A Swedish Survey on Sustainability and Consumer Finance
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Handelshögskolan i Stockholm - MISUM, Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 5 000 000 |
| Project duration | March 2022 - May 2026 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Financial Market Research |
| Call | Research on Financial markets 2022-2024 |
Important results from the project
The project aimed to design and conduct three survey studies within a representative panel of Swedes aged 18–65 during the period 2022–2025. The survey included questions on financial literacy, economic conditions, risk preferences, as well as a question bank on attitudes and expectations regarding the environment and sustainability from an investment perspective. The overall results have been published online on the Swedish House of Finance website: https://www.hhs.se/en/houseoffinance.
Expected long term effects
This is an initiative to collect data on household finances over an extended period of time, where funding from Vinnova has been crucial in launching the project. The data will be used in several research projects analyzing household attitudes toward sustainability and personal finance.
Approach and implementation
The project was carried out in collaboration with Statistics Sweden (SCB), which conducted the sampling and data collection by inviting 15,000 randomly selected respondents aged 18–65. In each subsequent survey wave, previous respondents were also invited to participate. The survey data are matched with register variables on SCB’s servers and analyzed in anonymized form.