The National SOM Survey 2016

This study is part of the collection The National SOM survey

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Description:

In order to identify how the evolution of society affects Swedes’ attitudes and behaviour, the SOM Institute started its National SOM study in 1986. National SOM addresses three areas - society, opinion and mass media - and consists of several parallel surveys. All surveys include a large number of questions related to politics, society, media and social background, but their areas of focus differ.
In 2016, six different questionnaires were distributed.

Subject area:

POLITICS, political behaviour and attitudes, international politics and organisations, SOCIETY AND CULTURE, cultural activities and participation, leisure, tourism and sport, HEALTH, general health and well-being, energy and natural resources, SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND SYSTEMS, social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political Science, Media Studies, Social Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

mass media, population migration, public sector, energy, welfare, trust, political interest, nuclear energy, interest, public services, television viewing, internet, mobile communication, wind power, internal politics, water power, renewable energy

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status:

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SOM Institute

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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 1043

Alternative title:

Riks-SOM 2016

Purpose:

The main purpose is to establish time series that enable researchers to analyse how various changes in society affect people's attitudes and behaviour.

Description:

In order to identify how the evolution of society affects Swedes’ attitudes and behaviour, the SOM Institute started its National SOM study in 1986. National SOM addresses three areas - society, opinion and mass media - and consists of several parallel surveys. All surveys include a large number of questions related to politics, society, media and social background, but their areas of focus differ.
In 2016, six different questionnaires were distributed.

Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

2016

Instrument:

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit:

Municipality

Highest geographic unit:

Country

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Individuals aged 16-85 years and residing in Sweden

Time Method:

Sampling procedure:

Probability: Simple random
Six randomised sub samples of 3400 individuals each

Subject area:

POLITICS, political behaviour and attitudes, international politics and organisations, SOCIETY AND CULTURE, cultural activities and participation, leisure, tourism and sport, HEALTH, general health and well-being, energy and natural resources, SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY AND SYSTEMS, social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political Science, Media Studies, Social Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

mass media, population migration, public sector, energy, welfare, trust, political interest, nuclear energy, interest, public services, television viewing, internet, mobile communication, wind power, internal politics, water power, renewable energy

Is part of collection at SND:

The National SOM survey

Related research data in SND's catalogue:

The Gothenburg SOM Survey 2016

Available documentation:

SOM Institute Codebook 2016 (Swedish)

Questionnarie Riks-1 (Swedish)

Questionnarie Riks-2 (Swedish)

Questionnarie Riks-3 (Swedish)

Questionnarie Riks-4 (Swedish)

Questionnarie Riks-5 (Swedish)

Questionnarie Riks-6 (Swedish)

Method description SOM 2016 (Swedish)

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SOM-institutet (2017). Larmar och gör sig till: SOM-undersökningen 2016. Göteborg: SOM-institutet.
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Version 1.0:

2018-04-16 doi:10.5878/003006

The National SOM Survey 2016

Citation:

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2018). The National SOM Survey 2016. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/003006

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Time period(s) for data collection: 2016-09-28 — 2017-01-31

Data collector: Kinnmark

Sample size: 20400

Number of responses: 9828

Non response size: 10572

Cause of non response — Respondent unable to participate: 1033

Cause of non response — No contact/refusal: 9539

Source of the data: Population group

Time period(s) investigated:

2016

Variables:

879

Number of individuals/objects:

9828

Response rate/participation rate:

51%