The Regional Western Sweden SOM Survey 1998
https://doi.org/10.5878/002467
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
Documentation files
Documentation files
Citation and access
Citation and access
Data access level:
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Research principal:
Data contains personal data:
No
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Method and outcome
Method and outcome
Unit of analysis:
Population:
Individuals aged 15-80 years residing in the county of Västra Götaland or Kungsbacka municipality
Sampling procedure:
Description of sampling:
Western SOM 1998 has been carried out as two parallel surveys. One corresponds to previous years Western SOM and includes a random sample of 2,900 people aged 15-80 years residing in Gothenburg or any of the twelve surrounding municipalities. The second part of the West covering a similar sample of people living in the parts of Västra Götaland outside the Gothenburg region.
Time period(s) investigated:
Variables:
793
Number of individuals/objects:
3487
Weighting:
Urvalen för de båda delundersökningarna är lika stora men det bor fler 15 till 80-åringar i göteborgsregionen än det gör i resten av undersökningsområdet (VGE). Det finns därför två viktvariabler i datafilen. De bör användas när materialet analyseras i sin helhet, det vill säga för att dra slutsatser om de boende i Västra Götaland (viktvg) eller Västsverige (viktvs). Vikterna tar endast hänsyn till skillnaderna i urvalen - inte skillnader i svarsbenägenhet. Vid analyser som endast omfattar ett av de båda formulären ska viktvariabeln inte användas.
Response rate/participation rate:
65%
Data format/data structure:
Data collection - Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Data collection - Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Mode of collection:
Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Time period(s) for data collection:
1998-09-30 - 1999-01-28
Data collector:
- SIFO-Ronneby
Sample size:
5800
Source of the data:
- Population group
Instrument
Instrument
Name:
Type:
Semi-structured questionnaire
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Geographic location:
Lowest geographic unit:
Municipality
Highest geographic unit:
County (NUTS 3)
Administrative information
Administrative information
Responsible department/unit:
SOM Institute
Topic and keywords
Topic and keywords
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Swedish Standard Classification of Research Subjects 2025:
Relations
Relations
Website:
Related research data:
Publications
Publications
Citation:
Nilsson, Lennart (ed.) (1999) Region i omvandling : SOM-undersökningen Västsverige 1998. SOM report no 23. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN: 91-973670-2-8.
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ISBN:
Citation:
Nilsson, Lennart (ed.) (2007) Det våras för regionen. Västsverige 1998-2005. SOM report no. 40. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN 978-91-89673-10-6.
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ISSN:
Citation:
Nilsson, Lennart (ed.) (2004) Svensk samhällsorganisation i förändring : Västsverige vid millennieskiftet. SOM report no. 35. Göteborg: SOM Institute. ISBN: 91-89673-05-0.
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Metadata
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