The National SOM Survey 2023
https://doi.org/10.5878/a1ac-vz28
In order to identify how the evolution of society affects Swedes’ attitudes and behaviour, the SOM Institute started its National SOM study in 1986. National SOM addresses three areas - society, opinion and mass media - and consists of several parallel surveys. All surveys include a large number of questions related to politics, society, media and social background, but their areas of focus differ.
In 2023, seven different questionnaires were distributed.
The main purpose is to establish time series that enable researchers to analyse how various changes in society affect people's attitudes and behaviour.
The dataset has changed somewhat in relation to the codebook, in order to reduce the risk of re-identification. The following changes have been made:
Variables removed: samprob_txt, vanster_txt, hoger_txt, andisk_txt, ansex_txt, mtidn1, mtidn2, anparti, anspraak_txt, angrupp, anutb, kommun, f181, f183, f184, ssyk, ssyk96
Variables added: samhällsgrupp
Variables aggregated: f179, län, fackforb, f176c
The SOM Institute also has an online tool for data analysis, where you can work with data from the national SOM surveys directly in your web browser. You can find it at https://som-institutet.se/dataanalysOpens in a new tab
Documentation files
Documentation files
Citation and access
Citation and access
Data access level:
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Research principal:
Data contains personal data:
Yes
Type of personal data:
Names of politicians included in survey questions, risk of re-identification in the original dataset
Sensitive personal data:
Yes
Citation:
Language:
Method and outcome
Method and outcome
Unit of analysis:
Population:
Individuals aged 16-90 years and residing in Sweden
Time method:
Sampling procedure:
Description of sampling:
Seven randomised sub samples of 3 750 individuals each.
Time period(s) investigated:
Variables:
1099
Number of individuals/objects:
12143
Response rate/participation rate:
48%
Data collection - Self-administered questionnaire
Data collection - Self-administered questionnaire
Mode of collection:
Self-administered questionnaire
Time period(s) for data collection:
2023-09-18 - 2023-12-31
Data collector:
- Institute for Quality Indicators (Sweden)
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Sample size:
26250
Number of responses:
12143
Non response size:
14107
Source of the data:
- Population group
Cause of non response
Cause of non response
Reason:
No contact/refusal
Size:
13032
Reason:
Respondent unable to participate
Size:
1075
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Administrative information
Administrative information
Responsible department/unit:
SOM Institute
Ethics Review:
Gothenburg - 130-15
Topic and keywords
Topic and keywords
CESSDA Topic Classification:
Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2025:
Relations
Relations
Related resource:
Related research data:
Publications
Publications
Citation:
Carlander, Anders, Andersson, Ulrika & Rönnerstrand, Björn (red.) (2024). Inferno: SOM-undersökningen 2023. SOM-institutet
ISBN:
978-91-89673-55-7
