Study title

Parties and Local Democracy 1996: Combined Data

Dataset ID Number

FSD1024

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1024
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1024

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Borg, Sami (University of Tampere)

Abstract

The dataset is a combination of the following datasets: Parties and local democracy 1996 (FSD1021, FSD1022, and FSD1023). It also contains a variable analysing councillors who were elected.

Keywords

democracy; elections; information transfer; internal politics; local government; local government; local government services; parliamentary elections; political action; political allegiance; political attitudes; political behaviour; political participation; political parties; political power; representative democracy; voting

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)
• Gallup Finland (Gallup Finland)

Time Period Covered

1996 – 1997

Collection Dates

1996-10 – 1997-01

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Candidates in the 1996 municipal elections, members of the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party, the National Coalition Party, Left Alliance, Swedish People's Party, the Green League and the Christian League in 1996 and population of Finland aged 18 years or more at the time of the interview. (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

Stratified sampling from the election candidate register. The sample includes candidates from 123 municipalities. The intended number of responses was 4,000, the received number 2,116. Systematic sampling from the member register of each party. For the Centre Party of Finland, a systematic sampling from member registers of 21 districts. Normal Omnibus procedure and agreement to a mail survey; variables 1-18 obtained through an Omnibus survey, variables 19-50 through a mail survey.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

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: English and Finnish.

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Number of Cases and Variables

120 variables and 5392 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD1021 Parties and Municipal Democracy 1996: Candidates

FSD1022 Parties and Local Democracy 1996: Party Members

FSD1023 Parties and Local Democracy 1996: Electors

Weighting

The data collected from the population sample were weighted to the 1995 population distribution in Finland by age group (q19). The data collected from the sample of political party members were weighted to be representative of the official membership lists of the parties.

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

Borg, Sami (University of Tampere): Parties and Local Democracy 1996: Combined Data [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2000-08-14). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1024

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.

Related Publications

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

Palazzolo, Christopher A. (2007). Electoral Independence, Dependence, or Co-Dependence?: a Reassessment of Second-Order Electoral Expectations in Subnational Elections. Atlanta: Emory University. Emory University Dissertations (Ph.D.), Department of Political Science.

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