Cable television and its development - A survey of the public in Lund in autumn 1983

This dataset is the result of the first step in a survey with the aim of describing and analyzing the introduction of cable TV in Sweden.
During the autumn of 1983 the Swedish Telecommunications Administration (Televerket) put trial networks for cable television into operation in Lund. One of the reasons that Lund was chosen as the first test area was its relatively proximity to continental Europe, a proximity that made it possible for to receive terrestrial TV broadcasts from East and West Germany. Cable transmissions began on October 31st 1983. The survey deals with the media and leisure habits of the Lund respondents before the start of cable transmissions. It also deals with the level of interest in, and willingness to pay for, cable services. The second stage of the survey deals with the same respondents two years after the first data collection and, therefore, two years after the introduction of cable services. The purpose of this study is to map the changes brought about by cable, if any, in a specific population over time.

本数据集是旨在描述和分析瑞典有线电视引入情况的调查第一阶段成果。1983年秋季，瑞典电信管理局（Televerket）在隆德启用了有线电视试验网络。隆德被选为首个测试区域的原因之一是其相对靠近欧洲大陆，这一地理位置使其能够接收来自东德和西德的地面电视广播。有线电视传输于1983年10月31日启动。该调查涉及隆德受访者在有线电视传输开始前的媒体使用与休闲习惯，同时关注他们对有线电视服务的兴趣程度及付费意愿。调查的第二阶段将在首次数据收集两年后——即有线电视服务引入两年后——对同一批受访者展开调查。本研究的目的是描绘特定人群随时间推移因有线电视（若存在）所发生的变化。