Swedish election study 1968

This study is part of the collection Swedish Election Studies - Parliamentary elections

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Bo Särlvik - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Description:

The 1968 election study is almost twice as big as the earlier election studies, largely because of the goal of the survey, which was to cover the system of representation. A separate study, addressed to the Members of Parliament, included similar questions put in this study of the electorate. In this way a comparison of the opinions of the electorate and the opinions of the MP´s is possible. Except the questions repeated in all election studies, this study includes questions on employment, public representation on bank boards, agricultural policy, income tax, privately-owned TV-companies, religion, aid to developing countries, defence expenditures, and the Common Market. There are also a number of questions about how different groups are treated by the authorities. It also includes questions about the respondent´s sympathies for different groups in society. This study also introduces the left-right scale, a ten degree scale on which the respondent positions the political parties according to the respondent´s opinion of the party as a left-wing, centre or right-wing party. The 1968 study is the

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Subject area:

media, political ideology, political behaviour and attitudes, government, political systems and organisations, elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

developing countries, elections, housing, mass media, defence, occupations, participation, political party, politics, public sector, religion, social mobility, trade unions, taxes, organizations, regionalism, agriculture, ethics, international relations, voting, internal politics, CORS

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Bo Särlvik - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0039

Alternative title:

VU68

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.

Description:

The 1968 election study is almost twice as big as the earlier election studies, largely because of the goal of the survey, which was to cover the system of representation. A separate study, addressed to the Members of Parliament, included similar questions put in this study of the electorate. In this way a comparison of the opinions of the electorate and the opinions of the MP´s is possible. Except the questions repeated in all election studies, this study includes questions on employment, public representation on bank boards, agricultural policy, income tax, privately-owned TV-companies, religion, aid to developing countries, defence expenditures, and the Common Market. There are also a number of questions about how different groups are treated by the authorities. It also includes questions about the respondent´s sympathies for different groups in society. This study also introduces the left-right scale, a ten degree scale on which the respondent positions the political parties according to the respondent´s opinion of the party as a left-wing, centre or right-wing party. The 1968 study is the

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Language:

English

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

1968-08-01 — 1968-10-31

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden

Highest geographic unit:

Country

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Individuals born 1884-1947, residing in Sweden and eligible to vote in the parliamentary election 1968

Time Method:

Sampling procedure:

The sample was drawn from Statistics Sweden Survey Research Centre's sampling framework. The framework consisted of a nation-wide set of primary sampling units which provide the framework for a 'general purpose' two- stage population sample.

Subject area:

media, political ideology, political behaviour and attitudes, government, political systems and organisations, elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

developing countries, elections, housing, mass media, defence, occupations, participation, political party, politics, public sector, religion, social mobility, trade unions, taxes, organizations, regionalism, agriculture, ethics, international relations, voting, internal politics, CORS

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Related research data in SND's catalogue:

Swedish election study 1991

Available documentation:

Mail questionnaire 1968 Stage A (Swedish)

Questionnaire 1968 Stage B (Swedish)

Questionnaire 1968 Stage A (Swedish)

Questionnaire 1968 Stage A+B (English)

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Petersson, O. (1975) Change in Swedish political behavior. Göteborg studies in politics, 5. Göteborg: Department of Political Science. ISBN: 91-40-04067-4.
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Petersson, O. (1975) Social class and electorial change : Sweden 1956-1973. Uppsala: Department of Political Science.

Särlvik, B. (1970) Electoral Behavior in the Swedish Multiparty System, Göteborg: Department of Political Science.
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Särlvik, B. (1970) Intervjuundersökning rörande valet till andra kammaren 1968. In Riksdagsmannavalen 1965-1968. 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.

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.
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Version 1.0:

1986-10-01 doi:10.5878/002502

Available documentation:

Codebook 1968 (Swedish)

Swedish election study 1968

Citation:

Bo Särlvik, Statistics Sweden. University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science (1986). Swedish election study 1968. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002502

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 1968-08-01 — 1968-10-31

Data collector: Statistics Sweden

Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results, Population group

Variables:

532

Number of individuals/objects:

3356