The National SOM Survey 1989
This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey
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This dataset contains information from the fourth SOM-survey. The questionnaire was divided into seven subject fields: mass media; politics and society; energy, nuclear power and environment; Sweden's relation to other countries; residential environment, local conditions and leisure; radio listening; and background. Many of the questions are replications of questions asked in previous SOM-surveys, but there is also a number of questions not asked in previous surveys. The respondents had to give their opinion on how seriously a number of risks threaten life and health of the Swedish people. There are a number of questions concerning the European Community: the respondent´s opinion on mass media coverage of the EC-issue; the opinion on a Swedish membership´s influence on the environment, labour market, social security, economic development and the Swedish neutrality; and the attitude of the political parties toward a Swedish approach to the EC. The respondents had to indicate how satisfied they were with the local authority services in a number of areas. Other questions dealt with radio listeni
... Show more..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:
housing, mass media, defence, political party, organizations, energy, trust, political interest, local government services, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, membership, listening to the radio, radio stations, leisure time activities, television news, equipment, professional ethics, political leaders, journalism, advertising, press advertising, health risks, political influence, economic conditions, internal politics, CORS
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SND-ID: SND 0279
Alternative title:
Riks-SOM 1989
Purpose:
Description:
This dataset contains information from the fourth SOM-survey. The questionnaire was divided into seven subject fields: mass media; politics and society; energy, nuclear power and environment; Sweden's relation to other countries; residential environment, local conditions and leisure; radio listening; and background. Many of the questions are replications of questions asked in previous SOM-surveys, but there is also a number of questions not asked in previous surveys. The respondents had to give their opinion on how seriously a number of risks threaten life and health of the Swedish people. There are a number of questions concerning the European Community: the respondent´s opinion on mass media coverage of the EC-issue; the opinion on a Swedish membership´s influence on the environment, labour market, social security, economic development and the Swedish neutrality; and the attitude of the political parties toward a Swedish approach to the EC. The respondents had to indicate how satisfied they were with the local authority services in a number of areas. Other questions dealt with radio listeni
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Swedish
Time period(s) investigated:
1989
Instrument:
Questionnaire National SOM 1989 (Structured questionnaire)
Geographic spread:
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit:
County (NUTS3)
Highest geographic unit:
Country
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Population:
Individuals aged 15-75 years and residing in Sweden
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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:
housing, mass media, defence, political party, organizations, energy, trust, political interest, local government services, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, membership, listening to the radio, radio stations, leisure time activities, television news, equipment, professional ethics, political leaders, journalism, advertising, press advertising, health risks, political influence, economic conditions, internal politics, CORS
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Publications
Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (1990) Medier och opinion i Sverige : SOM-undersökningen 1989. SOM report no 5. Göteborg: Department of Political Science and Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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.
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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:10.5878/002376
The National SOM Survey 1989
Citation:
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute. University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication (1991). The National SOM Survey 1989. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002376
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Numeric
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Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 1989-10-26 — 1990-02-08
Data collector: IMU-Testologen AB
Source of the data: Population group
Variables:
289
Number of individuals/objects:
2409
Response rate/participation rate:
66%