The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 2012
type: Dataset
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 behaviors that are linked to local and regional issues and phenomena.
alternate name: Väst-SOM 2012
citation: CreativeWork
  name: Bergström, A. & Ohlsson, J. (eds.) (2013) En region för alla? : Medborgare, människor och medier i Västsverige : den västsvenska SOM-undersökningen 2012. Göteborg: SOM-institutet. ISBN: 978-91-89673-31-01.
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creator: University of Gothenburg
date modified: 2026-02-02
date published: 2014-04-23
language: Swedish
is part of: https://doi.org/10.5878/001903
keywords: Media
keywords: Political behaviour and attitudes
keywords: Leisure, tourism and sport
keywords: Social Sciences
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  term code: 5
keywords: Political Science
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  term code: 506
keywords: Media and Communication Studies
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  term code: 50801
keywords: Swedish trends
keywords: SOM Survey
keywords: Western SOM
keywords: CORS
keywords: SOM data
publisher: University of Gothenburg
size: QuantitativeValue
  unit text: cases
  value: 3186
size: QuantitativeValue
  unit text: variables
  value: 465
spatial coverage: Kungsbacka Municipality
spatial coverage: Västra Götaland County
temporal coverage: 2012-10/2013-02
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PropertyValue
property ID: DOI
value: 10.5878/001934

PropertyValue
property ID: ISBN
value: 978-91-89673-29-8

University of Gothenburg
type: Organization
department: SOM Institute

Swedish
type: Language
alternate name: swe

Media
type: DefinedTerm
description: Data referring to any type of mass media. For example, printed or online newspapers, magazines, television and the radio. Use note: Social media are indexed with 'Information society'.
term code: MediaCommunicationAndLanguage.Media

Political behaviour and attitudes
type: DefinedTerm
description: Data on party political attitudes, political engagement and participation in the political process, voting behaviour, satisfaction with government. Use note: For data on specific political doctrines, use 'Political ideology'.
term code: Politics.PoliticalBehaviourAndAttitudes

Leisure, tourism and sport
type: DefinedTerm
description: Recreation patterns, leisure time activities and hobbies. Includes sports spectatorship, competition sports, and travel for leisure. Use note: For data on exercise for keeping fit, use 'Physical fitness and exercise'.
term code: SocietyAndCulture.LeisureTourismAndSport

CULTURE
type: DefinedTerm
description: SET OF SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS WHICH REGULATE THE BEHAVIOUR AND ENABLE THE MUTUAL COMMUNICATION OF A PLURALITY OF PEOPLE, ESTABLISHING THEM INTO A PARTICULAR AND DISTINCT COMMUNITY

TRUST
type: DefinedTerm

EUROPEAN UNION
type: DefinedTerm
description: EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY BECAME FORMALLY KNOWN AS EUROPEAN UNION IN 1993.

POLITICAL INTEREST
type: DefinedTerm
description: THE EXTENT TO WHICH MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL POPULATION TAKE AN INTEREST IN POLITICAL MATTERS, FOR EXAMPLE, BY WATCHING TELEVISION, LISTENING TO THE RADIO, READING THE NEWSPAPER OR DISCUSSING POLITICAL ISSUES

LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES
type: DefinedTerm

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
type: DefinedTerm
description: AN UMBRELLA TERM FOR ALL OF THE VARIOUS MEDIA EMPLOYED IN COMMUNICATING INFORMATION

NEWSPAPER READERSHIP
type: DefinedTerm
description: THE TOTAL NUMBER OF (REGULAR) READERS OF A NEWSPAPER; ALL, OR A SECTION, OF SUCH READERS CONSIDERED COLLECTIVELY

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
type: DefinedTerm
description: ANY SYSTEM THAT TRANSPORTS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN VEHICLES OTHER THAN THEIR OWN, E.G. BUSES, TRAINS. IT COVERS SYSTEMS RUN BY PRIVATE ENTERPRISES AS WELL AS THOSE RUN BY THE STATE.

RADIO
type: DefinedTerm

MEDICAL CARE
type: DefinedTerm
description: COVERS ALL ASPECTS OF MEDICAL CARE GIVEN TO OR RECEIVED BY A PATIENT, INCLUDING EXAMINATIONS, DIAGNOSIS, MONITORING AND TREATMENT.

RADIO NEWS
type: DefinedTerm

TELEVISION CHANNELS
type: DefinedTerm

NEWS
type: DefinedTerm

TELEVISION NEWS
type: DefinedTerm

POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
type: DefinedTerm
description: INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, EITHER INDEPENDENTLY OR FROM WITHIN A POLITICAL PARTY/ORGANIZATION

GOVERNMENT
type: DefinedTerm

INTERNET
type: DefinedTerm

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
type: DefinedTerm

DEMOCRACY
type: DefinedTerm

INTERNAL POLITICS
type: DefinedTerm
description: POLICY FOCUSING ON CONCERNS AND ISSUES WITHIN A PARTICULAR COUNTRY.

LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES
type: DefinedTerm
description: ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING A PERSON'S TIME AWAY FROM THEIR USUAL OCCUPATION

COMMUTING
type: DefinedTerm

REFUGEES
type: DefinedTerm

PERSONAL SAFETY
type: DefinedTerm
description: AN INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO GO ABOUT THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE FREE FROM THE THREAT OR FEAR OF PSYCHOLOGICAL, EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL HARM FROM OTHERS

READING (ACTIVITY)
type: DefinedTerm

Kungsbacka Municipality
type: Place

Västra Götaland County
type: Place