Swedish opinion 1979-1985

SND-ID: SND 0099

This study is part of the collection Swedish opinion

Alternative title

SVOP79-85

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Gunnar Boalt - Stiftelsen för Opinionsanalyser

Gunnar Ekman - Stiftelsen för Opinionsanalyser

Sten Hultgren - Stiftelsen för Opinionsanalyser

Stiftelsen för Opinionsanalyser

Description

Swedish Opinion 1979-1985 is a merged version of the recurring questions in the Swedish Opinion surveys. Questions asked in three or more of the surveys are included. These questions deals with: work and working conditions; trade unions; the importance of a number of changes in one´s own personal conditions; the importances of a number of political issues; political party with best ideas to achieve improvements in a number of fields; opinion on the political parties; important factors when deciding how to vote; reading frequencies for a number of daily papers, weeklies and magazines; political opinion of daily papers read; interest in the political debate in mass media; interest in a number of activities; values in life; improvements wanted in one´s own life; bank savings; opinion on the influence a number of organizations and groups have in society. Background variables include information on marital status, income, occupation, housing, education and place of residence.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 17-80 years

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random

Time period(s) investigated

1979-04-01 – 1985-02-01

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Topic and keywords

Research area

Media, Working conditions, Political behaviour and attitudes, Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Publications

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Boalt, G. (1985) Vad vill väljarna? : åsiktsförskjutningarna 1979-1983. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell international. ISBN: 91-22-00736-9.
ISBN: 91-22-00736-9

Swedish Social Science Data Service (1985) Svenska folket 1979-1985 - sex enkäter från Stiftelsen för Opinionsanalyser. SSD report, 2. Göteborg: Swedish Social Science Data Service.

Boalt, G., & Hultgren, S. (1980) I svenskarnas ögon. Stockholm: LT Förlag. ISBN: 91-36-01651-9.
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ISBN: 9789136016512

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Dataset
Swedish opinion 1979-1985

Associated documentation

Version 1.0

Citation

Gunnar Boalt, Gunnar Ekman, Sten Hultgren, Stiftelsen för Opinionsanalyser (1985). Swedish opinion 1979-1985. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002606

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Gunnar Boalt - Stiftelsen för Opinionsanalyser

Gunnar Ekman - Stiftelsen för Opinionsanalyser

Sten Hultgren - Stiftelsen för Opinionsanalyser

Stiftelsen för Opinionsanalyser

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1979-04-01–1985-02-01
  • Data collector: Svenska Utredningsinstitutet
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

320

Number of individuals/objects

11359

Published: 1985-01-01
Last updated: 2019-02-06