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The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2018

SND-ID: SND 1110

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

Alternative title

Väst-SOM 2018

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Description

The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 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.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

SOM Institute

Protection and ethical review

Ethics Review

Gothenburg - Ref. 130-15

Method and time period

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
Probability: Simple random

Time period(s) investigated

2018 – 2018

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Kungsbacka Municipality, Västra Götaland County

Lowest geographic unit

Municipality

Highest geographic unit

County (NUTS3)

Topic and keywords

Research area

MEDIA, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE, LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT, POLITICS, Political behaviour and attitudes, Elections, Political ideology, SOCIETY AND CULTURE, Social behaviour and attitudes, Cultural activities and participation, Leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies), Media and Communications, Media Studies, Other Social Sciences, Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

housing, occupations, public sector, environment, trust, european union, political interest, local government services, public transport, medical care, public services, news, income, political participation, religious practice, democracy, internal politics, political parties, internet use, politicians, social participation, working conditions, households, clubs, leisure time activities, educational levels, political attitudes, cors

Publications

Anders Carlander, Patrik Öhberg & Elias Mellander (red) (2019) Ingen kommer undan kulturen. Göteborgs universitet: SOM-institutet. https://som.gu.se/publicerat/bocker/75.-ingen-kommer-undan-kulturen
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Dataset
The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2018

Version 1.0

Citation

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute (2019). The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2018. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/pxn0-eg32

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2018-09-25–2018-12-31
  • Data collector: Institutet för kvalitetsindikatorer - Indikator
  • Sample size: 6000
  • Cause of non response - Respondent unable to participate: 244
  • Cause of non response - No contact/refusal: 2248
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

365

Number of individuals/objects

2913

Response rate/participation rate

51%

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The Regional Western Sweden SOM survey

Published: 2020-04-02