The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2002

This study is part of the collection The Regional Western Sweden SOM survey

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Description:

Western SOM has been conducted yearly since 1992, but was initially limited to residents of Gothenburg and its surrounding municipalities. In 1998, the survey was extended to include the entire Västra Götaland County plus the municipality of Kungsbacka.

The purpose of the regional surveys is to enable SOM researchers to study attitudes and behaviour linked to local and regional issues. They emphasise public services and media, although many of the questions are identical with those used in National SOM in order to make the answers comparable both between the regions and with Sweden at large.

Subject area:

media, political behaviour and attitudes, cultural activities and participation, leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political Science, Media Studies, Social Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

public sector, political interest, newspaper readership, membership, party identification, public services, book use, listening to the radio, leisure time activities, news, labour and employment, political participation, government, television viewing, language skills, internet, democracy, internal politics, visits to recreational facilities, political parties, safety and security, football team supporters, schools, politicians, community behaviour, recreational facilities, clubs, cultural participation, cultural facilities, cultural heritage, CORS

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Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0824

Alternative title:

Väst-SOM 2002

Purpose:

Study attitudes and behaviors that are linked to local and regional issues and phenomena

Description:

Western SOM has been conducted yearly since 1992, but was initially limited to residents of Gothenburg and its surrounding municipalities. In 1998, the survey was extended to include the entire Västra Götaland County plus the municipality of Kungsbacka.

The purpose of the regional surveys is to enable SOM researchers to study attitudes and behaviour linked to local and regional issues. They emphasise public services and media, although many of the questions are identical with those used in National SOM in order to make the answers comparable both between the regions and with Sweden at large.

Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

2002-09 — 2003-02

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Västra Götaland County, Kungsbacka Municipality

Lowest geographic unit:

Municipality

Highest geographic unit:

County (NUTS3)

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Individuals aged 15-85 years and residing in the county of Västra Götaland or Kungsbacka municipality

Time Method:

Sampling procedure:

Probability: Simple random
Western SOM 2002 was conducted as a survey based on one sample, but with two different questionnaires: one aimed at the inhabitants of Gothenburg and the surrounding municipalities (equivalent to the old Western SOM area) and another to residents living in the remaining parts of Västra Götaland.

Subject area:

media, political behaviour and attitudes, cultural activities and participation, leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political Science, Media Studies, Social Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

public sector, political interest, newspaper readership, membership, party identification, public services, book use, listening to the radio, leisure time activities, news, labour and employment, political participation, government, television viewing, language skills, internet, democracy, internal politics, visits to recreational facilities, political parties, safety and security, football team supporters, schools, politicians, community behaviour, recreational facilities, clubs, cultural participation, cultural facilities, cultural heritage, CORS

Is part of collection at SND:

The Regional Western Sweden SOM survey

Available documentation:

Questionnaire Göteborg region (Swedish)

Questionnaire Västra Götaland excl. the Göteborg region (Swedish)

SOM institute codebook (Swedish)

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Nilsson, Lennart (ed.) (2004) Svensk samhällsorganisation i förändring : Västsverige vid millennieskiftet. SOM report no. 35. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN: 91-89673-05-0.
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Nilsson, Lennart (ed.) (2007) Det våras för regionen. Västsverige 1998-2005. SOM report no. 40. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN 978-91-89673-10-6.
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Version 1.0:

2006-06-16 doi:10.5878/002524

The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2002

Citation:

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2006). The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2002. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002524

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 2002-09-30 — 2003-02-07

Data collector: Kinnmark

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

619

Number of individuals/objects:

3792

Response rate/participation rate:

68%