Creator/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
Description
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.
Purpose:
The municipal and county council survey (KOLFU) 2008 aims to study Swedish local and regional political representatives' attitudes on de
Language
Swedish
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
University of GothenburgUnit of analysis
Population
Members of the Swedish municipal and county councils
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
2008 – 2009
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Geographic description: Swedish municipalities and counties
Lowest geographic unit
Country
Highest geographic unit
Country
Research area
POLITICS, Political behaviour and attitudes
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
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Associated documentation
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https://doi.org/10.5878/002746
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Creator/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
Keywords
local government policy, political behaviour, democracy, internal politics, political representation, political parties, regional policy, politicians, representative democracy
Time period(s) investigated
2008 – 2009
Collection methodology
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.
Variables
260
Number of individuals/objects
9890
Response rate/participation rate
69%