Study title

ISSP 2000: Environment II: Finnish Data

Dataset ID Number

FSD0115

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD0115

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
• Blom, Raimo (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)
• Melin, Harri (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)
• Tanskanen, Eero (Statistics Finland)

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Borg, Sami (University of Tampere. Finnish Social Science Data Archive)
• Ylitalo, Marko (Statistics Finland)

Abstract

The data consist of the Finnish contribution to the international ISSP survey in 2000. The survey studies Finnish environmental attitudes and views on various environmental issues. There are also a few questions that were asked only in Finland and are not included in the international comparison material (questions 5, 6, 29, 38 and 52).

The respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with a number of statements about environmental protection, economic growth, laboratory tests on animals, sanctity of nature, our present way of life, the greenhouse effect, medicine, the current state of the world and distribution of income. In addition, the respondents were asked to estimate how willing they themselves would be to make sacrifices for the sake of the environment, and how dangerous they regarded pollution of air caused by industry, toxic substances used in agriculture, the greenhouse effect, genetic manipulation, nuclear power plants, and the pollution of Finnish lakes and rivers. The respondents were also asked whether the government should force people to protect the environment, whether Finland was acting to promote global protection of the environment, whether there should exist international treaties to deal with environmental problems and whether the economic growth in Finland would slow down if we would not look better after our own environment. Respondent trust in information on the causes of pollution provided by various bodies like the business community, environmental organisations, ministries, the European Union, research organisations and various media. With the respondents' own behaviour in mind, some questions asked how often they limited their use of their own car because of environmental reasons, how often they sorted garbage, and whether they were members in some nature protection or environmental movement, and whether they had during the past five years participated in a demonstration for some environmental issue, or donated money to some environmental organisation.

Respondent's views on God and opinion on their own standard of living were charted. The survey also contained a few questions focusing on the society in general. The respondents were asked whether whether the government should reduce income disparity, what are the most important functions of the state, and whether science is the source of good or evil.

Background variables included the respondents' basic education, economic activity, weekly working hours, occupation, industry of employment, marital status, membership in trade unions, religiosity, education, age, gender, party affiliation, voting pattern in the previous elections, size of work place, form of dwelling, area of residence, social class, household income, household size and composition, and the education, economic activity, industry of employment, and occupation of the spouse.

Keywords

air pollution; conservation of nature; environment policy; environmental conservation; environmental degradation; environmental movements; greenhouse effect; information sources; pollution; water pollution

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Natural sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Environment and conservation (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

ISSP (International Social Survey Programme)

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Statistics Finland

Data Producers

• University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology
• Statistics Finland
• Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Time Period Covered

2000

Collection Dates

2000-11-01 – 2001-01-26

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finns aged 15-74 years

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Data Sources

Region variable and language variable combined to the data from Statistics Finland's register.

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Systematic random

Systematic random sample from the population central register. Sorting order: municipality code and birthday. Sample size 2,500 of which Finnish speaking 2,364 (94.6%) and Swedish speaking 136 (5.4%). Two reminders were seht.

Completed questionnaires returned: 1,528. Non-response: did not respond 907, language problem 1, address unknown 5, refused 13, sick 5, returned a blank questionnaire 35, abroad 4. In all, 972.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

61.3

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

2.1

Related Datasets

FSD2620 ISSP 2010: Environment III: Finnish Data

FSD3513 ISSP 2020: Environment IV: Finnish Data

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

In the Swedish questionnaire, there was a translation error in the question 59 (personal income)and the question is similar to the question 60, asking about the total income of the household. In these cases the variable can have a value only for households with one adult member.

Variables connected to questions 36-43 were financed by the Ministry of Environment and are not included in this data.

Weighting

The data contain two weight variables, which were created using a calibration method in order to improve estimation efficiency and to correct non-response bias. The weights are based on the following population distributions: 1) gender, 2) age groups (15-19, 20-24, ..., 64-69, 70-74), 3) municipality, and 4) municipality type (urban - rural). The first weight variable weights the results to match the whole Finnish population (the sum of the weights equals to the size of the Finnish population). The second weight variable does not produce this kind of extension (the weighted mean is 1 and the sum equals to the number of cases (1,528)). Both variables are based on the same calibration process, only the scale is different.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) & Blom, Raimo (University of Tampere) & Melin, Harri (University of Tampere) & Tanskanen, Eero (Statistics Finland): ISSP 2000: Environment II: Finnish Data [dataset]. Version 2.1 (2006-05-08). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD0115

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

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