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
Description
The second Swedish election to the EU-parliament was held on the 13th of June 1999. As in connection to all general elections and referenda held in Sweden since 1956, an election study was carried out in connection to this election. The main subject of the survey was the European Union and the respondent´s attitudes toward the Swedish EU membership, but the survey also included a number of questions asked in one or several of the Swedish election studies.
General questions about politics included: daily newspaper reading habits regarding national politics, local politics, politics in foreign countries and EU-related issues; exposure to news in different media; interest in politics in general, as well as in EU-related issues; the importance of the EU-parliament election and if any issues were of particular importance when deciding how to vote in the election; opinion on the most positive and the most negative effects of EU; opinion on the political parties and their party leaders on a scale ranging from -5 to +5; trust in Swedish politicians, the EU-parliament, the EU-commission, and in the Swe
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
Identifiers
SND-ID: SND 0759
Alternative title
EUP99
Description
The second Swedish election to the EU-parliament was held on the 13th of June 1999. As in connection to all general elections and referenda held in Sweden since 1956, an election study was carried out in connection to this election. The main subject of the survey was the European Union and the respondent´s attitudes toward the Swedish EU membership, but the survey also included a number of questions asked in one or several of the Swedish election studies.
General questions about politics included: daily newspaper reading habits regarding national politics, local politics, politics in foreign countries and EU-related issues; exposure to news in different media; interest in politics in general, as well as in EU-related issues; the importance of the EU-parliament election and if any issues were of particular importance when deciding how to vote in the election; opinion on the most positive and the most negative effects of EU; opinion on the political parties and their party leaders on a scale ranging from -5 to +5; trust in Swedish politicians, the EU-parliament, the EU-commission, and in the Swe
Language
English
Swedish
Time period(s) investigated
1999
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 1999
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
Oscarsson, H., & Holmberg, S. (2006) Europaval. Göteborg : Department of Political Science, Univ. ISBN: 91-89246-27-6.
ISSN:
0347-9366
ISBN:
91-89246-27-6
Holmberg, Sören et al. (2001) EuropaOpinionen. Göteborg: Department of Political Science. ISBN: 91-89246-02-0.
Libris
ISSN:
0347-9366
ISBN:
91-89246-02-0
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Version 2.0
2014-05-13
https://doi.org/10.5878/002082
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Statistics Sweden
Sören Holmberg - 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: 1999-06-14 — 1999-09-27
Data collector: Statistics Sweden
Instrument: EuP1999 questionnaire (Questionnaire)
Instrument: Semi-structured questionnaire
Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Population group
Variables
358
Number of individuals/objects
2678