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Swedish election study 1994

SND-ID: snd0570-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002514

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Citation

Alternative title

VU94

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Mikael Gilljam - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Statistics Sweden

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - Department of Political Science rorId

Description

This is the thirteenth election study carried out in Sweden in connection with a Swedish general election. Many of the questions are replications of questions asked in one or several of the previous surveys, but there are also a number of questions not asked before. The interview included questions on how much the respondent takes part of political matters in mass media; political interest in general and political discussions among family and friends; important issues when deciding how to vote; opinion on which of the smaller parties will receive at least 4% of the votes; and preferred formation of the government after the election. There were also a number of questions on the opinions of the political parties regarding: employment, environment, taxes, the Swedish economy, energy and nuclear power, foreign affairs and security policy, social safety, child care, EU, refugees, law and order, equality between men and women, and education. Political parties, party leaders and other key politicians, and different groups and organizations were to be placed on a scale ranging from strongly dislike to

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This is the thirteenth election study carried out in Sweden in connection with a Swedish general election. Many of the questions are replications of questions asked in one or several of the previous surveys, but there are also a number of questions not asked before. The interview included questions on how much the respondent takes part of political matters in mass media; political interest in general and political discussions among family and friends; important issues when deciding how to vote; opinion on which of the smaller parties will receive at least 4% of the votes; and preferred formation of the government after the election. There were also a number of questions on the opinions of the political parties regarding: employment, environment, taxes, the Swedish economy, energy and nuclear power, foreign affairs and security policy, social safety, child care, EU, refugees, law and order, equality between men and women, and education. Political parties, party leaders and other key politicians, and different groups and organizations were to be placed on a scale ranging from strongly dislike to strongly like. The respondents also had to state how much confidence they had in Swedish politicians and to give marks from -5 to +5 for different formations of government during the two last decades. They also had to indicate what they considered most important to fight against, unemployment or inflation, and to state their opinion on nuclear power. Furthermore there were a number of questions concerning a Swedish EU-membership: the opinion of the respondent, reason for being for/against a Swedish membership, opinion of different political parties. Other questions dealt with the kind of society preferred and how worrying for the future one considered following things to be: environmental damage, economic crise, situation in Russia, increasing number of refugees, unemployment, increasing violence, the risk of Sweden being included in a war, and the risk of Sweden being less democratic. The respondent also had to place people in general on three different scales concerning selfishness, trustworthiness, and knowledge what is best for themselves. The respondent also had to place herself/himself on all these scales. A number of questions dealt with party preference; vote in the September elections and at the EU referendum; things important when choosing party; votes in earlier elections. As in earlier election studies the respondent had to place the political parties on a political left-right scale. In this survey the political parties also had to be placed on a green dimension scale, a EU-opinion scale, a refugee acceptance scale, and a equality between men and women scale. The respondent also had to place herself/himself on all these scales.

Purpose:

Explain why people vote as they do and why an election ends in a particular way. Track and follow trends in the Swedish electoral democracy and make comparisons with other countries. Show less..

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Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 18-80 years, residing in Sweden and eligible to vote in the parliamentary election 1994

Time Method

Time period(s) investigated

1994-08 – 1994-11

Variables

548

Number of individuals/objects

3341

Data format / data structure

Data collection

Data collection 1

  • Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1994-08-22 – 1994-09-17
  • Data collector: Statistics Sweden
  • Instrument: Questionnaire stage A (Structured questionnaire)
  • Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results, Population group, Registers/Records/Accounts

Data collection 2

  • Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1994-09-19 – 1994-11-20
  • Data collector: Statistics Sweden
  • Instrument: Questionnaire stage B (Structured questionnaire)
  • Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results, Population group, Registers/Records/Accounts

Data collection 3

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: e-mail
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1994-09-19 – 1994-11-20
  • Data collector: Statistics Sweden
  • Instrument: Mail questionnaire (Structured questionnaire)
  • Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results, Population group, Registers/Records/Accounts
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

Constituency

Highest geographic unit

Country

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Political Science

Topic and keywords

Research area

Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Political science (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Elections, Politics, Voting intention, Voting, Parliamentary elections, Political interest, Election broadcasting, Government policy, Political allegiance, Political participation, Government, Electors, Internal politics, Party politics, Political parties, Social policy, Political leaders, Election campaigns, Electoral issues, Opposition parties, Political attitudes, Trust in government, Political issues, Lobbying, Cors

Publications

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Gilljam, M., & Holmberg, S. (1995) Så röstade väljarna. In Allmänna valen 1994. Del 3 (SOS). Stockholm: Statistics Sweden.

Gilljam, M., & Holmberg, S. (1995) Väljarnas val. Stockholm : Fritze. ISBN: 91-38-50504-5.
Libris
ISBN: 91-38-50504-5
ISSN: 0347-9366

Elinder, M. (2008) Essays on Economic Voting, Cognitive Dissonance and Trust. Uppsala : Department of Economics, Univ. ISBN: 978-91-85519-20-0.
ISBN: 978-91-85519-20-0
ISSN: 0283-7668

Holmberg, Sören (2000) Partidemokrati : en sammanfattning av några resultat från valundersökningarna 1956-1998. Stockholm: Statistics Sweden.

Oscarsson, H. (1998) Den svenska partirymden : Väljarnas uppfattningar av konfliktstrukturen i partisystemet 1956-1996. Göteborg : Department of Political Science. ISBN: 91-628-3000-7.
Libris
ISSN: 0346-5942
ISBN: 91-628-3000-7

Arndt, C. (2013). The Electoral Consequences of Third Way Welfare State Reforms: Social Democracy's Transformation and its Political Costs. Amsterdam University Press.
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ISBN: 978-90-8964-450-3

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Version 1.0. 1997-11-28

Version 1.0: 1997-11-28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002514

Published: 1997-11-28
Last updated: 2023-09-21