Swedish electorate 1887-1968
https://doi.org/10.5878/001561
The study concerns the parliamentary elections (for the second chamber) from 1887, the first election of modern type in Sweden´s history with clearly demarcated political groupings within the electorate, to 1968, the last election under the bicameral parliamentary system.
The aim is to study the mobilization of the Swedish electorate during the period and how social structure influences political behaviour. The data are of two types: political data and social data.
Purpose:
Study the mobilization of the Swedish electorate during 1887 to 1968.
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Files with open access (4)
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Citation and access
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Creator/Principal investigator(s):
- Leif Lewin – Uppsala University - Department of Government
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Method and outcome
Method and outcome
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Population:
Swedish electorate
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Variables:
32
Number of individuals/objects:
141
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Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Administrative information
Administrative information
Responsible department/unit:
Department of Government
Contributor(s):
- Dag Sörbom – Uppsala University - Department of Information Science
- Barbro Lewin – Uppsala University - Department of Government
- Bo Jansson
Funding
Funding
Funding agency:
- Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation
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Topic and keywords
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Publications
Citation:
Lewin, L., Jansson, B., & Sörbom, D. (1972) The Swedish Electorate 1887-1968. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell.
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2
Data merged:
Data from: Swedish electorate - Election returns 1887-1970, county level (version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.5878/001561); Swedish electorate - Election returns 1964, 1966 and 1968, local level (version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.5878/001562); Swedish electorate - Postal voting 1964 and 1968 (version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.5878/001563); Swedish electorate - Occupations 1890-1960 (version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.5878/001564); Swedish electorate - Social variables (version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.5878/001565)
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Metadata
Metadata
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Versions
Version:
2
Data merged:
Data from: Swedish electorate - Election returns 1887-1970, county level (version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.5878/001561); Swedish electorate - Election returns 1964, 1966 and 1968, local level (version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.5878/001562); Swedish electorate - Postal voting 1964 and 1968 (version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.5878/001563); Swedish electorate - Occupations 1890-1960 (version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.5878/001564); Swedish electorate - Social variables (version 1.1, https://doi.org/10.5878/001565)
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