The National SOM Survey 2006
This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
Description
Since 1986 the SOM-institute has been carrying out an annual nation-wide survey of Swedish opinions. This is accordingly the twentyfirst survey in this series. The SOM-institute is a collaboration between three departments at Göteborg University: the Institute for Journalism and Mass Communication, the Department of Political Science, and the School of Public Administration. Since 1998 the survey includes two nation representative samples and uses two different mail questionnaires. One of the questionnaires mainly deals with questions on politics, economy and working life, while the other mainly deals with media, culture and health.
In 2006 approximately one fourth of the questions asked in the two questionnaires are common for both samples, for example questions about media habits, political attitudes, leisure activities, and social background. The questionnaire on politics include ten different subject fields: news and media; politics, society and democracy; Sweden's relations to the surrounding world; possession of technical equipment and internet; society and public service; environment a
Subject area
Media, Environment and conservation, Energy and natural resources, Political behaviour and attitudes, International politics and organisations, Leisure, tourism and sport
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Media Studies
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
mass media, population migration, energy, environment, health, leisure time, trust, environmental conservation, voting, european union, political interest, local government services, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, periodicals readership, membership, drinking behaviour, cinema attendance, party identification, information sources, book use, television channels, television advertising, news, television programmes, theatre attendance, energy policy, radioactive wastes, professional ethics, privatization, journalism, taxation, television viewing, research, religious affiliation, language skills, internet, internet access, audio and video equipment, mobile communication, referendums, democracy, internal politics, political parties, political leaders, clubs, leisure time activities, radio listening, cors
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Accessibility status
Responsible department/unit
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
Identifiers
SND-ID: SND 0853
Alternative title
Riks-SOM 2006
Description
Since 1986 the SOM-institute has been carrying out an annual nation-wide survey of Swedish opinions. This is accordingly the twentyfirst survey in this series. The SOM-institute is a collaboration between three departments at Göteborg University: the Institute for Journalism and Mass Communication, the Department of Political Science, and the School of Public Administration. Since 1998 the survey includes two nation representative samples and uses two different mail questionnaires. One of the questionnaires mainly deals with questions on politics, economy and working life, while the other mainly deals with media, culture and health.
In 2006 approximately one fourth of the questions asked in the two questionnaires are common for both samples, for example questions about media habits, political attitudes, leisure activities, and social background. The questionnaire on politics include ten different subject fields: news and media; politics, society and democracy; Sweden's relations to the surrounding world; possession of technical equipment and internet; society and public service; environment a
Language
Swedish
Time period(s) investigated
2006
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
Municipality
Highest geographic unit
Country
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 15-85 years and residing in Sweden
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Data contains personal data
No
Subject area
Media, Environment and conservation, Energy and natural resources, Political behaviour and attitudes, International politics and organisations, Leisure, tourism and sport
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Media Studies
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
mass media, population migration, energy, environment, health, leisure time, trust, environmental conservation, voting, european union, political interest, local government services, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, periodicals readership, membership, drinking behaviour, cinema attendance, party identification, information sources, book use, television channels, television advertising, news, television programmes, theatre attendance, energy policy, radioactive wastes, professional ethics, privatization, journalism, taxation, television viewing, research, religious affiliation, language skills, internet, internet access, audio and video equipment, mobile communication, referendums, democracy, internal politics, political parties, political leaders, clubs, leisure time activities, radio listening, cors
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Publications
Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (2007) Det nya Sverige : trettiosju kapitel om politik, medier och samhälle : SOM-undersökningen 2006. SOM report 41. Göteborg: SOM institute. ISBN: 978-91-89673-11-3.
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0284-4788
ISBN:
978-91-89673-11-3
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2011-01-14
https://doi.org/10.5878/002330
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The National SOM Survey 2006
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 2006-09-08 — 2007-02-15
Data collector: ScandInfo Marketing Research
Instrument: Merged questionnaire (1-2) (Questionnaire)
Instrument: Questionnaire 1 (politics) (Questionnaire)
Instrument: Questionnaire 2 (mass media) (Questionnaire)
Sample size: 6050
Number of responses: 3336
Non response size: 2714
Cause of non response — No contact/refusal: 2221
Cause of non response — Respondent unable to participate: 493
Source of the data: Population group
Variables
843
Number of individuals/objects
3336
Response rate/participation rate
60