The National SOM Survey 2010

This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

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 2010 is accordingly the twentyfifth survey in this series.

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:

mass media, participation, political party, energy, nuclear energy, listening to the radio, news, television news, political participation, religious practice, political party leaders, internal politics, visits to recreational facilities, leisure time activities, religious societies, mass media use, renewable energy, CORS

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
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Homepage:

SOM Institute - The National SOM surveys

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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0898

Alternative title:

Riks-SOM 2010

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 2010 is accordingly the twentyfifth survey in this series.

Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

2010

Instrument:

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit:

Municipality

Highest geographic unit:

Country

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Individuals aged 16-85 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:

mass media, participation, political party, energy, nuclear energy, listening to the radio, news, television news, political participation, religious practice, political party leaders, internal politics, visits to recreational facilities, leisure time activities, religious societies, mass media use, renewable energy, CORS

Is part of collection at SND:

The National SOM survey

Available documentation:

SOM Institute codebook National SOM 2010 (Swedish)

Methodology description National SOM 2010 (Swedish)

Questionnaire National-1: Politics and Society (Swedish)

Questionnaire National-2: Media and News (Swedish)

Questionnaire National-3: Culture, life style and health (Swedish)

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Holmberg, Sören, Weibull, Lennart & Oscarsson, Henrik (eds.) (2011) Lycksalighetens ö: fyrtioen kapitel om politik, medier och samhälle : SOM-undersökningen 2010. SOM report no. 52. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN: 978-91-89673-21-2.
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Version 1.0:

2012-03-20 doi:10.5878/002316

The National SOM Survey 2010

Citation:

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2012). The National SOM Survey 2010. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002316

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 2010-09-29 — 2011-02-15

Data collector: Kinnmark

Sample size: 9000

Number of responses: 5007

Non response size: 3993

Cause of non response — Respondent unable to participate: 707

Cause of non response — No contact/refusal: 3286

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

990

Number of individuals/objects:

5007

Response rate/participation rate:

56% (brutto) / 60% (netto)