Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Göran Gustafsson - Lund University, Department of Sociology
Description
The survey was conducted by SIFO on behalf of the Estonia group at the Swedish Church Research Secretariat in Uppsala. The study was conducted over a two week period about two months after the sinking of the ferry M/S Estonia on the 28th of September 1994. The ship was wrecked in a heavy storm during its journey from Tallinn, Estonia to Stockholm, Sweden. On board were 989 people, of which 852 lives were claimed.The accident is the largest ship disaster in peacetime in the Nordic seas of all time. After the sinking of the Estonia, a variety of efforts were made by various organizations, to help and assist in the difficult situation. The study was aimed to investigate what attitude the public had to the Church of Sweden after its response to the ferry disaster. Questions were asked about religious activity, sense of belonging to the Church of Sweden, altered perception of the Church of Sweden's role in society after the Estonia disaster, and religious activities as a result of the sinking of the Estonia. Respondents also had its approach to a number of statements about the religious dimensions
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Swedish
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Department of Theology
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 15 years or older
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1994-11-14 – 1994-11-24
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Research area
Social behaviour and attitudes, Religion and values
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Sociology, Religious Studies
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Gustafsson, G. & Ahlin, L. (1995). Två undersökningar om Estonia och religionen. Lund: Department of Theology, Lund University.
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Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Göran Gustafsson - Lund University, Department of Sociology
Keywords
religion, human behaviour, interpersonal relations, religious attendance, church, customs and traditions, life events, religious beliefs, religious practice, church of sweden
Time period(s) investigated
1994-11-14 – 1994-11-24
Variables
29
Number of individuals/objects
1974