Swedish election study 1994

SND-ID: SND 0570

This study is part of the collection Swedish Election Studies - Parliamentary elections

Alternative title

VU94

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Mikael Gilljam - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Statistics Sweden

Description

This is the thirteenth election study carried out in Sweden in connection with a Swedish general election. Many of the questions are replications of questions asked in one or several of the previous surveys, but there are also a number of questions not asked before. The interview included questions on how much the respondent takes part of political matters in mass media; political interest in general and political discussions among family and friends; important issues when deciding how to vote; opinion on which of the smaller parties will receive at least 4% of the votes; and preferred formation of the government after the election. There were also a number of questions on the opinions of the political parties regarding: employment, environment, taxes, the Swedish economy, energy and nuclear power, foreign affairs and security policy, social safety, child care, EU, refugees, law and order, equality between men and women, and education. Political parties, party leaders and other key politicians, and different groups and organizations were to be placed on a scale ranging from strongly dislike to

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Language

English

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

Department of Political Science

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 18-80 years, residing in Sweden and eligible to vote in the parliamentary election 1994

Time period(s) investigated

1994-08 – 1994-11

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

Constituency

Highest geographic unit

Country

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.
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ISSN: 0346-5942
ISBN: 91-628-3000-7

Elinder, M. (2008) Essays on Economic Voting, Cognitive Dissonance and Trust. Uppsala : Department of Economics, Univ. ISBN: 978-91-85519-20-0.
ISBN: 978-91-85519-20-0
ISSN: 0283-7668

Gilljam, M., & Holmberg, S. (1995) Så röstade väljarna. In Allmänna valen 1994. Del 3 (SOS). Stockholm: Statistics Sweden.

Arndt, C. (2013). The Electoral Consequences of Third Way Welfare State Reforms: Social Democracy's Transformation and its Political Costs. Amsterdam University Press.
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ISBN: 978-90-8964-450-3

Gilljam, M., & Holmberg, S. (1995) Väljarnas val. Stockholm : Fritze. ISBN: 91-38-50504-5.
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ISBN: 91-38-50504-5
ISSN: 0347-9366

Holmberg, Sören (2000) Partidemokrati : en sammanfattning av några resultat från valundersökningarna 1956-1998. Stockholm: Statistics Sweden.

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Dataset
Swedish election study 1994

Version 1.0

Citation

Sören Holmberg, Mikael Gilljam, Statistics Sweden. University of Gothenburg (1997). Swedish election study 1994. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002514

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Mikael Gilljam - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Statistics Sweden

Data collection 1

  • Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1994-08-22–1994-09-17
  • Data collector: Statistics Sweden
  • Instrument: Questionnaire stage A (Structured questionnaire)
  • Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results, Population group

Data collection 2

  • Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1994-09-19–1994-11-20
  • Data collector: Statistics Sweden
  • Instrument: Questionnaire stage B (Structured questionnaire)
  • Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results, Population group

Data collection 3

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: e-mail
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1994-09-19–1994-11-20
  • Data collector: Statistics Sweden
  • Instrument: Mail questionnaire (Structured questionnaire)
  • Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results, Population group

Variables

548

Number of individuals/objects

3341

Published: 1997-01-01
Last updated: 2019-02-20