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The SOM-institute at Göteborg University carries out two annual surveys. One is a nation-wide survey, while the other is carried out in Western Sweden. To be able to shed light on opinions and habits of the student generation of today a similar survey was carried out among the students at Göteborg University. The questionnaire was divided into seven parts: mass media; politics and society; energy, nuclear power and environment; Sweden and the rest of the world; leisure-time activities; background; and study programme. Questions concerning mass media dealt with news in radio and television; morning paper reading; international papers and magazines; confidence in how various institutions and groupings handle their work; and how important it is to get news from various areas/countries. Politics and society deals with interest in politics; important issues; opinion on a number of proposals occurring in the political debate; opinion on how the government handle their work; position on the political left-right scale; opinion on a Swedish EC-membership; attitude toward the political parties and the party leaders; qualities possessed by Ingvar Carlsson, Carl Bildt, and Gudrun Schyman; party most liked and second best respectively. Questions about energy, nuclear power and environment dealt with opinion on nuclear power in Sweden; treatment of nuclear power disposals; threats against the environment; opinion on a number of proposals occurring in the Swedish environmental debate; threats against life and health. Questions concerning Sweden and the rest of the world dealt with worries for the future; refugees and immigrants; how a Swedish EC-membership would affect a number of sectors, and opinion on a number of proposals concerning Sweden´s relations to the rest of the world. Leisure-time activities dealt with television channels watched; general impression of the Swedish television channels; activities during the last year; and organisation membership and activities....