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The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2008

SND-ID: SND 0880

This study is part of the collection The Regional Western Sweden SOM survey

Alternative title

Väst-SOM 2008

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Description

Western SOM has been conducted yearly since 1992, but was initially limited to residents of Gothenburg and its surrounding municipalities. In 1998, the survey was extended to include the entire Västra Götaland County plus the municipality of Kungsbacka.

The purpose of the regional surveys is to enable SOM researchers to study attitudes and behaviour linked to local and regional issues. They emphasise public services and media, although many of the questions are identical with those used in National SOM in order to make the answers comparable both between the regions and with Sweden at large.

Purpose:

Study attitudes and behaviors that are linked to local and regional issues and phenomena

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

SOM Institute

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 15-85 years and residing in the county of Västra Götaland or Kungsbacka municipality

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random
Western SOM 2008 was conducted as a survey based on one sample, but with two different questionnaires: one aimed at the inhabitants of Gothenburg and the surrounding municipalities (equivalent to the old Western SOM area) and another to residents living in the remaining parts of Västra Götaland.

Time period(s) investigated

2008-09 – 2009-02

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Kungsbacka Municipality, Västra Götaland County

Lowest geographic unit

Municipality

Highest geographic unit

County (NUTS3)

Topic and keywords

Research area

Media, Political behaviour and attitudes, Leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Media Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

culture, trust, european union, political interest, local government services, information and communications technology, newspaper readership, public transport, radio, medical care, radio news, television channels, news, television news, political participation, government, internet, information retrieval, democracy, internal politics, leisure time activities, commuting, refugees, personal safety, reading (activity), cors

Publications

Nilsson, Lennart (red.) (2010) En region blir till: Västra Götalandsregionen 1999-2008. SOM report nr 47. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN: 978-91-89673-18-2
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ISBN: 978-91-89673-18-2

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Dataset
The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2008

Version 1.0

Citation

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2010). The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2008. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/001115

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2008-09-26–2009-02-03
  • Data collector: Kinnmark
  • Sample size: 6000
  • Number of responses: 3240
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

741

Number of individuals/objects

3240

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The Regional Western Sweden SOM survey

Published: 2010-04-01
Last updated: 2019-02-06