The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2016

This study is part of the collection The Regional Western Sweden SOM survey

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

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.

Subject area

Media, Political behaviour and attitudes, Leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Media Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

housing, occupations, public sector, environment, environmental degradation, trust, european union, political interest, local government services, public transport, medical care, public services, news, privatization, income, political participation, sick leave, religious practice, democracy, internal politics, political parties, internet use, dental care, politicians, local government organizations, social participation, working conditions, households, local community facilities, clubs, leisure time activities, educational levels, traffic, political attitudes, state health services, social networks, cors

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Principal organisation

University of Gothenburg

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SOM institute

Responsible department/unit

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Identifiers

SND-ID: SND 1044

Alternative title

Väst-SOM 2016

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.

Language

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated

2016

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Kungsbacka Municipality, Västra Götaland County

Lowest geographic unit

Municipality

Highest geographic unit

County (NUTS3)

Unit of analysis

Population

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

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random

Subject area

Media, Political behaviour and attitudes, Leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Media Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

housing, occupations, public sector, environment, environmental degradation, trust, european union, political interest, local government services, public transport, medical care, public services, news, privatization, income, political participation, sick leave, religious practice, democracy, internal politics, political parties, internet use, dental care, politicians, local government organizations, social participation, working conditions, households, local community facilities, clubs, leisure time activities, educational levels, traffic, political attitudes, state health services, social networks, cors

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The Regional Western Sweden SOM survey

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Associated documentation

Vast-SOM 2016-codebook-swe.pdf

Vast-SOM 2016-questionnarie-swe.pdf

SOM 2016-method description-swe.pdf

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Publications

En brokig gemenskap [Elektronisk resurs]. (2017). Göteborgs universitet.Tillgänglig på Internet: https://som.gu.se/digitalAssets/1671/1671573_en-brokig-gemenskap-korr-20171219.pdf
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2018-04-16
https://doi.org/10.5878/003007

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The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2016

Citation

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2018). <em>The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2016</em>. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5878/003007">https://doi.org/10.5878/003007</a>

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire

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

Data collector: Kinnmark

Sample size: 8000

Non response size: 4185

Cause of non response — No contact/refusal: 3780

Cause of non response — Respondent unable to participate: 405

Source of the data: Population group

Time period(s) investigated

2016

Variables

385

Number of individuals/objects

3816

Response rate/participation rate

50

Published: 2018-04-24
Last updated: 2019-02-05