The National SOM Survey 1997
SND-ID: snd0635-1. Version: 2.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002348
Is part of collection at SND: The National SOM survey
Associated documentation
Citation
Alternative title
Riks-SOM 1997
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Research principal
University of Gothenburg
- SOM Institute
Description
Since 1986 the research project ´Samhälle Opinion Massmedia´ (SOM) has been carrying out an annual nation-wide survey of Swedish opinions. This is accordingly the twelfth survey in this series. The questionnaire was divided into six subject fields: mass media; politics and society; Sweden´s relations to the rest of the world; energy, nuclear power and environment; leisure, media and public issues; and background. Most of the questions are replications of questions asked in one or several previous SOM-surveys. New media questions dealt with newspaper reading on the internet. The respondents also had to state if they agreed or not with a number of statements concerning morning paper usage. Respondents were also asked about the Swedish EU-membership and the effect of the membership on different areas. A number of questions dealt with the respondent´s willingness to pay more taxes if the money was used for environmental issues. New questions on media habits included: how often the respondent watched different programs on television; the reliability of different programs; reasons to watch different
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Data contains personal data
No
Language
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 15-80 years and residing in Sweden
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1997 – 1998
Variables
554
Number of individuals/objects
1754
Data format / data structure
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Lowest geographic unit
County (NUTS 3)
Highest geographic unit
Country
Responsible department/unit
SOM Institute
Research area
Energy and natural resources (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Environment and conservation (CESSDA Topic Classification)
International politics and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Political science (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Media studies (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)
Media (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (2004) Swedish Trends 1986-2004. Göteborg: SOM Institute.
Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (1998) Opinionssamhället : SOM-undersökningen 1997. SOM report no 20. Göteborg: SOM Institute : Univ. ISBN 91-972694-8-4.
SOM Institute publications
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Libris
ISBN:
91-972694-8-4
Oscarsson, Henrik (ed.) (2003) Demokratitrender. SOM report no. 32. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN 91-89673-02-6.
SOM Institute publications
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Libris
ISSN:
0284-4788
ISBN:
91-89673-02-6
Berg O. (2008) Attityder kring kärnkraft i Sverige : en studie av förändringar i attityder från folkomröstningen 1980 fram till år 2006. C-uppsats, Kulturgeografiska institutionen, Uppsala universitet
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