Swedish National Election Study 2010

This study is part of the collection Swedish Election Studies - Parliamentary elections

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Creator/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.

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.

Subject area

Political behaviour and attitudes, Elections, Government, political systems and organisations, International politics and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

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

Principal organisation

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

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

Identifiers

SND-ID: SND 0876

Alternative title

VU10

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.

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.

Language

English

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated

2010

Geographic spread

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.

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random

Data contains personal data

No

Subject area

Political behaviour and attitudes, Elections, Government, political systems and organisations, International politics and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

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

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Associated documentation

Kodbok VU2010.pdf

VU2010_FrågeformulärA_B_enkät.pdf

SNES2010_pre-election interview.pdf

SNES2010_post-election interview.pdf

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Oscarsson, H. & Holmberg, S. (2011). Åttapartivalet 2010 : Redogörelse för 2010 års valundersökning i samarbete mellan Statistiska centralbyrån och Statsvetenskapliga institutionen vid Göteborgs universitet. Stockholm: Statistics Sweden.

Oscarsson, H. & Holmberg, S. (2016). Svenska väljare. Stockholm: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 978-913911514-4.
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ISBN: 9789139115144

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2017-07-07
https://doi.org/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). <em>Swedish election study 2010</em>. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5878/002905">https://doi.org/10.5878/002905</a>

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

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

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-08 — 2010-09-18

Data collector: Statistics Sweden

Sample size: 1981

Number of responses: 1175

Non response size: 806

Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results, Population group

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-09-20 — 2010-11

Data collector: Statistics Finland

Sample size: 1175

Number of responses: 978

Non response size: 197

Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results, Population group

Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-09-20 — 2010-11

Data collector: Statistics Sweden

Sample size: 1982

Number of responses: 1561

Non response size: 421

Source of the data: Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative, Registers/Records/Accounts: Voting results, Population group

Variables

1787

Number of individuals/objects

3963

Response rate/participation rate

69

Published: 2017-07-07
Last updated: 2019-02-20