification of Education
ISSP
International Social Survey Programme
IV
Invalidity insurance (Invalidenversicherung)
linguadult.ch
Linguistic Competence of Adult Population in Switzerland
LIS
Luxembourg Income Study
LSE
Wages Structure Survey
MOSAiCH
‘Measurement and Observation of Social Attitudes in Switzerland’ Survey
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PETRA
Statistic on Foreign Population
SBB
Swiss Federal Railways
Sec. I
Secondary level I
Sec. II
Secondary level II
Seco
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Selects
Swiss Electoral Studies
SFSO
Swiss Federal Statistical Office
SHP
Swiss Household Panel
SIDOS
Swiss Information and Data Archive Service for the Social Sciences
SILC
Statistic on Income and Living Conditions
SKOS
Swiss Conference on Social Assistance
SLFS
Swiss Labour Force Survey
SNSF
Swiss National Science Foundation
TREE
Transitions from Education to Employment
UNECE
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNO
United Nations Organisation
US-CID
U.S. ‘Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy’ Survey

Cantons

AG
Aargau
AI
Appenzell Innerrhoden
AR
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
BE
Bern
BL
Basel-Landschaft
BS
Basel-Stadt
FR
Fribourg
GE
Geneva
GL
Glarus
GR
Grisons
JU
Jura
LU
Lucerne
NE
Neuchâtel
NW
Nidwalden
OW
Obwalden
SG
Saint Gallen
SH
Schaffhausen
SO
Solothurn
SZ
Schwyz
TG
Thurgau
TI
Ticino
UR
Uri
VD
Vaud
VS
Valais
ZG
Zug
ZH
Zurich

Countries

AT
Austria
BE
Belgium
BG
Bulgaria
CA
Canada
CH
Switzerland
CL
Chile
CZ
Czech Republic
DE
Germany
DK
Denmark
ES
Spain
FI
Finland
FR
France
GB
Great-Britain (UK without Northern Ireland)
GR
Greece
IE
Ireland
IL
Israel
IT
Italy
JP
Japan
LT
Lithuania
LU
Luxembourg
LV
Latvia
MT
Malta
MX
Mexico
NL
Netherlands
NZ
New Zealand
PH
Philippines
PL
Poland
PT
Portugal
RU
Russia
SE
Sweden
SI
Slovenia
UK
United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)
US
USA, United States of America

Political Parties

CSP
Christian Social Party
CVP
Christian Democratic Party of Switzerland
EDU
Federal Democratic Union
EVP
Evangelical People's Party
FDP
Radical Party of Switzerland/ Free Democratic Party
FGA
Feminist und Green-alternative Groups
FPS
Freedom Party of Switzerland
GLP
Green Liberal Party of Switzerland
GPS
Green Party of Switzerland
LdU
Alliance of Independents
Lega
Ticino League
LPS
Liberal Party of Switzerland
PdA
Party of Labour
Poch
Progressive Organisations of Switzerland
PSA
Partito socialista autonomo (TI); Parti socialiste autonome du Sud du Jura
REP
Republicans
SD
Swiss Democrats
Sol
Solidarity
SPS
Social-Democratic Party of Switzerland
SVP
Swiss People's Party
Update: FORS