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
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