Study title

Parties and Municipal Democracy 1996: Candidates

Dataset ID Number

FSD1021

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1021
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1021

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Borg, Sami (University of Tampere)

Abstract

In this survey, candidates in the 1996 municipal elections were compared with electors, party members and councilmen. Major part of the questions were addressed to the candidates of both constituency associations and parties. One set of questions, about the independent's role and relationship to political parties, was asked only of the candidates of constituency associations. The municipal election candidates were asked if they had been candidates before and whether they had been elected. The material contains also candidates' opinions on the role of the media during the election campaign and information on how the candidates had acquired information on the opinions of the electors in municipalities.

The candidates were also asked about party membership and eventual elected offices. In addition, they were presented with statements concerning municipal politicy and politics in general. The candidates' opinions on the simultaneous arranging of municipal and the European Parliamentary elections, the appreciation of the work of councillors and municipal democracy.

Background variables included the respondent's sex, age, occupational group, vocational education, and type of employer.

Keywords

democracy; local government; municipal elections; municipal government; party politics; political attitudes; political behaviour; political influence; public administration; representative democracy

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Borg, Sami (University of Tampere)

Time Period Covered

1996

Collection Dates

1996-10-01 – 1996-10-18

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Candidates in the 1996 municipal elections

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

Stratified sampling from the election candidate register. There were candidates from 123 municipalities. The number of responses was 2,116, the intended number was 4,000.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Data Version

2.0

Related Datasets

FSD1022 Parties and Local Democracy 1996: Party Members

FSD1023 Parties and Local Democracy 1996: Electors

FSD1024 Parties and Local Democracy 1996: Combined Data

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Borg, Sami (University of Tampere): Parties and Municipal Democracy 1996: Candidates [dataset]. Data version 2.0 (2003-03-18). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1021; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1021

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Disclaimer

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Related Publications

Puolueet 1990-luvulla: näkökulmia suomalaiseen puoluetoimintaan (1997). Toim. Sami Borg. Turku: Turun yliopisto. Valtio-opillisia tutkimuksia; 53.

Borg, Sami (1998). Puolueet ja edustuksellinen kunnallisdemokratia: tutkimus poliittisesta edustautumisesta ja legitimiteetistä. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Tampereen yliopisto. Kunnallistieteiden laitos. Julkaisusarja; 1/1998.