The National SOM Survey 2009
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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 2009 is accordingly the twenty-fourth 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 three different mail questionnaires. One fifth of the questions asked in the three questionnaires are common for both samples, for example questions about media habits, political attitudes, leisure activities, and social background.
Purpose:
The main purpose is to establish time series that enable researchers to analyse how various changes in society affect p
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
housing, mass media, population migration, participation, energy, environment, health, trust, immigrants, unemployment, european union, political interest, local government services, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, shopping, listening to music, trade union membership, medical care, public services, book use, radio news, news, television news, television programmes, energy policy, radioactive wastes, equipment, foreign policy, risk, labour and employment, political participation, government, television viewing, research, democracy, corruption, defence and state security policy, internal politics, visits to recreational facilities, political parties, marine pollution, internet use, animal rights, theatre, dance, members of parliament, clubs, libraries, leisure time activities, religious societies, medical insurance, organizations, mass media use, renewable energy, political attitudes, values, climate change, european parliament elections, refugees, households, interest (cognitive processes), radio listening, political leaders, cors
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
Identifiers
SND-ID: SND 0888
Alternative title
Riks-SOM 2009
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 2009 is accordingly the twenty-fourth 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 three different mail questionnaires. One fifth of the questions asked in the three questionnaires are common for both samples, for example questions about media habits, political attitudes, leisure activities, and social background.
Purpose:
The main purpose is to establish time series that enable researchers to analyse how various changes in society affect p
Language
Swedish
Time period(s) investigated
2009
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
Data contains personal data
No
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
housing, mass media, population migration, participation, energy, environment, health, trust, immigrants, unemployment, european union, political interest, local government services, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, shopping, listening to music, trade union membership, medical care, public services, book use, radio news, news, television news, television programmes, energy policy, radioactive wastes, equipment, foreign policy, risk, labour and employment, political participation, government, television viewing, research, democracy, corruption, defence and state security policy, internal politics, visits to recreational facilities, political parties, marine pollution, internet use, animal rights, theatre, dance, members of parliament, clubs, libraries, leisure time activities, religious societies, medical insurance, organizations, mass media use, renewable energy, political attitudes, values, climate change, european parliament elections, refugees, households, interest (cognitive processes), radio listening, political leaders, cors
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Publications
Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (2010) Nordiskt ljus : 37 kapitel om politik, medier och samhälle : SOM-undersökningen 2009. SOM report no. 50. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN 978-91-89673-19-9.
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0284-4788
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978-91-89673-19-9
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2011-04-01
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The National SOM Survey 2009
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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: 2009-09-11 — 2010-02-09
Data collector: PFM Research
Sample size: 9000
Number of responses: 4926
Non response size: 4074
Cause of non response — No contact/refusal: 629
Cause of non response — No contact/refusal: 3445
Source of the data: Population group
Variables
939
Number of individuals/objects
4926
Response rate/participation rate
55% (brutto) / 59% (netto)