The National SOM Survey 1988

This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey

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Description:

The questionnaire for the third study in the series of annual SOM-surveys was divided into six subject fields: Mass media, politics and society, energy and nuclear power, Sweden´s relation to other countries, residential environment and interests, and social background and music habits. The SOM surveys contains a core of questions asked in earlier SOM-surveys. New questions in SOM88 dealt with the respondent´s opinion on best coverage of specific issues in different mass media and their opinion on publication of names in connection with crimes, accidents and personal relationships. The respondents had to indicate if they agreed or disagreed with a number of statements about the way Swedish journalists do their work. A number of questions dealt with the hearings held by the Swedish parliamentary standing committee on the constitution in connection with the so called Ebbe Carlsson-affair. Other questions dealt with mass media coverage of foreign submarine offence of Swedish territory. Furthermore the respondents had to value the political parties concerning aid to developing countries, defence i

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Subject area:

leisure, tourism and sport, international politics and organisations, media, environment and conservation, energy and natural resources, political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political Science, Social Sciences, Media Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

elections, mass media, defence, participation, political party, public sector, organizations, international relations, energy, environment, leisure time, quality of life, political interest, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, membership, state control, leisure time activities, television news, theatre attendance, nuclear wastes, equipment, local press, professional ethics, political leaders, foreign policy, privatization, economic conditions, risk, internal politics, CORS

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

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SND-ID: SND 0264

Alternative title:

Riks-SOM 1988

Purpose:

The main purpose is to establish time series that enable researchers to analyse how various changes in society affect people's attitudes and behaviour.

Description:

The questionnaire for the third study in the series of annual SOM-surveys was divided into six subject fields: Mass media, politics and society, energy and nuclear power, Sweden´s relation to other countries, residential environment and interests, and social background and music habits. The SOM surveys contains a core of questions asked in earlier SOM-surveys. New questions in SOM88 dealt with the respondent´s opinion on best coverage of specific issues in different mass media and their opinion on publication of names in connection with crimes, accidents and personal relationships. The respondents had to indicate if they agreed or disagreed with a number of statements about the way Swedish journalists do their work. A number of questions dealt with the hearings held by the Swedish parliamentary standing committee on the constitution in connection with the so called Ebbe Carlsson-affair. Other questions dealt with mass media coverage of foreign submarine offence of Swedish territory. Furthermore the respondents had to value the political parties concerning aid to developing countries, defence i

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Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

1988

Instrument:

Questionnaire National SOM 1988 (Semi-structured questionnaire)

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit:

County (NUTS3)

Highest geographic unit:

Country

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Swedish citizens aged 15-75 years and residing in Sweden

Time Method:

Sampling procedure:

Probability: Simple random

Subject area:

leisure, tourism and sport, international politics and organisations, media, environment and conservation, energy and natural resources, political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political Science, Social Sciences, Media Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

elections, mass media, defence, participation, political party, public sector, organizations, international relations, energy, environment, leisure time, quality of life, political interest, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, membership, state control, leisure time activities, television news, theatre attendance, nuclear wastes, equipment, local press, professional ethics, political leaders, foreign policy, privatization, economic conditions, risk, internal politics, CORS

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The National SOM survey

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Questionnaire (Swedish)

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Publications

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Björkqvist, Karin (1989) SOM-undersökningen 1988 : metod, frågeformulär, kodbok. SOM report no 3. Göteborg: Department of Political Science.
SOM Institute publications

Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (1989) Åttiotal : Svensk opinion i empirisk belysning. SOM report no 4. Göteborg: Department of Political Science.
SOM Institute publications

Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (1995) Swedish Opinion. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN 91-972694-0-9.
SOM Institute publications

Oscarsson, Henrik (ed.) (2003) Demokratitrender. SOM report no. 32. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN 91-89673-02-6.
Libris SOM Institute publications

Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (2004) Swedish Trends 1986-2004. Göteborg: SOM Institute.

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:

1991-10-01 doi:10.5878/002377

Available documentation:

Codebook (Swedish)

The National SOM Survey 1988

Citation:

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute. University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science (1991). The National SOM Survey 1988. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002377

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 1988-10-12 — 1988-12-12

Data collector: University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

310

Number of individuals/objects:

2448

Response rate/participation rate:

69%