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The Attitudes of Swedes to the Climate- and Energy Transformation

https://doi.org/10.5878/stfx-3648
Attitudes, values and habits related to social acceptance of climate policies through a national survey. A postal survey was sent out with the option to respond on paper or online. The types of questions are described below: Whether the climate has changed and how (Likert scale 1 to 7) Environmental concern (Likert scale 1 to 7) Number of miles driven by car (free text) Questions about car usage (Likert scale 1 to 7) Questions about not using a car (Likert scale 1 to 7) Questions about attitudes and opinions on climate policy, transitioning to a fossil-free society, and actions needed to achieve this (Likert scale 1 to 7) A question about climate goals, carbon taxes on fossil fuels, meat tax, nuclear power, wind power (Likert scale 1 to 7) Questions about society in general, which may not necessarily be related to the environment and climate (Likert scale 1 to 7) A question about one's position on a political scale (1-left to 7-right) Personal questions: 1. Gender 2. Age 3. Education 4. Occupation 5. Personal monthly income 6. Marital status 7. Total household income 8. Household composition and whether one has children (response options with age ranges for children) 9. Type of residence 10. Postal code 11. Email (optional - for follow-up survey) 12. Email (optional - for information about the results)
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Citation and access

Data access level:

Creator/​Principal investigator(s):

Research principal:

Principal's reference number:

  • HIG-FORSK 2021/12

Data contains personal data:

Yes

Type of personal data:

Postal number, income, gender, age, municipality, political opinion, education, occupation. Direct identifiers (e-mail addresses) are preserved in the raw data.

Code key exists:

Yes

Sensitive personal data:

Yes

Citation:

Language:

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis:

Population:

The population consisted of people living in Sweden who are between 18 and 84 years old.

Time method:

Sampling procedure:

Description of sampling:

The population consisted of people living in Sweden who are between 18 and 84 years old. The sample was drawn from the population register and made as a non-proportional stratified sample in 3 age categories ((i) 18-34 years, (ii) 36-64 years, (iii) 65-84 years) and two municipality group categories according to Swedish authorities (SKR) on municipality group division: (i) Major cities and their suburbs with more than 40% commuting and larger cities between 200.000-40.000 inhabitants. (ii) Towns and rural municipalities. Within each sample category, a random sample was made. The sub-samples for the youngest sample group were heavily overweighted based on survey experience that in most surveys this age group has a lower response rate than other age groups.

Time period(s) investigated:

Variables:

78

Number of individuals/​objects:

5280

Weighting:

Geographical variables, sex and age

Response rate/​participation rate:

16%

Data format/​data structure:

Data collection Self-administered questionnaire

Mode of collection:

Self-administered questionnaire

Description of the mode of collection:

The survey was conducted between April 25 and September 8, 2023. It is a postal survey, but it was also possible to respond to the survey via an online survey. Login details for the online survey were provided in the missive and on the survey in both plain text and QR code. SMS reminders contained a link with login details for the online survey. The first mailing contained a missive with information about the survey and login details for the online survey, as well as a postal survey and response envelope. The sample consisted of 11,600 people and a first postal mailing was sent on April 21. An SMS reminder was sent on May 12. On June 1, postal reminders were sent with a new information letter, postal questionnaire and reply envelope. A further SMS reminder was sent on June 20. As the response rate was likely to be low, a first additional sample of 16,874 people was drawn to ensure enough responses. Their postal questionnaire was delivered on July 4. The number of reminders was adapted to the time remaining for data collection. An SMS reminder was sent on July 24. Another SMS reminder was sent on August 22.

Time period(s) for data collection:

2023-04-25 - 2023-09-08

Data collector:

  • Skandinavisk opinion AB (SKOP)

Sample size:

32779

Number of responses:

5280

Non response size:

27499

Source of the data:

  • Population group

Cause of non response

Reason:

No contact/refusal

Size:

27499

Instrument

Name:

Questionnaire

Type:

Semi-structured questionnaire

Geographic coverage

Geographic location:

Geographic description:

Two municipality group categories according to Swedish authorities (SKR) on municipality group division: (i) Major cities and their suburbs with more than 40% commuting and larger cities between 200.000-40.000 inhabitants. (ii) Towns and rural municipalities.

Lowest geographic unit:

Municipality

Highest geographic unit:

Country

Administrative information

Responsible department/​unit:

Department of Building Engineering, Energy Systems and Sustainability Science

Ethical Review

Reviewer:

Registration number:

2023-01099-01

Funding

Funding agency:

Award number:

DIA 2019/28

Award title:

FAIRTRANS

Funding agency:

Award number:

2021-00416

Award title:

FAIRTRANS

Topic and keywords

CESSDA topic classification:

Swedish Standard Classification of Research Subjects 2025:

Keywords:

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University of Gävle
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