The National SOM Survey 2007
This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey
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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
Subject area:
media, political behaviour and attitudes, leisure, tourism and sport, environment and conservation, energy and natural resources, international politics and organisations, cultural activities and participation
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political Science, Social Sciences, Media Studies
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords:
mass media, political party, taxes, 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, 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, advertising, television viewing, research, religious affiliation, language skills, internet, internet access, audio and video equipment, mobile communication, referendums, political party leaders, democracy, wind power, internal politics, CORS
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SND-ID: SND 0868
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Riks-SOM 2007
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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
Time period(s) investigated:
2007
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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Subject area:
media, political behaviour and attitudes, leisure, tourism and sport, environment and conservation, energy and natural resources, international politics and organisations, cultural activities and participation
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political Science, Social Sciences, Media Studies
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords:
mass media, political party, taxes, 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, 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, advertising, television viewing, research, religious affiliation, language skills, internet, internet access, audio and video equipment, mobile communication, referendums, political party leaders, democracy, wind power, internal politics, CORS
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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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Version 2.0:
2011-01-05
doi:10.5878/002329
Version 1.0:
2009-03-09
doi:10.5878/002328
The National SOM Survey 2007
Citation:
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2011). The National SOM Survey 2007. Swedish National Data Service. Version 2.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002329
Data format / data structure:
Numeric
Data collection:
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 2007-09-13 — 2008-02-11
Data collector: Kinnmark
Sample size: 6000
Number of responses: 3435
Non response size: 2565
Cause of non response — Respondent unable to participate: 511
Cause of non response — No contact/refusal: 2054
Source of the data: Population group
Variables:
931
Number of individuals/objects:
3435
Response rate/participation rate:
57% (brutto) / 63% (netto)