This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
Description
In 1986 a series of annual surveys were initiated at the Department of Political Science, Göteborg University. It was called the SOM survey, where SOM stands for Society, Opinions and Mass media. The survey was a result of collaboration between nine different research projects at the department. The questionnaire used was divided into seven subject fields: Mass media, politics and society, energy and nuclear power, Sweden's relation to other countries, residential environment, interests and leisure activities, and social background.
The questions about mass media dealt with how often the respondent watch different television programs, morning paper reading habits, and the occurrence of incorrect and misleading information in mass media.
In the politics and society section you could find questions about the respondent´s confidence in different institutions and groups. The respondents had to give their opinion on a number of proposals occurring in the political debate, they had to place themselves on the political left-right scale, and the political parties and the party leaders on a like-disli
Subject area
Energy and natural resources, Environment and conservation, International politics and organisations, Political behaviour and attitudes, Media, Leisure, tourism and sport
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Media Studies
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
developing countries, elections, housing, mass media, defence, participation, political party, public sector, international relations, energy, environment, culture, planning, leisure time, trust, political interest, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, television news, television programmes, energy policy, nuclear wastes, radioactive wastes, equipment, local press, professional ethics, risk, internal politics, political leaders, leisure time activities, values, CORS
Principal organisation
Accessibility status
Responsible department/unit
University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
Identifiers
SND-ID: SND 0216
Alternative title
Riks-SOM 1986
Description
In 1986 a series of annual surveys were initiated at the Department of Political Science, Göteborg University. It was called the SOM survey, where SOM stands for Society, Opinions and Mass media. The survey was a result of collaboration between nine different research projects at the department. The questionnaire used was divided into seven subject fields: Mass media, politics and society, energy and nuclear power, Sweden's relation to other countries, residential environment, interests and leisure activities, and social background.
The questions about mass media dealt with how often the respondent watch different television programs, morning paper reading habits, and the occurrence of incorrect and misleading information in mass media.
In the politics and society section you could find questions about the respondent´s confidence in different institutions and groups. The respondents had to give their opinion on a number of proposals occurring in the political debate, they had to place themselves on the political left-right scale, and the political parties and the party leaders on a like-disli
Language
Swedish
Time period(s) investigated
1986
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
County (NUTS3)
Highest geographic unit
Country
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 15-75 years and residing in Sweden
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Subject area
Energy and natural resources, Environment and conservation, International politics and organisations, Political behaviour and attitudes, Media, Leisure, tourism and sport
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Media Studies
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
developing countries, elections, housing, mass media, defence, participation, political party, public sector, international relations, energy, environment, culture, planning, leisure time, trust, political interest, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, television news, television programmes, energy policy, nuclear wastes, radioactive wastes, equipment, local press, professional ethics, risk, internal politics, political leaders, leisure time activities, values, CORS
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Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (1995) Swedish Opinion. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN 91-972694-0-9.
SOM Institute publications
ISBN:
91-972694-0-9
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
Berg O. (2008) Attityder kring kärnkraft i Sverige : en studie av förändringar i attityder från folkomröstningen 1980 fram till år 2006. C-uppsats, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet
Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (1987) SOM-undersökningen 1986 : genomföranda, deltagare, huvudresultat. SOM report no 1. Göteborg: Department of Political Science.
SOM Institute publications
ISSN:
0284-4788
Oscarsson, Henrik (ed.) (2003) Demokratitrender. SOM report no. 32. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN 91-89673-02-6.
Libris
SOM Institute publications
ISBN:
91-89673-02-6
ISSN:
0284-4788
Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (2004) Swedish Trends 1986-2004. Göteborg: SOM Institute.
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 1986-10-14 — 1986-12-20
Data collector: Statistics Sweden
Instrument: Questionnaire National SOM 1986 (Structured questionnaire)
Source of the data: Population group
Variables
278
Number of individuals/objects
2475
Response rate/participation rate
68