Study title

European Parliament Survey of the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation's TV-News 1999

Dataset ID Number

FSD1047

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1047

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Taloustutkimus

Abstract

The survey studied voting behaviour in the 1999 European Parliamentary elections in Finland. The respondents were asked whether they had already voted in the European Parliamentary elections, or if they were going to vote in them. In addition, the respondents were asked which political party's candidate they had voted for or were going to vote for, and what issues had been the most import for them in making the voting decision (e.g. Finnish internal politics, issues related to Finland's role in Europe). The respondents were also asked to name the candidate they had voted for. In conclusion, the respondents were asked to say for which party's candidate they had voted in the previous Finnish parliamentary elections.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age group, and type of municipality of residence.

Keywords

European Parliament elections; parliamentary candidates; voting; voting behaviour

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science 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

• Taloustutkimus (Taloustutkimus)

Data Producers

• Taloustutkimus

Time Period Covered

1999

Collection Dates

1999-06-09 – 1999-06-13

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Persons in voting age living in Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Cluster

Cluster sampling (quota by age and gender)

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Taloustutkimus: European Parliament Survey of the Finnish Broadcasting Corporation's TV-News 1999 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2000-10-06). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1047

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Disclaimer

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Related Publications

Suomen europarlamenttivaalit (2000). Toim. Pertti Pesonen. Tampere: Tampere University Press.