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The National SOM Survey 2006

SND-ID: snd0853-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002330

Is part of collection at SND: The National SOM survey

Citation

Alternative title

Riks-SOM 2006

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - SOM Institute rorId

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

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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 and energy; knowledge and society; activities, interests, and values; work life; and background questions. The media questionnaire is divided into eleven subject fields: news and papers; politics, society and democracy; television and radio; possession of technical equipment, internet and mobile telephony; periodicals, books and libraries; movies and theatre; media and society; the dog in society; activities, interests, and values; work life and background questions.

Purpose:

The main purpose is to establish time series that enable researchers to analyse how various changes in society affect people's attitudes and behaviour. Show less..

Data contains personal data

No

Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 15-85 years and residing in Sweden

Sampling procedure

Time period(s) investigated

2006 – Ongoing

Variables

843

Number of individuals/objects

3336

Response rate/participation rate

60%

Data format / data structure

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 - Respondent unable to participate: 493
  • Cause of non response - No contact/refusal: 2221
  • Source of the data: Population group
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

Municipality

Highest geographic unit

Country

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

SOM Institute

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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ISSN: 0284-4788
ISBN: 978-91-89673-11-3

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Versions

Version 1.0. 2011-01-14

Version 1.0: 2011-01-14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002330

Is part of collection at SND

Published: 2011-01-14
Last updated: 2020-01-23