Institutional Trust 2001

This study is part of the collection Institutional Trust

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Lennart Weibull - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication

Description:

Since 1997, MedieAkademin has carried out an annual survey titled The Institutional Trust. The survey has focused on major social institutions, such as the parliament, big business, the daily press, and TV/radio, as well as some specific companies such as Sveriges Television, TV4, IKEA, Skandia, and Volvo. The number of institutions included has varied somewhat over the years. Some of the institutions and companies have been measured every year while others have been investigated more irregularly.

The survey was carried out by NFO Infratest and involved 759 individuals who were interviewed by telephone between October 16 and November 5, 2001. The 2001 survey also included questions about how people perceive the Swedish democratic system, as well as their assessments of how politicians, the business world, the Swedish royal court, and the media function.

Subject area:

media, POLITICS (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

mass media, trust, political attitudes, trust in government

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
Data are freely accessible

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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Lennart Weibull - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0951

Purpose:

To study the trust that Swedish people have in social institutions, political parties, media, brands/companies, and leaders.

Description:

Since 1997, MedieAkademin has carried out an annual survey titled The Institutional Trust. The survey has focused on major social institutions, such as the parliament, big business, the daily press, and TV/radio, as well as some specific companies such as Sveriges Television, TV4, IKEA, Skandia, and Volvo. The number of institutions included has varied somewhat over the years. Some of the institutions and companies have been measured every year while others have been investigated more irregularly.

The survey was carried out by NFO Infratest and involved 759 individuals who were interviewed by telephone between October 16 and November 5, 2001. The 2001 survey also included questions about how people perceive the Swedish democratic system, as well as their assessments of how politicians, the business world, the Swedish royal court, and the media function.

Language:

English

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

2001

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Individuals aged 16-74 years

Time Method:

Sampling procedure:

Probability: Simple random

Subject area:

media, POLITICS (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

mass media, trust, political attitudes, trust in government

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Available documentation:

Institutional Trust 2001 (Swedish)

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Holmberg, S. & Weibull, L. (2001) Förtroendebarometer 2001. Förtroende för samhällsinstitutioner, massmedier och företag. Paper presenterat vid MedieAkademins seminaruim på Göteborgs universitet 2001-11-20, Göteborg
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Version 1.1:

2014-07-29 doi:10.5878/002110

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Version 1.0:

2014-04-01 doi:10.5878/001747

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SND 0951-001-v1_1.zip (378.29 KB)
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Available documentation:

Codebook Institutional Trust 2001 (Swedish)

Codebook Institutional trust 2001 (English)

Insitutional Trust 2001

Citation:

Sören Holmberg, Lennart Weibull. University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science, MedieAkademin, TNS Gallup (2014). Insitutional Trust 2001. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.1. https://doi.org/10.5878/002110

Keywords:

mass media, trust, political attitudes, trust in government

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Telephone interview

Time period(s) for data collection: 2001-10-16 — 2001-11-05

Data collector: NFO Infratest

Sample size: 759

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

43

Number of individuals/objects:

759