This survey is the Swedish part of the 2007 ´International Social Survey Program´ (ISSP), and it is the first ISSP-survey focusing on leisure time and sports. The survey deals with the meaning of time and leisure, and its relation to work and other spheres of life. The respondents were asked about the frequency of leisure activities in their free time and the main purpose of their free time activities. Furthermore they were asked about their enjoyment from reading books, getting together with friends, taking part in physical activities, and watching TV or DVDs. They were also asked about their motivation for leisure time activities, such as establishing useful contacts, relaxing, or developing skills in free time. Other questions dealt with the frequency of feeling bored, feeling rushed, and thinking about work during free time. The respondents were also asked if they prefered to share their leisure time with other people or being alone; if they wished to have more time in a paid job, more time doing household work, more time with family, and/or more time in leisure activities. They were also asked about the number of nights they stayed away from home for holiday or social visits, as well as the number of days of leave from work during the last twelve months. A number of questions dealt with most frequent exercises or physical activity; preferred type of games rather than sports; and most important reasons for taking part in sports or games, such as physical or mental health, meeting other people, competing against others or physical attractiveness. The respondents were also asked about most frequently watched sport on TV; feeling of national pride when Sweden does well at international sports or games competition; and attitudes towards sport. A number of questions dealt with the respondent's social and political participation; trust in people; interest in politics; perception of happiness; and estimation of personal health. Respondents also have to state reasons for staying away from free time activities: such as lack of facilities nearby, lack of money and time, personal health or responsibility to take care of someone. Socio-economic background information include: employment status; weekly working hours; occupation; employee or self-employed; supervisory function; work in private or public sector; trade union membership; education; years in school; income; marital status; spouse's employment status, occupation and socio-economic classification; spouse employed or self-employed; household income; household composition; party preference; self-classification of social class; religious affiliation and church attendance; gender; age; Swedish or other citizenship. Purpose: ISSP aims to design and implement internationally comparable attitude surveys. The study in 2007 investigating the Leisure and Sports.

Detta är den svenska studien inom det internationella forskningsprojektet ISSP. Temat för studien 2007 är ”Leisure and Sports”. Detta är första gången studien genomförs med det här temat. International Social Survey Program, ISSP, är ett globalt forskningsprojekt som har till uppgift att konstruera och genomföra internationellt jämförbara attitydstudier. Sedan 1985 har attityddata årligen samlats in och utgör nu en databas som är fritt tillgänglig för forskarsamhället. I dagsläget är 40 länder, från sex olika världsdelar, involverade i projektet. Genom bredden av medlemsländer skapas möjlighet till jämförelser i flera dimensioner. Det finns möjligheter att både jämföra länder som har en likartad samhällsstruktur och historia, och länder som skiljer sig påtagligt från varandra. Sverige har varit medlem i ISSP sedan 1992 och det är Sociologiska intuitionen vid Umeå universitet som är huvudman för studierna i Sverige. Sedan starten 1985 har attityder från flera olika områden undersökts. Vissa områden har återkommit genom åren, vilket gör det möjligt att även jämföra dem över tid. Följande ämnen har behandlats: 1985 The Role of Government I 1986 Social Networks I 1987 Social Inequality I 1988 Family and Changing Gender Roles I 1989 Work Orientations I 1990 The Role of Government II 1991 Religion I 1992 Social Inequality II 1993 Environment I 1994 Family and Changing Gender Roles II 1995 National Identity I 1996 The Role of Government III 1997 Work Orientations II 1998 Religion II 1999 Social Inequality III 2000 Environment II 2001 Social Networks II 2002 Family and Changing Gender Roles III 2003 National Identity II 2004 Social Citizenship I 2005 Work Orientations III 2006 Role of Government IV 2007 Leisure and Sports I 2008 Religion III 2009 Social Inequality IV 2010 Environment III 2011 Health 2012 Family, Work and Gender Roles IV 2012 Family, Work and Gender Roles IV Syfte: ISSP har som syfte att konstruera och genomföra internationellt jämförbara attitydstudier. Studien för 2007 undersöker åsikter om idrott och fritid.

Probability: Simple random

Sannolikhetsurval: obundet slumpmässigt urval

Self-administered questionnaire: paper

Självadministrerat frågeformulär: papper