The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2004

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:

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

Keywords:

internal politics, CORS

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Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
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Homepage:

SOM Institute - Western SOM

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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0841

Alternative title:

Väst-SOM 2004

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:

2004-10 — 2005-02

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 2004 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:

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

Keywords:

internal politics, CORS

Is part of collection at SND:

The Regional Western Sweden SOM survey

Available documentation:

SOM institute codebook (Swedish)

Questionnaire Göteborg region (Swedish)

Questionnaire Västra Götaland excl. the Göteborg region (Swedish)

Methodology description Western SOM 2004 (Swedish)

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Nilsson, Lennart (ed.) (2006) Nya gränser : Västsverige 2004. SOM-rapport no. 37. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN: 91-89673-07-7.
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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:

2007-06-18 doi:10.5878/002417

The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2004

Citation:

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2007). The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2004. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002417

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 2004-10-06 — 2005-02-18

Data collector: Kinnmark

Sample size: 6000

Number of responses: 3630

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

688

Number of individuals/objects:

3630

Response rate/participation rate:

66%