The National SOM Survey 2013

This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Description:

In order to identify how the evolution of society affects Swedes’ attitudes and behaviour, the SOM Institute started its National SOM study in 1986. National SOM addresses three areas - society, opinion and mass media - and consists of several parallel surveys. All surveys include a large number of questions related to politics, society, media and social background, but their areas of focus differ. In 2012, the following questionnaires are distributed: Sweden 1 focusing on politics and society; Sweden 2 focusing on media and culture; Sweden 3 focusing on life style and health; Sweden 4 focusing on economy and welfare

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, public sector, energy, environment, mass media exposure, health, welfare, trust, european union, political interest, nuclear energy, interest, drinking behaviour, information sources, public services, listening to the radio, news, privatization, political allegiance, political participation, television viewing, democracy, defence and state security policy, internal politics, political parties, internet use, citizen participation, leisure time activities, mass media use, renewable energy, CORS

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
Access to data is restricted

order data remove data Order data

Homepage:

SOM Institute - The National SOM surveys

Responsible department/unit:

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0972

Alternative title:

Riks-SOM 2013

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:

In order to identify how the evolution of society affects Swedes’ attitudes and behaviour, the SOM Institute started its National SOM study in 1986. National SOM addresses three areas - society, opinion and mass media - and consists of several parallel surveys. All surveys include a large number of questions related to politics, society, media and social background, but their areas of focus differ. In 2012, the following questionnaires are distributed: Sweden 1 focusing on politics and society; Sweden 2 focusing on media and culture; Sweden 3 focusing on life style and health; Sweden 4 focusing on economy and welfare

Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

2013

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
Five parallel nationally representative sub-surveys based on a sample of 3400 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, public sector, energy, environment, mass media exposure, health, welfare, trust, european union, political interest, nuclear energy, interest, drinking behaviour, information sources, public services, listening to the radio, news, privatization, political allegiance, political participation, television viewing, democracy, defence and state security policy, internal politics, political parties, internet use, citizen participation, leisure time activities, mass media use, renewable energy, CORS

Is part of collection at SND:

The National SOM survey

Available documentation:

SOM Institute codebook 2013 (Swedish)

Methodology description National SOM 2013 (Swedish)

Questionnaire National-1: Politics and Society (Swedish)

Questionnaire National-2: Media and Culture (Swedish)

Questionnaire National-3: Life style and Health (Swedish)

Questionnaire National-4: Economy and Welfare (Swedish)

Download metadata:

Version 1.0:

2015-03-31 doi:10.5878/002630

The National SOM Survey 2013

Citation:

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2015). The National SOM Survey 2013. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002630

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 2013-09-13 — 2014-02-23

Data collector: Kinnmark

Sample size: 17000

Number of responses: 8406

Non response size: 8594

Cause of non response — Respondent unable to participate: 1127

Cause of non response — No contact/refusal: 7467

Source of the data: Population group

Variables:

1014

Number of individuals/objects:

8406

Response rate/participation rate:

49% (brutto) / 53% (netto)