Principal investigator(s):
Mikael Gilljam - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
David Karlsson - University of Gothenburg, School of Public Administration
Anders Sundell - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Abstract:
KOLFU is a survey addressed to all members of Sweden's 20 county councils and 290 municipal councils (a total of about 13 500 people). KOLFU was conducted for the first time in 2008-2009 (KOLFU 2008). The actual number of respondents was 9 890.
KOLFU 2008 was conducted by a research team at the University of Gothenburg, while the company Detector AB was responsible for the fieldwork. The survey was conducted as part of the project "Politiker tycker om demokrati". The research team consisted of Mikael Gilljam (project manager), David Karlsson and Anders Sundell. KOLFU includes questions on the representatives' social background, their opinions on political issues, their view on the rules of democracy and the political process in their own municipality and county council.
The results from KOLFU 2008 are presented in the book "Politik på hemmaplan. Tiotusen fullmäktigeledamöter tycker om politik och demokrati" (Gilljam, et al., 2010a), among others.
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SND 0984
Principal investigator(s):
Mikael Gilljam - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
David Karlsson - University of Gothenburg, School of Public Administration
Anders Sundell - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
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The municipal and county council survey (KOLFU) 2008 aims to study Swedish local and regional political representatives' attitudes on democracy and politics.
Abstract:
KOLFU is a survey addressed to all members of Sweden's 20 county councils and 290 municipal councils (a total of about 13 500 people). KOLFU was conducted for the first time in 2008-2009 (KOLFU 2008). The actual number of respondents was 9 890.
KOLFU 2008 was conducted by a research team at the University of Gothenburg, while the company Detector AB was responsible for the fieldwork. The survey was conducted as part of the project "Politiker tycker om demokrati". The research team consisted of Mikael Gilljam (project manager), David Karlsson and Anders Sundell. KOLFU includes questions on the representatives' social background, their opinions on political issues, their view on the rules of democracy and the political process in their own municipality and county council.
The results from KOLFU 2008 are presented in the book "Politik på hemmaplan. Tiotusen fullmäktigeledamöter tycker om politik och demokrati" (Gilljam, et al., 2010a), among others.
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2008 — 2009
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Swedish municipalities and counties
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Country
Highest geographic unit:
Country
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Members of the Swedish municipal and county councils
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Numeric
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Total universe/Complete enumeration
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Swedish Research Council — 421-2005-1350
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Source: The municipal and county council survey (KOLFU) 2008
Reference: Gilljam, Karlsson & Sundell: Politik på hemmaplan. Tiotusen fullmäktigeledamöter tycker om politik och demokrati. Stockholm: SKL Kommentus
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2015-11-26 doi:10.5878/002746
The municipal and county council survey (KOLFU) 2008
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Mikael Gilljam, David Karlsson, Anders Sundell. University of Gothenburg (2015). The municipal and county council survey (KOLFU) 2008. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002746
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KOLFU is a survey addressed to all members of Sweden's 20 counties and 290 municipalities (a total of about 13 500 people). KOLFU was conducted for the first time in 2008-2009 (KOLFU 2008). The actual number of respondents was 9 890. KOLFU 2008 was conducted by a research team at the University of Gothenburg, while the company Detector AB was responsible for the fieldwork. The survey was conducted as part of the project "Politiker tycker om demokrati". The research team consisted of Mikael Gilljam (project manager), David Karlsson and Anders Sundell. KOLFU includes questions on the representatives' social background, their opinions on political issues, their view on the rules of democracy and the political process in their own municipality and county council.
Time period(s) investigated:
2008 — 2009
Variables:
260
Number of individuals/objects:
9890
Response rate:
69
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| Data: | Swedish |
| Questionnaire: | Swedish |
| Codebook: | Swedish |