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, political party, taxes, 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, listening to the radio, television channels, television advertising, leisure time activities, clubs, news, television programmes, theatre attendance, energy policy, nuclear wastes, professional ethics, privatization, journalism, television viewing, research, religious affiliation, language skills, internet, internet access, audio and video equipment, mobile communication, referendums, political party leaders, democracy, internal politics, CORS
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University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
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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
Instrument:
Merged questionnaire (1-2) (Questionnaire)
Questionnaire 1 (politics) (Questionnaire)
Questionnaire 2 (mass media) (Questionnaire)
Geographic spread:
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit:
Municipality
Highest geographic unit:
Country
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Population:
Individuals aged 15-85 years and residing in Sweden
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Sampling procedure:
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, political party, taxes, 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, listening to the radio, television channels, television advertising, leisure time activities, clubs, news, television programmes, theatre attendance, energy policy, nuclear wastes, professional ethics, privatization, journalism, television viewing, research, religious affiliation, language skills, internet, internet access, audio and video equipment, mobile communication, referendums, political party leaders, democracy, internal politics, CORS
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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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Version 1.0:
2011-01-14
doi:10.5878/002330
The National SOM Survey 2006
Suggested citation:
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute. University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2011). The National SOM Survey 2006. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002330
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
Sample size: 6050
Number of responses: 3336
Non response size: 2714
Cause of non response — Respondent unable to participate: 493
Cause of non response — No contact/refusal: 2221
Source of the data: Population group
Variables:
843
Number of individuals/objects:
3336
Response rate/participation rate:
60%