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The Class SOM Survey 2008

SND-ID: SND 0896

This study is part of the collection SOM - Special studies

Alternative title

Klass-SOM 2008

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Description

The Class SOM questionnaire consisted of typical SOM questions about politics, society, media and leisure habits but also a large set of work-related questions.
The study was carried out alongside National SOM 2008

Purpose:

The purpose of the survey is to explore working life and job conditions in Sweden

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

SOM Institute

Funding

  • Funding agency: Swedish Research Council
  • Funding agency's reference number: 2007-2320
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 16-85 years and residing in Sweden

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

Municipality

Highest geographic unit

Country

Topic and keywords

Research area

Media, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT, Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Sociology, Political Science, Media and Communications (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

internal politics, cors

Publications

Oskarson, Maria,Bengtsson, Mattias & Berglund, Tomas (eds.) (2010). En fråga om klass: levnadsförhållanden, livsstil, politik. SOM report nr 49. Malmö: Liber. ISBN: 978-91-47-09507-0.
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ISBN: 978-91-47-09507-0

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Dataset
The Class SOM Survey 2008

Version 1.0

Citation

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2016). The Class SOM Survey 2008. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002852

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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: 2008-09-19–2009-02-02
  • Data collector: Klangen försvarsmedia
  • Sample size: 4000
  • Number of responses: 2374
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

433

Number of individuals/objects

2374

Response rate/participation rate

63.6%

Published: 2016-04-13
Last updated: 2019-02-05