Level
Information can be found on three different levels:
- The five chapters of the Social Report. You have access to these at any time through the menu bar on top.
- Each chapter is subdivided into 15 indicators. The indicators consist of diagrams, which appear as vignettes on this level and which can be clicked individually.
- Each indicator is represented by up to nine diagrams where the data are explained in detail. From the diagrams, you have access to the data.
The data are available in Excel format. These files can be opened with Excel or other statistical programs too, as well as with the freeware ‘open office‘: www.openoffice.org.
Use of the Data
Use of the data is allowed providing complete details of the source are given. These should include the source given in the diagrams and a reference to this publication. The editors will accept no responsibility in the case of misuse of the data.
List of Abbreviations
General
- AGES
- LAbour, GEneration, Stratification Research Group, University of Zurich
- AHV
- Old-age and survivors’ insurance (Alters- und Hinterlassenenversicherung)
- ARE
- Federal Office for Spatial Development
- BEVNAT
- Statistics on Natural Population Change (Vital Statistics)
- COCON
- Swiss Survey of Children and Youths
- CPA
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- ESPOP
- Annual Population Statistics
- ES
- Employment Statistics
- ESS
- European Social Survey
- ETHL
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
- EU
- European Union
- Eurostat
- Statistical Office of the European Communities
- FOC
- Federal Office for Cultural Affairs
- FOEN
- Federal Office for the Environment
- FORS
- Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences
- FOSPO
- Federal Office for Sport
- FTA
- Federal Tax Administration
- GRSS
- SFSO’s Total Social Security Accounts
- ILO
- International Labour Organisation
- ISCED
- International Standard Classification of Education
- ISSP
- International Social Survey Programme
- IV
- Invalidity insurance (Invalidenversicherung)
- MOSAiCH
- ‘Measurement and Observation of Social Attitudes in Switzerland’ Survey
- NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OPET
- Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology
- PETRA
- Statistic on Foreign Population
- PISA
- Programme for International Students Assessment
- SBB
- Swiss Federal Railways
- Seco
- State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
- Selects
- Swiss Electoral Studies
- SFSO
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- SHARE
- Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe
- SHP
- Swiss Household Panel
- SILC
- Statistic on Income and Living Conditions
- SKOS
- Swiss Conference on Social Assistance
- SLFS
- Swiss Labour Force Survey
- SNSF
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- STATPOP
- Statistics of Population and Households
- TREE
- Transitions from Education to Employment
- UNECE
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- UNEP
- United Nations Environmental Programme
- UNESCO
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
- UNO
- United Nations Organisation
- US-CID
- U.S. ‘Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy’ Survey
- Voxit
- Standardised Version of the VOX Survey on Swiss federal popular votes
- VZ
- Swiss Federal Population Census
- WEMF
- Advertising Media Research
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
- CH
- Switzerland
- DE
- Germany
- ES
- Spain
- FR
- France
- SE
- Sweden
- UK
- United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)
- US
- USA, United States of America
Political Parties
- BDP
- Conservative Democratic Party. Splintered from the SVP in 2008 and founded as a national party
- 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. 2009: Fusion of the FDP and LPS at the national level under the title “FDP.The Liberals”
- FGA
- Feminist und Green-alternative groups (Summary term, 1975-2010)
- FPS
- Freedom Party of Switzerland (1985-1994: Swiss Automobile Party, AP)
- GLP
- Green Liberal Party of Switzerland. Splintered from the GP Zurich in 2004 and founded as a national party in 2007
- GPS
- Green Party of Switzerland, The Greens
- LdU
- Alliance of Independents (1936-1999)
- Lega
- Ticino League
- LPS
- Liberal Party of Switzerland. 2009: Fusion of the FDP and LPS at the national level under the title “FDP.The Liberals”
- MCR
- Mouvement Citoyens Romands (MCG: Mouvement Citoyens Genevois)
- PdA
- Swiss Party of Labour
- POCH
- Progressive Organisations of Switzerland (1973-1993)
- PSA
- Partito socialista autonomo (TI). Since 1992: Member of the SPS
- PSA-SJ
- Parti socialiste autonome du Sud du Jura
- Rep.
- Republicans
- SD
- Swiss Democrats (1961-1990: Nationale Aktion)
- Sol.
- Solidarity
- SPS
- Social-Democratic Party of Switzerland
- SVP
- Swiss People’s Party