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The National SOM Survey 2020

SND-ID: 2021-21

This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey

Alternative title

Riks-SOM 2020

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Description

In order to identify how the evolution of society affects Swedes’ attitudes and behaviour, the SOM Institute started its National SOM study in 1986. National SOM addresses three areas - society, opinion and mass media - and consists of several parallel surveys. All surveys include a large number of questions related to politics, society, media and social background, but their areas of focus differ.

In 2020, six different questionnaires were distributed.

The main purpose is to establish time series that enable researchers to analyse how various changes in society affect people's attitudes and behaviour.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

SOM Institute

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

Yes

Sensitive personal data

Yes

Type of personal data

Names of politicians included in question 38-39, risk of re-identification in the original dataset.

Ethics Review

Gothenburg - Ref. 130-15

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 16-85 years and residing in Sweden

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random
Six randomised sub samples of 3750 individuals each.

Time period(s) investigated

2020

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

County (NUTS3)

Highest geographic unit

Country

Topic and keywords

Research area

Income, property and investment/saving, HEALTH, General health and well-being, Energy and natural resources, POLITICS, Political behaviour and attitudes, Elections, Government, political systems and organisations, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND SYSTEMS, Social welfare policy, SOCIETY AND CULTURE, Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies), Media and Communications, Media Studies, Other Social Sciences, Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified, Information Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

mass media, population migration, energy, social welfare, trust, political interest, nuclear energy, public services, television viewing, internet, mobile communication, internal politics, cors

Publications

Andersson, U., Carlander, A., Grusell, M., & Öhberg, P. (2021). Ingen anledning till oro (?) : SOM-undersökningen 2020. https://gup.ub.gu.se/publication/309574
ISBN: 9789189673496

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Dataset
The National SOM Survey 2020

Version 2

2023-03-01
https://doi.org/10.5878/bte8-rd14

Variable(s) aggregated : län, fackforb

Variable(s) added : samhällsgrupp

Variable(s) removed : mtidn1, mtidn2, anparti, aarsmod, anutb1, anutb2, kommun, f168, f169, f170, f171, ssyk, ssyk96

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Citation

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2023). The National SOM Survey 2020. Swedish National Data Service. Version 2. https://doi.org/10.5878/bte8-rd14

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Text

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2020-09-07–2020-12-21
  • Data collector: Institutet för kvalitetsindikatorer - Indikator
  • Sample size: 22500
  • Number of responses: 11127
  • Cause of non response - No contact/refusal: 10633
  • Cause of non response - Respondent unable to participate: 740
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

1014

Number of individuals/objects

11127

Response rate/participation rate

51%

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The National SOM survey

Published: 2022-04-01
Last updated: 2023-03-01