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The Global Swedes Abroad SOM Survey 2014

SND-ID: SND 0995

This study is part of the collection SOM - Special studies

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Description

In the autumn of 2014 the first SOM survey aimed at Swedes living abroad, was conducted. The SOM survey to expatriates focus, like the National SOM surveys, on three themes - society, public opinion and mass media. The survey was answered by 2668 people in 103 countries.
Research Director was Maria Solevid.

Purpose:

The main purpose is to examine the habits, values and opinions of Swedish expatriates.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

SOM Institute

Protection and ethical review

Ethics Review

Gothenburg

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Swedish citizens aged 18-75 years deregistered from the Swedish Tax Agency population register due a move abroad

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Probability: Stratified
Disproportionate stratified random sample

Time period(s) investigated

2014-09 – 2015-01

Geographic coverage
Topic and keywords

Research area

Migration, Media, Political behaviour and attitudes, Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Media and Communications (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

mass media, population migration, public sector, health, social welfare, trust, social welfare expenditure, national identity, community identification, citizenship, voting, friends, political interest, political behaviour, party identification, book use, television channels, languages, news, television programmes, living abroad, political participation, television viewing, wildlife, religious practice, language skills, political parties, emigration, schools, community behaviour, households, social welfare philosophy, cultural participation, personal contact, leisure time activities, educational levels, languages used at home, radio listening, expatriate votes, expatriate, diaspora, cors, swedish expatriates, social media

Publications

Maria Solevid (ed) (2016) Svenska utlandsröster : SOM-undersökningen till utlandssvenskar 2014. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN: 978-91-89673-34-2
Libris | SOM Institute publications
ISBN: 9789189673342

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Dataset
The Global Swedes Abroad SOM Survey 2014

Version 1.0

Citation

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2016). The Global Swedes Abroad SOM Survey 2014. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002822

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Time period(s) investigated

2014-09-27 – 2015-01-30

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Web-based interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2014-09-27–2015-01-30
  • Data collector: University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute
  • Sample size: 10000
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

403

Number of individuals/objects

2668

Response rate/participation rate

27%

Published: 2016-04-13
Last updated: 2019-02-05