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The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2015

SND-ID: snd1019-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002908

Is part of collection at SND: The Regional Western Sweden SOM survey

Citation

Alternative title

Väst-SOM 2015

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - SOM Institute rorId

Description

Western SOM has been conducted yearly since 1992, but was initially limited to residents of Gothenburg and its surrounding municipalities. In 1998, the survey was extended to include the entire Västra Götaland County plus the municipality of Kungsbacka.

The purpose of the regional surveys is to enable SOM researchers to study attitudes and behaviour linked to local and regional issues. They emphasise public services and media, although many of the questions are identical with those used in National SOM in order to make the answers comparable both between the regions and with Sweden at large.

Purpose:

Study attitudes and behaviours that are linked to local and regional issues and phenomena.

Data contains personal data

No

Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 16-85 years and residing in the county of Västra Götaland or Kungsbacka municipality

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random
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Time period(s) investigated

2015 – Ongoing

Variables

372

Number of individuals/objects

2830

Response rate/participation rate

47% (brutto) / 50% (netto)

Data format / data structure

Data collection
  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2015-09-25 – 2016-03-03
  • Data collector: Kinnmark
  • Sample size: 6000
  • Number of responses: 2830
  • Non response size: 3170
  • Cause of non response - No contact/refusal: 2779
  • Cause of non response - Respondent unable to participate: 391
  • Source of the data: Population group
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Västra Götaland County, Kungsbacka Municipality

Lowest geographic unit

Municipality

Highest geographic unit

County (NUTS3)

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

SOM Institute

Publications

Bergström, A. & Harring, N. (eds) (2016) Hållbarhetens horisont : samhälle, opinion och medier i Västsverige. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN: 978-91-89673-37-7
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Versions

Version 1.0. 2017-07-12

Version 1.0: 2017-07-12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002908

Is part of collection at SND

Published: 2017-07-12
Last updated: 2019-02-05