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The National SOM Survey 2010

SND-ID: SND 0898

This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey

Alternative title

Riks-SOM 2010

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 2010 is accordingly the twentyfifth survey in this series.

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.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
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
Three parallel nationally representative sub-surveys based on a sample of 3000 individuals each

Time period(s) investigated

2010

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

Municipality

Highest geographic unit

Country

Topic and keywords

Research area

Media, Environment and conservation, Energy and natural resources, Political behaviour and attitudes, International politics and organisations, Cultural activities and participation, Leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Media Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

mass media, population migration, participation, energy, nuclear energy, news, television news, political participation, religious practice, internal politics, visits to recreational facilities, political parties, political leaders, leisure time activities, religious societies, mass media use, renewable energy, radio listening, cors

Publications

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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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ISBN: 978-91-89673-21-2

Davidsson, S. (2013) Klasstillhörighet och partipreferenser - En studie av partipreferenser längs två dimensioner i Sverige. Studentuppsats vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Lunds universitet

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The National SOM Survey 2010

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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

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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: 2010-09-29–2011-02-15
  • Data collector: Kinnmark
  • Instrument: Semi-structured questionnaire
  • Sample size: 9000
  • Number of responses: 5007
  • Non response size: 3993
  • Cause of non response - No contact/refusal: 3286
  • Cause of non response - Respondent unable to participate: 707
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

990

Number of individuals/objects

5007

Response rate/participation rate

56% (brutto) / 60% (netto)

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The National SOM survey

Published: 2012-04-01
Last updated: 2020-01-22