The National SOM Survey 2009

This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey

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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.

Subject area:

political behaviour and attitudes, international politics and organisations, leisure, tourism and sport, cultural activities and participation, energy and natural resources, environment and conservation, media (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political Science, Social Sciences, Media Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

housing, mass media, population migration, participation, political party, energy, environment, health, trust, immigrants, unemployment, european union, political interest, local government services, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, shopping, interest, listening to music, trade union membership, medical care, public services, book use, household composition, listening to the radio, radio news, refugees, news, television news, television programmes, energy policy, nuclear wastes, radioactive wastes, equipment, foreign policy, risk, labour and employment, political participation, government, television viewing, research, european parliament election, political party leaders, 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, CORS

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
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Homepage:

SOM Institute - The National SOM surveys

Responsible department/unit:

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0888

Alternative title:

Riks-SOM 2009

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.

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.

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:

Probability: Simple random
Three parallel nationally representative sub-surveys based on a sample of 3000 individuals each

Subject area:

political behaviour and attitudes, international politics and organisations, leisure, tourism and sport, cultural activities and participation, energy and natural resources, environment and conservation, media (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political Science, Social Sciences, Media Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

housing, mass media, population migration, participation, political party, energy, environment, health, trust, immigrants, unemployment, european union, political interest, local government services, nuclear energy, newspaper readership, shopping, interest, listening to music, trade union membership, medical care, public services, book use, household composition, listening to the radio, radio news, refugees, news, television news, television programmes, energy policy, nuclear wastes, radioactive wastes, equipment, foreign policy, risk, labour and employment, political participation, government, television viewing, research, european parliament election, political party leaders, 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, CORS

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The National SOM survey

Available documentation:

SOM Institute codebook (Swedish)

Methodology description National SOM 2009 (Swedish)

Questionnaire National-1: Politics and Society (Swedish)

Questionnaire National-2: Media and Culture (Swedish)

Questionnaire National-1: Life Style and Health (Swedish)

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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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Version 1.0:

2011-04-01 doi:10.5878/002327

The National SOM Survey 2009

Citation:

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2011). The National SOM Survey 2009. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002327

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)