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The National SOM Survey 1995

SND-ID: SND 0511

This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey

Alternative title

Riks-SOM 1995

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Description

Since 1986 the research project ´Samhälle Opinion Massmedia´ (SOM) has been carrying out an annual nation-wide survey of Swedish opinions. This is accordingly the tenth survey in this series. 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. Most of the questions are replications of questions asked in one or several previous SOM-surveys. New questions dealt with: the importance of 37 different subject fields in a morning paper; local advertisement papers and other local papers containing news and offered free of charge; opinion on the Swedish EU membership; the influence of finance market on politics; opinion on a number of propositions how to improve the Swedish economy; confidence in the way work is done by a number of occupational groups; confidence in different groups in regard to environmental information; opinion on how much a number of measures could contribute to a better environment in Sweden. The respondents also had to state how often they used to

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Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

SOM Institute

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 15-80 years and residing in Sweden

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random

Time period(s) investigated

1995

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

County (NUTS3)

Highest geographic unit

Country

Topic and keywords

Research 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, population migration, participation, public sector, international relations, energy, environment, environmental degradation, trust, european union, local government services, nuclear energy, information sources, television channels, television news, radioactive wastes, equipment, privatization, financial markets, euthanasia, republic, recycling, internal politics, political parties, political leaders, leisure time activities, refugees, public health risks, wind energy, radio listening, cors

Publications

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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

Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (1997) Trends in Swedish opinion. Göteborg: SOM Insititute. ISBN 91-972694-6-8.
Libris | SO Institute publications
ISBN: 91-972694-6-8

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.) (2004) Swedish Trends 1986-2004. Göteborg: SOM Institute.

Jarlbro, Gunilla (ed.) (1996) Ungdomars opinioner. SOM report no. 15. Göteborg: SOM Insititute. ISBN 91-972694-2-5.
Libris | SOM Institute publications
ISBN: 91-972694-2-5

Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (1996) Mitt i nittiotalet : SOM-undersökningen 1995. SOM report no. 16. Göteborg: SOM Insititute. ISBN 91-972694-3-3.
Libris | SOM Institute publications
ISSN: 0284-4788
ISBN: 91-972694-3-3

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

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The National SOM Survey 1995

Associated documentation

Version 1.0

Citation

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (1997). The National SOM Survey 1995. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002353

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1995-10-10–1996-01-25
  • Data collector: Temo
  • Instrument: Questionnaire (Questionnaire)
  • Sample size: 2900
  • Number of responses: 1777
  • Non response size: 1123
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

493

Number of individuals/objects

1777

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The National SOM survey

Published: 1997-01-01
Last updated: 2019-10-18