The National SOM Survey 2008
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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 sam
Subject area
Energy and natural resources, Environment and conservation, International politics and organisations, Political behaviour and attitudes, Cultural activities and participation, Media, 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, 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, leisure time activities, CORS
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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
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 sam
Language
Swedish
Time period(s) investigated
2008
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
Municipality
Highest geographic unit
Country
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 15-85 years and residing in Sweden
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Subject area
Energy and natural resources, Environment and conservation, International politics and organisations, Political behaviour and attitudes, Cultural activities and participation, Media, 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, 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, leisure time activities, CORS
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Associated documentation
Publications
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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SOM Institute publications
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ISBN:
978-91-89673-16-8
ISSN:
0284-4788
Waern, T. (2012) Fallande förtroende. En studie om allmänhetens förtroende för grundskolelärare.Studentuppsats vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Göteborgs universitet
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2011-02-24
https://doi.org/10.5878/002752
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The National SOM Survey 2008
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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
Instrument: Semi-structured questionnaire
Sample size: 6000
Number of responses: 3259
Non response size: 2761
Cause of non response — No contact/refusal: 2318
Cause of non response — Respondent unable to participate: 423
Source of the data: Population group
Variables
1013
Number of individuals/objects
3259
Response rate/participation rate
58