The Sweden Count 2000
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Margareta Skog - Church of Sweden, Church of Sweden Research Unit
Description
The data file belonging to this study contains information about participation in services and worships at approximately 5,900 congregations, corps and religious groups across Sweden during the weekend of 24 - 26 September 1999. The survey was sent to roughly 6,500 congregations, corps and groups and a response rate of around 90% was thus reached. Well over half a million participations were registered during the weekend, in communities spanning over Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Bahá'í, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and "new movements" including New Age movements, Neopaganism, Neo-Hindu movements, the Church of Scientology etc. Four pieces of information were gathered: 1) day and time of the religious activity, 3) type of religious activity, 3) number of participants, 4) whether the activity was ecumenical or not.
Purpose:
What did religious Sweden look like just before the turn of the millennium 2000? Answering this question was the purpose of the Sweden Count 2000. More specifically, the study examines the number of visits to congregations and religious societies during a weekend of Septemb
Subject area
Minorities, Religion and values
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Religious Studies
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
religious attendance, listening to music, islam, church, baptisms, weddings, religious affiliation, religious practice, religious communities, religious groups, judaism, folk cultures, meditation, mysticism, religious behaviour, religious ceremonies, attendance, appointments, religious societies, religious institutions, religious movements, funerals, buddhism, minority groups, hinduism, catholicism, christianity, orthodoxy, protestantism, sikhism, survey data
Responsible department/unit
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Margareta Skog - Church of Sweden, Church of Sweden Research Unit
Identifiers
SND-ID: SND 0949
Description
The data file belonging to this study contains information about participation in services and worships at approximately 5,900 congregations, corps and religious groups across Sweden during the weekend of 24 - 26 September 1999. The survey was sent to roughly 6,500 congregations, corps and groups and a response rate of around 90% was thus reached. Well over half a million participations were registered during the weekend, in communities spanning over Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Bahá'í, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and "new movements" including New Age movements, Neopaganism, Neo-Hindu movements, the Church of Scientology etc. Four pieces of information were gathered: 1) day and time of the religious activity, 3) type of religious activity, 3) number of participants, 4) whether the activity was ecumenical or not.
Purpose:
What did religious Sweden look like just before the turn of the millennium 2000? Answering this question was the purpose of the Sweden Count 2000. More specifically, the study examines the number of visits to congregations and religious societies during a weekend of Septemb
Language
English
Swedish
Time period(s) investigated
1999-09-24 — 1999-09-26
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Geographic description: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
Parish
Highest geographic unit
Municipality
Unit of analysis
Population
Swedish parishes
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Data contains personal data
No
Subject area
Minorities, Religion and values
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Religious Studies
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
religious attendance, listening to music, islam, church, baptisms, weddings, religious affiliation, religious practice, religious communities, religious groups, judaism, folk cultures, meditation, mysticism, religious behaviour, religious ceremonies, attendance, appointments, religious societies, religious institutions, religious movements, funerals, buddhism, minority groups, hinduism, catholicism, christianity, orthodoxy, protestantism, sikhism, survey data
Associated documentation
Publications
Skog, M. (red.) (2001). Det religiösa Sverige: gudstjänst- och andaktsliv under ett veckoslut kring millennieskiftet. Örebro: Libris.
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Libris
ISBN:
9789171954220
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The Sweden Count 2000
Citation
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Margareta Skog - Church of Sweden, Church of Sweden Research Unit
Description
Keywords
religious attendance, listening to music, islam, church, baptisms, weddings, religious affiliation, religious practice, religious communities, religious groups, judaism, folk cultures, meditation, mysticism, religious behaviour, religious ceremonies, attendance, appointments, religious societies, religious institutions, religious movements, funerals, buddhism, minority groups, hinduism, catholicism, christianity, orthodoxy, protestantism, sikhism
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Data collection
Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 1999-09-24 — 1999-09-26
Time period(s) investigated
1999-09-24 — 1999-09-26
Variables
14
Number of individuals/objects
2087
Response rate/participation rate
90