This study is part of the collection Swedish Election Studies - European parliament elections
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Statistics Sweden
Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Mikael Gilljam - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Description
Sweden joined the European Union on the 1st of January 1995, and the first election to the EU-parliament was held on the 17th of September 1995. As in connection with all general elections and referenda held in Sweden since 1956, an election study was carried out. The main subject of the survey was the European Union and the respondent's attitudes toward the Swedish EU membership, but the survey also includes a number of questions asked in one or several of the Swedish election studies.
General questions about politics included exposure to news in different media; interest in politics; opinion on political parties and their party leaders; trust in Swedish politicians; opinion on the social democratic government; party preferences; placement of respondent and the political parties on a political left-right scale. Furthermore the respondents had to state their opinion on a number of currently debated issues. The respondents had to give their opinion on a number of EU-related issues such as a united Europe; the future Swedish relation to EU; confidence in decisions made within EU; and a developm
Subject area
Political behaviour and attitudes, Elections, Government, political systems and organisations, International politics and organisations
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Principal organisation
Accessibility status
Responsible department/unit
University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Statistics Sweden
Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Mikael Gilljam - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Identifiers
SND-ID: SND 0599
Alternative title
EuP95
Description
Sweden joined the European Union on the 1st of January 1995, and the first election to the EU-parliament was held on the 17th of September 1995. As in connection with all general elections and referenda held in Sweden since 1956, an election study was carried out. The main subject of the survey was the European Union and the respondent's attitudes toward the Swedish EU membership, but the survey also includes a number of questions asked in one or several of the Swedish election studies.
General questions about politics included exposure to news in different media; interest in politics; opinion on political parties and their party leaders; trust in Swedish politicians; opinion on the social democratic government; party preferences; placement of respondent and the political parties on a political left-right scale. Furthermore the respondents had to state their opinion on a number of currently debated issues. The respondents had to give their opinion on a number of EU-related issues such as a united Europe; the future Swedish relation to EU; confidence in decisions made within EU; and a developm
Language
Swedish
Time period(s) investigated
1995
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
County (NUTS3)
Highest geographic unit
Country
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 18-80 years, residing in Sweden and eligible to vote in the EU-parliament election 1995
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Subject area
Political behaviour and attitudes, Elections, Government, political systems and organisations, International politics and organisations
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Is part of collection at SND
Associated documentation
Gilljam, M., & Holmberg, S. (1998) Sveriges första Europaparlamentsval. Stockholm: Norstedts juridik. ISBN: 91-39-20116-3.
Libris
ISBN:
91-39-20116-3
Oscarsson, H., & Holmberg, S. (2006) Europaval. Göteborg : Department of Political Science, Univ. ISBN: 91-89246-27-6.
ISBN:
91-89246-27-6
ISSN:
0347-9366
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Version 2.0
2014-05-13
https://doi.org/10.5878/002083
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Statistics Sweden
Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Mikael Gilljam - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Keywords
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview
Time period(s) for data collection: 1995-09-18 — 1995-11
Data collector: Statistics Sweden
Instrument: EuP1995 questionnaire (Questionnaire)
Sample size: 2676
Number of responses: 2237
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Population group
Variables
285
Number of individuals/objects
2676