Swedish National Election Study 2010

Principal investigator(s):

Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Description:

This is the seventeenth election study carried out in Sweden in connection with a Swedish general election. Many of the questions are replications of questions asked in one or several of the previous surveys, but there are also a number of questions not asked before.

Topic classification:

political behaviour and attitudes, elections, government, political systems and organisations, international politics and organisations, Political Science

Keywords:

voting intention, trust, voting, parliamentary elections, electoral issues, political interest, party identification, political attitudes, election campaigns, election broadcasting, news, foreign policy, political allegiance, political participation, political issues, election campaigns, political party leaders, internal politics, party politics, political parties, election campaigns, electoral issues, CORS

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

Availability status:

Access to data through SND.
Access to data is restricted.

Available documentation:

Codebook SNES 2010 (Swedish)

Questionnaire SNES 2010, Stage A & B (Swedish)

Questionnaire SNES 2010, Stage A (English)

Questionnaire SNES 2010, Stage B (English)

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Principal investigator(s):

Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

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Responsible department/unit:

Alternative title:

VU10

Series:

Purpose:

Explain why people vote as they do and why an election ends in a particular way. Track and follow trends in the Swedish electoral democracy and make comparisons with other countries.

Description:

This is the seventeenth election study carried out in Sweden in connection with a Swedish general election. Many of the questions are replications of questions asked in one or several of the previous surveys, but there are also a number of questions not asked before.

Language:

English

Swedish

Topic classification:

political behaviour and attitudes, elections, government, political systems and organisations, international politics and organisations, Political Science

Keywords:

voting intention, trust, voting, parliamentary elections, electoral issues, political interest, party identification, political attitudes, election campaigns, election broadcasting, news, foreign policy, political allegiance, political participation, political issues, election campaigns, political party leaders, internal politics, party politics, political parties, election campaigns, electoral issues, CORS

Time period(s) investigated:

2010

Data collection:

2010-08 — 2010-09-18 (Face-to-face interview)

Data collector: Statistics Sweden

Sample size: 1981

Number of responses: 1175

Non response size: 806

2010-09-20 — 2010-11 (Face-to-face interview)

Data collector: Statistics Sweden

Sample size: 1982

Number of responses: 1561

Non response size: 421

2010-09-20 — 2010-11 (Self-administered questionnaire: paper)

Data collector: Statistics Finland

Sample size: 1175

Number of responses: 978

Non response size: 197

Geographic location:

Sweden

Lowest geographic unit:

Municipality

Highest geographic unit:

Country

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Swedish citizens entitled to vote, resident in Sweden and aged 18-80 years.

Kind of data:

Data origin:

Population group

Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative

Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results

Kind of data format:

Numeric

Time Method/Study design:

Sampling procedure:

Probability: Simple random

Availability status:

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Access to data is restricted.

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Version 1.0:

2017-07-07 doi:10.5878/002905

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Swedish election study 2010

Citation:

Sören Holmberg, Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson. University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science (2017). Swedish election study 2010. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002905

Kind of data:

Variables:

1787

Number of individuals/objects:

3963

Response rate:

69%