The National SOM Survey 1993

This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey

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Description:

This dataset contains information from SOM-survey 1993, the eighth study in a series of annual surveys. The questionnaire was divided into six subject fields: mass media; politics and society; energy, nuclear power and environment; Sweden and the rest of the world; leisure; 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. These questions deals with thoughts of giving up morning paper subscription; confidence in a number of Swedish mass media; impression of morning television; interest in a number of political areas; opinion on family policy; and opinion on a number of statements concerning the regional division of Sweden. The respondents also had to indicate how threatening they considered a number of environmental problem, and to give their opinion on how seriously a number of risks threaten their own life and health. Furthermore the respondents had to indicate the importance of a number of circumstances when giving refugees residence permit in Sweden, and also give their o

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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, public sector, international relations, energy, environment, leisure time, internal politics, CORS

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0465

Alternative title:

Riks-SOM 1993

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:

This dataset contains information from SOM-survey 1993, the eighth study in a series of annual surveys. The questionnaire was divided into six subject fields: mass media; politics and society; energy, nuclear power and environment; Sweden and the rest of the world; leisure; 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. These questions deals with thoughts of giving up morning paper subscription; confidence in a number of Swedish mass media; impression of morning television; interest in a number of political areas; opinion on family policy; and opinion on a number of statements concerning the regional division of Sweden. The respondents also had to indicate how threatening they considered a number of environmental problem, and to give their opinion on how seriously a number of risks threaten their own life and health. Furthermore the respondents had to indicate the importance of a number of circumstances when giving refugees residence permit in Sweden, and also give their o

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Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

1993

Instrument:

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit:

County (NUTS3)

Highest geographic unit:

Country

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Individuals aged 15-80 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, public sector, international relations, energy, environment, leisure time, internal politics, CORS

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The National SOM survey

Available documentation:

Questionnaire (Swedish)

Codebook (Swedish)

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Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (1994) Vägval : SOM-undersökningen 1993. SOM report no. 11. Göteborg: SOM Institute.
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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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:

1994-11-01 doi:10.5878/002355

The National SOM Survey 1993

Citation:

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (1994). The National SOM Survey 1993. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002355

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 1993-10-15 — 1994-01-20

Data collector: SIFO-Ronneby

Sample size: 2800

Number of responses: 1857

Non response size: 943

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

461

Number of individuals/objects:

1857

Response rate/participation rate:

70%