Creator/Principal investigator(s)
David Karlsson - University of Gothenburg, School of Public Administration
Mikael Gilljam - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Description
KOLFU was administrated by researchers from University of Gothenburg, while the company Detector AB was responsible for the field work. The survey was carried out within the project "Swedish politicians [Svenska politiker]". Mikael Gilljam was the project leader and David Karlsson the project coordinator.
KOLFU comprise questions about the councillors' social background, attitudes towards political issues, views on democracy and political work in their own municipalities and regions.
Purpose:
The aim of KOLFU is to survey Swedish local and regional politicians' views on democracy and politics.
Research principal
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Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
2012 – 2013
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Research area
Political behaviour and attitudes, Elections, Political ideology, Government, political systems and organisations, Community, urban and rural life
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Public Administration Studies
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Karlsson, David och Mikael Gilljam (red) (2014): Svenska politiker. Om de folkvalda i riksdag, landsting och kommuner. Stockholm: Santérus förlag.
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Description
The KOLFU-survey was mainly conducted through a web-survey. The field work was carried out in the following way: In phase one, e-mail addresses to as many councillors as possible were assembled. In an e-mail, the respondents were given the opportunity to respond to the questionnaire on the Web. Councillors who lacked an e-mail address were sent a paper questionnaire by post. Councillors with e-mail addresses could also ask to be sent a postal questionnaire. Respondents received repeated reminder
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https://doi.org/10.5878/002982
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
David Karlsson - University of Gothenburg, School of Public Administration
Mikael Gilljam - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Time period(s) investigated
2012-10 – 2013-02
Variables
429
Response rate/participation rate
79%
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