The National SOM Survey 1988
This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
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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media, environment and conservation, energy and natural resources, political behaviour and attitudes, international politics and organisations, leisure, tourism and sport
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, 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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University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
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SND-ID: SND 0264
Alternative title:
Riks-SOM 1988
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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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
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Population:
Swedish citizens aged 15-75 years and residing in Sweden
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Subject area:
media, environment and conservation, energy and natural resources, political behaviour and attitudes, international politics and organisations, leisure, tourism and sport
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, 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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Publications
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
The National SOM Survey 1988
Suggested 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
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: 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%