Media Barometer 2012

SND-ID: SND 0946

This study is part of the collection Media barometer

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, Nordicom - Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research

Description

The first Media Barometer was conducted in 1979 and since then the survey has been carried out annually. The purpose is to explore how the Swedish population is using different media during an average day.

Purpose:

Describe the trends and changes in people's use of mass media.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

Nordicom - Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 9-79 years

Sampling procedure

Probability: Stratified
Probability: Simple random
Data collection was performed for 42 randomly selected days during the periods from 26/1 to 15/6 and 16/8 to 11/12 2012. The selection of interview days was stratified to achieve a balance between the different days of the week, which means that the interviews were conducted on 6 over the year distributed Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, etc.

The sample consisted of a simple random sample of individuals of the Swedish population aged between 9 and 79 years. The sample was drawn from the SPAR population register and included 8 741 persons living in Sweden. Non-response consisted of set of sampling units without a telephone number, wrong number, outside the target group and out of town during the whole period, etc.,and in the result a net sample of 7 375 people was achieved. Of these, interviews were conducted with 4 745 people. This means that the survey has a response rate of 65 percent. The proportion of pronounced refusals was 20 percent, while the remaining nonresponse is made up of those not reached, short-term sick, etc.

Time period(s) investigated

2012

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

Parish

Highest geographic unit

Country

Publications

Nordicom Sverige. 2013. Nordicom-Sveriges Mediebarometer 2012. Nordicom Sverige. 978-91-86523-66-4
LIBRIS
ISBN: 978-91-86523-66-4

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Dataset
Media Barometer 2012

Version 1.0

Citation

University of Gothenburg, Nordicom - Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research (2014). Media Barometer 2012. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002106

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, Nordicom - Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research

Time period(s) investigated

2012 – 2012

Data collection 1

  • Mode of collection: Telephone interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2012-01-26–2012-06-15
  • Data collector: Pilen Business Development
  • Source of the data: Population group

Data collection 2

  • Mode of collection: Telephone interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2012-08-16–2012-12-11
  • Data collector: Pilen Business Development
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

728

Number of individuals/objects

4745

Response rate/participation rate

65%

Published: 2014-07-10
Last updated: 2020-02-14