The Global Swedes Abroad SOM Survey 2014

This study is part of the collection SOM - Special studies

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status:

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SOM Institute - SOM survey to Swedes living abroad

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Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0995

Purpose:

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

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.

Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

2014-09 — 2015-01

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

Ethics Review:

Gothenburg

Subject 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, welfare, trust, national identity, community identification, citizenship, voting, friends, political interest, political behaviour, party identification, book use, household composition, listening to the radio, television channels, languages, leisure time activities, news, television programmes, living abroad, political participation, welfare states, television viewing, wildlife, religious practice, language skills, social welfare expenditure, political parties, emigration, schools, community behaviour, cultural participation, personal contact, educational levels, languages used at home, Swedish expatriates, expatriate votes, expatriate, diaspora, social media, CORS

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SOM institute codebook (Swedish)

Questionnaire (Swedish)

Methodology description (Swedish)

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Maria Solevid (ed) (2016) Svenska utlandsröster : SOM-undersökningen till utlandssvenskar 2014. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN: 978-91-89673-34-2
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Version 1.0:

2016-04-13 doi:10.5878/002822

The Global Swedes Abroad SOM Survey 2014

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

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

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

Time period(s) investigated:

2014-09-27 — 2015-01-30

Variables:

403

Number of individuals/objects:

2668

Response rate/participation rate:

27%