The National SOM Survey 2008

This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey

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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 2008 is accordingly the twenty-third 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 2008 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 includes ten different subject fields: news and media; politics, society and democracy; radio and televisiont; Sweden's relations to the surrounding world; 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 eight subject fields: news and papers; politics, society and democracy; radio and television; media technology, internet and mobile telephony; culture, society and media; interests, activities 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..

Subject 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, participation, political party, environment, culture, health, geographical mobility, environmental degradation, trust, quality of life, european union, political interest, local government services, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, interest, membership, dissemination of information, trade union membership, medical care, household composition, listening to the radio, radio stations, television channels, television advertising, leisure time activities, news, television news, television programmes, theatre attendance, energy policy, political allegiance, television viewing, globalization, education, rural population, internet, audio and video equipment, political party leaders, democracy, internal politics, CORS

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
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SOM Institute - The National SOM surveys

Responsible department/unit:

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0878

Alternative title:

Riks-SOM 2008

Description:

Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

2008

Instrument:

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit:

Municipality

Highest geographic unit:

Country

Unit of analysis:

Individual

Population:

Individuals aged 15-85 years and residing in Sweden

Time Method:

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling procedure:

Probability: Simple random

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The National SOM survey

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Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (2009) Svensk höst : Trettiofyra kapitel om politik, medier och samhälle : SOM-undersökningen 2008. SOM report no. 46. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN 978-91-89673-16-8.
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Waern, T. (2012) Fallande förtroende. En studie om allmänhetens förtroende för grundskolelärare.Studentuppsats vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Göteborgs universitet

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Version 3.1:

2011-02-24 doi:10.5878/002752

Metadata added

Version 3.0:

2011-01-03 doi:10.5878/001129

Variable(s) added

Version 2.0:

2010-10-04 doi:10.5878/001130

Variable(s) added : Q15-16

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Version 1.0:

2010-03-04 doi:10.5878/001128

The National SOM Survey 2008

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University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute. University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2011). The National SOM Survey 2008. Swedish National Data Service. Version 3.1. https://doi.org/10.5878/002752

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 2008-09-12 — 2009-02-10

Data collector: Kinnmark

Sample size: 6000

Number of responses: 3259

Non response size: 2761

Cause of non response — Respondent unable to participate: 423

Cause of non response — No contact/refusal: 2318

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

1013

Number of individuals/objects:

3259

Response rate/participation rate:

58%

Published: 2010-04-01