Valitse muuttuja

[fsd_no] Archival number (added by FSD)

[fsd_vr] Archival version (added by FSD)

[fsd_pro] FSD processing level

[fsd_id] Case id (added by FSD)

[tausta1] Respondent's occupational status

[tausta2] Occupational status of the head of the household (if retired, former occupation)

[tausta3] Respondent's education

[tausta4] Respondent's age

[tausta5] Respondent's year of birth

[tausta6] Are there children aged 7-16 years in your family?

[tausta7] Annual gross income of the household

[tausta8] Respondent's gender

[tausta9] Respondent's place of residence

[tausta10] Respondent's province of residence

[fq1] Which party did you vote for in the 1982 presidential election, when the electoral college was chosen?

[fq2] Which party did you vote for in the 1980 municipal (local) elections?

[fq3] How likely is it that you will vote in the next parliamentary elections in March 1983?

[fq4] If Finnish parliamentary elections were held now, the candidate of which party would you vote for?

[fq5] If the parliamentary elections were held now, which party would you vote for as your second preference?

[q1] Did you vote in the Finnish parliamentary elections in March 1983?

[q2_2] (IF DID NOT VOTE IN 1983) When did you decide not to vote?

[q3_1] (IF DID NOT VOTE IN 1983) Did you vote in the 1982 presidential election, when the electoral college was chosen?

[q3_2] (IF DID NOT VOTE IN 1983) Did you vote in the 1980 municipal (local) elections?

[q4] Respondent's own interest in politics

[q5] (IF VOTED IN 1983) When did you vote in the parliamentary elections?

[q6] How many parties did you take into serious consideration when choosing the candidate?

[q7] (IF VOTED IN 1983) When did you make the final decision which party to vote for?

[q8] (IF VOTED IN 1983) Have you voted for the same party before?

[q9] Altogether, how many different parties have you voted for in general elections?

[q10] (IF VOTED IN 1983) At what stage did you make the final decision which candidate to vote for?

[q11] (IF VOTED IN 1983) How many candidates did you take into consideration when deciding who to vote for?

[q12] (IF VOTED AND CONSIDERED MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE) Did the candidates you considered voting for represent the same party?

[q13] (IF VOTED IN 1983) Have you voted for the same candidate before?

[q14] (IF VOTED IN 1983) Did the candidate you voted for get elected to the parliament?

[q15] (IF VOTED IN 1983) How certain were you that your candidate would get elected?

[q16] (IF VOTED IN 1983) When you voted, was the fact the candidate represents a certain party more important than the personal characteristics of the candidate?

[q17] (IF VOTED IN 1983) Would you have voted for the same candidate if he had represented another, politically close party?

[q18_1] (IF VOTED IN 1983) Considering the parliamentary elections, which information source provided the most relevant information for your voting choice?

[q18_2] (IF VOTED IN 1983) Which information source came second in providing relevant information for your voting choice?

[q19] (IF VOTED IN 1983) During the election campaign, did any information appear which made you give up a particular candidate you had considered voting for?

[q20_1] (IF VOTED IN 1983) Did the performance of party representatives in television election programmes influence your voting decision?

[q20_2] (IF VOTED IN 1983) Did the alleged corruption of politicians influence your voting decision?

[q20_3] (IF VOTED IN 1983) Did the pensions policy of the previous Parliament influence your voting decision?

[q20_4] (IF VOTED IN 1983) Did the party policy on employment measures influence your voting decision?

[q20_5] (IF VOTED IN 1983) Influence on voting decision: something else

[q21_1] (IF VOTED IN 1983) How important to your choice of candidate: Candidate's opinions on environment and nature protection issues

[q21_2] (IF VOTED IN 1983) How important to your choice of candidate: Candidate's prior experience in Parliament

[q21_3] (IF VOTED IN 1983) How important to your choice of candidate: Impeccability of the candidate's private life

[q21_4] (IF VOTED IN 1983) How important to your choice of candidate: Candidate strives for new kind of political processes

[q21_5] (IF VOTED IN 1983) How important to your choice of candidate: Desire to vote new, fresh members to Parliament

[q22_1] The most important goal of politics

[q22_2] The second most important goal of politics

[q22_3] The third most important goal of politics

[q23_1] There is at least one party which always tries to promote the interests of people like me

[q23_2] By voting people can really have a say in how things are run in this country

[q23_3] Political parties are only interested in people's votes, not in their opinions

[q23_4] The opinions of the citizens will be taken into consideration through the political parties

[q23_5] Sometimes politics is so complicated that people like me do not understand what's going on

[q23_6] People like me have no say in what the government does

[q23_7] Voting is the only way to have an effect on public issues

[q23_8] Even if someone disagreed with the content of a law, everyone should obey laws passed by Parliament

[q23_9] One can generally trust the government to make the right decisions

[q23_10] All people are treated equally in Finnish courts of justice

[q24_1] Which one of the following groups you feel you primarily belong to?

[q24_2] Which one of the following groups you feel you secondarily belong to?

[q25_1] How conflicting are the interests of the following groups: Farmers - consumers?

[q25_2] How conflicting are the interests of the following groups: The rich - the poor?

[q25_3] How conflicting are the interests of the following groups: Manual workers - people doing intellectual work?

[q25_4] How conflicting are the interests of the following groups: Employers - employees

[q25_5] How conflicting are the interests of the following groups: Politicians - citizens

[q25_6] How conflicting are the interests of the following groups: Capitalists - the working class

[q25_7] How conflicting are the interests of the following groups: People with steady jobs - the unemployed

[q26_1] Respondent's membership in a trade union or professional association

[q26_2] Respondent's membership in an agricultural association or union

[q26_3] Respondent's membership in any political party or in women's/youth organisation of any party

[q26_4] Respondent's membership in a sports association

[q26_5] Respondent's membership in any other voluntary organisation or association

[q27] Respondent's occupational status

[qk1] Which party's candidate did you vote for in the parliamentary elections in March 1983

[qk2] If the parliamentary elections were held now, which party would you vote for?

[qk3] If the parliamentary elections were held now, which party would you vote for as your second preference