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The National SOM Survey 2007

SND-ID: snd0868-1. Version: 2.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002329

Is part of collection at SND: The National SOM survey

Citation

Alternative title

Riks-SOM 2007

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, SOM Institute

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - SOM Institute rorId

Description

Since 1986 the SOM-institute has been carrying out an annual nation-wide survey - the National SOM - in order to identify the Swedish public's habits and attitudes on the topics of society, politics and media. National SOM 2007 is accordingly the twentysecond survey in this series.
The SOM-institute is a collaboration between three departments/institutes at Göteborg University: the Institute for Journalism and Mass Communication, the Department of Political Science, and the Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS). A number of research projects are involved in the National SOM - most from one of these three institutions, but also external projects are involved.
Since 1998 the survey includes two nation representative samples and uses two different mail questionnaires. One of the questionnaires mainly deals with questions on politics, economy and working life, while the other mainly deals with media, culture and life style. The data collection is carried out in parallel and under identical conditions.
In 2007 approximately one fifth of the questions asked in the two questionnaires are common f

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Since 1986 the SOM-institute has been carrying out an annual nation-wide survey - the National SOM - in order to identify the Swedish public's habits and attitudes on the topics of society, politics and media. National SOM 2007 is accordingly the twentysecond survey in this series.
The SOM-institute is a collaboration between three departments/institutes at Göteborg University: the Institute for Journalism and Mass Communication, the Department of Political Science, and the Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS). A number of research projects are involved in the National SOM - most from one of these three institutions, but also external projects are involved.
Since 1998 the survey includes two nation representative samples and uses two different mail questionnaires. One of the questionnaires mainly deals with questions on politics, economy and working life, while the other mainly deals with media, culture and life style. The data collection is carried out in parallel and under identical conditions.
In 2007 approximately one fifth of the questions asked in the two questionnaires are common for both samples, for example questions about media habits, political attitudes, leisure activities, and social background.











The questionnaire on politics include ten different subject fields: news and media; politics, society and democracy; radio, television and the internet; Sweden's relations to the surrounding world; society and public service; environment and energy; knowledge and society; activities, interests, and values; work life; and background questions. The media questionnaire is divided into nine subject fields: news and papers; politics, society and democracy; radio and television; media technology, mobile telephony and internet; periodicals, books and libraries; movies and theatre; activities, interests, and values; work life and background questions.

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. Show less..

Data contains personal data

No

Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 15-85 years and residing in Sweden

Sampling procedure

Time period(s) investigated

2007 – Ongoing

Variables

931

Number of individuals/objects

3435

Response rate/participation rate

57% (brutto) / 63% (netto)

Data format / data structure

Data collection
  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2007-09-13 – 2008-02-11
  • Data collector: Kinnmark
  • Sample size: 6000
  • Number of responses: 3435
  • Non response size: 2565
  • Cause of non response - Respondent unable to participate: 511
  • Cause of non response - No contact/refusal: 2054
  • Source of the data: Population group
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

Municipality

Highest geographic unit

Country

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

SOM Institute

Topic and keywords

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)

Cultural activities and participation (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)

Publications

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Holmberg, Sören & Weibull, Lennart (eds.) (2008) Skilda världar : Trettioåtta kapitel om politik, medier och samhälle : SOM-undersökningen 2007. SOM report no. 44. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN 978-91-89673-14-4.
Swepub | Libris | SOM Institute publications | Till lärosätets (gu) databas
ISSN: 0284-4788
ISBN: 978-91-89673-14-4

Waern, T. (2012) Fallande förtroende. En studie om allmänhetens förtroende för grundskolelärare.Studentuppsats vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, Göteborgs universitet

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Versions

Version 2.0. 2011-01-05

Version 2.0: 2011-01-05

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002329

Version 1.0. 2009-03-09

Version 1.0: 2009-03-09

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/002328

Is part of collection at SND

Published: 2011-01-05
Last updated: 2020-01-23