Alternative title
Riks-SOM 2007
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
Description
Since 1986 the SOM-institute has been carrying out an annual nation-wide survey - the National SOM - in order to identify the Swedish public's habits and attitudes on the topics of society, politics and media. National SOM 2007 is accordingly the twentysecond survey in this series.
The SOM-institute is a collaboration between three departments/institutes at Göteborg University: the Institute for Journalism and Mass Communication, the Department of Political Science, and the Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS). A number of research projects are involved in the National SOM - most from one of these three institutions, but also external projects are involved.
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 life style. The data collection is carried out in parallel and under identical conditions.
In 2007 approximately one fifth of the questions asked in the two questionnaires are common f
Language
Swedish
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
SOM Institute
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 15-85 years and residing in Sweden
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
2007
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
Municipality
Highest geographic unit
Country
Research area
Media, Environment and conservation, Energy and natural resources, Political behaviour and attitudes, International politics and organisations, Cultural activities and participation, 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, immigrants, voting, european union, political interest, local government services, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, periodicals readership, membership, drinking behaviour, cinema attendance, party identification, information sources, public services, book use, television channels, television advertising, news, television programmes, theatre attendance, energy policy, radioactive wastes, professional ethics, privatization, journalism, advertising, 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, wind energy, radio listening, cors
Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (2008) Skilda världar : Trettioåtta kapitel om politik, medier och samhälle : SOM-undersökningen 2007. SOM report no. 44. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN 978-91-89673-14-4.
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ISSN:
0284-4788
ISBN:
978-91-89673-14-4
Waern, T. (2012) Fallande förtroende. En studie om allmänhetens förtroende för grundskolelärare.Studentuppsats vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Göteborgs universitet
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Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
Variables
931
Number of individuals/objects
3435
Response rate/participation rate
57% (brutto) / 63% (netto)