The National SOM Survey 1994

Since 1986 the research project 'Samhälle Opinion Massmedia' (SOM) has been carrying out an annual nation-wide survey of Swedish opinions. This is accordingly the ninth survey in this series. The questionnaire was divided into six subject fields: mass media; politics and society; energy, nuclear power and environment; Sweden and the rest of the world; leisure; and background. Most of the questions are replications of questions asked in one or several previous SOM surveys. New questions dealt with equality between men and women; Sweden's future relation to the European Union; confidence in various groups concerning information about the European Union; the importance of various issues for the respondent's own opinion on a Swedish membership of the European Union; opinion on establishment of various activities in the respondent's own municipality; the rights of various ethnic groups to look after their interests; and radio channels listened to. The respondents also had to place the political parties on a scale measuring attitude towards christian values.

Purpose:
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 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/dataanalys