Swedish election study 1964
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Statistics Sweden
Bo Särlvik - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Description
The 1964 election study was the start of a three-stage panel in which the same respondents were interviewed at the elections of 1964, 1968 and 1970. Questions were asked about newspaper reading, attention to election programs in television and other features of the election campaign, such as election meetings and election pamphlets, and the consequences of a change in government. The respondents had to point out issues they wanted their party to work for in the immediate future, and also the most important things the party had accomplished earlier. Respondents were also asked to give their opinion on the governments handling of the Wennerström spy-affair, and to give a judgement of the possibilities for young people to get education, the hospitals and medical care, housing conditions, social care for the aged, and unemployment benefits. There were also a number of questions about the general supplementary pension scheme.
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 wit
Subject area
Media, Political behaviour and attitudes, Elections, Government, political systems and organisations
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
developing countries, elections, housing, mass media, occupations, participation, political party, politics, public sector, religion, social mobility, regionalism, pensions, voting, political interest, political behaviour, party identification, voting behaviour, election broadcasting, government policy, political allegiance, internal politics, election campaigns, trade unions, organizations, political attitudes, CORS
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Responsible department/unit
University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Statistics Sweden
Bo Särlvik - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Identifiers
SND-ID: SND 0007
Alternative title
VU64
Description
The 1964 election study was the start of a three-stage panel in which the same respondents were interviewed at the elections of 1964, 1968 and 1970. Questions were asked about newspaper reading, attention to election programs in television and other features of the election campaign, such as election meetings and election pamphlets, and the consequences of a change in government. The respondents had to point out issues they wanted their party to work for in the immediate future, and also the most important things the party had accomplished earlier. Respondents were also asked to give their opinion on the governments handling of the Wennerström spy-affair, and to give a judgement of the possibilities for young people to get education, the hospitals and medical care, housing conditions, social care for the aged, and unemployment benefits. There were also a number of questions about the general supplementary pension scheme.
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 wit
Language
English
Swedish
Time period(s) investigated
1964-08-31 — 1964-10-12
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 21-80 years, residing in Sweden and eligible to vote in the parliamentary election 1964
Time Method
Funding
The parliament
Subject area
Media, Political behaviour and attitudes, Elections, Government, political systems and organisations
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
developing countries, elections, housing, mass media, occupations, participation, political party, politics, public sector, religion, social mobility, regionalism, pensions, voting, political interest, political behaviour, party identification, voting behaviour, election broadcasting, government policy, political allegiance, internal politics, election campaigns, trade unions, organizations, political attitudes, CORS
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Publications
Särlvik, B. (1965) 'Intervjuundersökningen'. In Riksdagsmannavalen 1961-1964. Del 2 (SOS). Stockholm: Statistics Sweden.
Elinder, M. (2008) Essays on Economic Voting, Cognitive Dissonance and Trust. Uppsala : Department of Economics, Univ. ISBN: 978-91-85519-20-0.
ISSN:
0283-7668
ISBN:
978-91-85519-20-0
Särlvik, B. (1970) Electoral Behavior in the Swedish Multiparty System, Göteborg: Department of Political Science.
Libris
Google Books
Holmberg, Sören (2000) Partidemokrati : en sammanfattning av några resultat från valundersökningarna 1956-1998. Stockholm: Statistics Sweden.
Petersson, O. (1975) Change in Swedish political behavior. Göteborg studies in politics, 5. Göteborg: Department of Political Science. ISBN: 91-40-04067-4.
Libris
Google Books
ISBN:
9789140040671
Särlvik, B. (1968) Partibyten som mått på avstånd och dimensioner i partisystemet. Särtryck ur Sociologisk Forskning, no. 1, 1968
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
ISBN:
91-628-3000-7
ISSN:
0346-5942
Petersson, O. (1975) Social class and electorial change : Sweden 1956-1973. Uppsala: Department of Political Science.
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1984-10-01
https://doi.org/10.5878/002504
Swedish election study 1964
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Statistics Sweden
Bo Särlvik - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview
Time period(s) for data collection: 1964-08-31 — 1964-09-20
Data collector: Statistics Sweden
Instrument: Semi-structured questionnaire
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results, Population group
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 1964-09-22 — 1964-10-22
Data collector: Statistics Sweden
Instrument: Semi-structured questionnaire
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results, Population group
Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview
Time period(s) for data collection: 1964-09-22 — 1964-10-12
Data collector: Statistics Sweden
Instrument: Semi-structured questionnaire
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results, Population group
Variables
219
Number of individuals/objects
3109
Response rate/participation rate
92