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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

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 Självadministrerat frågeformulär

Mode of collection:

Självadministrerat frågeformulär

Description of the mode of collection:

Undersökningen genomfördes mellan den 25 april och den 8 september 2023. Det är en postal undersökning, men det var även möjligt att svara på undersökningen via en webbenkät. Inloggningsuppgifter till webbenkäten fanns i missivbrevet och på enkäten i både klartext och QR-kod. SMS-påminnelser innehöll en länk med inloggningsuppgifter till webbenkäten. Det första utskicket innehöll ett missiv med information om undersökningen och inloggningsuppgifter till webbenkäten, samt en postenkät och svarskuvert. Urvalet bestod av 11 600 personer och ett första postalt utskick gjordes den 21 april. En SMS-påminnelse skickades den 12 maj. Den 1 juni skickades påminnelser via post med ett nytt informationsbrev, postenkät och svarskuvert. Ytterligare en SMS-påminnelse skickades den 20 juni. Eftersom svarsfrekvensen sannolikt skulle bli låg drogs ett första ytterligare urval på 16 874 personer för att säkerställa tillräckligt många svar. Deras postenkät levererades den 4 juli. Antalet påminnelser anpassades till den tid som återstod för datainsamlingen. En SMS-påminnelse skickades den 24 juli. Ytterligare en SMS-påminnelse skickades den 22 augusti.

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:

  • Befolkningsgrupp

Cause of non response

Reason:

Ej anträffbar/svarsvägran

Size:

27499

Instrument

Name:

Enkät

Type:

Semistrukturerat frågeformulär

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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