Study title

Finnish Voter Barometer 1993

Dataset ID Number

FSD1050

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1050
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1050

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Gallup Finland

Abstract

The survey studied Finnish political attitudes and opinions on political parties. The respondents were asked how favourable their opinion was regarding the Social Democratic Party of Finland, the Centre Party of Finland, the National Coalition Party, the Left Alliance and the Green League. A number of attributes (e.g. incompetent leaders, promotes the interests of its supporters) were listed and the respondents were asked to which party they could be applied. The respondents also assessed government performance in different issues (e.g. employment situation, needs of families with children).

Opinions on the significance of the party leaders of the Centre Party, the Social Democratic Party, and the National Coalition Party were charted. Voting behaviour was studied by asking how likely the respondents would be to vote for different parties if the parliamentary elections were held at the time of the survey and which party they voted for in the 1992 local government elections.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's year of birth, gender, marital status, mother tongue, household composition, household's annual gross income, age when finished studying full-time, basic and vocational education, occupational group, industry of employment, employer type, trade union membership, political orientation on the left-right axis, self-perceived social class, and province of residence.

Keywords

local government elections; parliamentary elections; political attitudes; political behaviour; political parties; political support; voting

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Finnish Voter Barometers

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Gallup Finland

Time Period Covered

1993

Collection Dates

1993

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 15-70 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Multistage

The data were collected through the GallupChannel, by using computers and online terminal installed in households. Sampling was conducted as a multistage stratified sampling, which resulted in a fixed sample.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

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: Finnish.

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Data Version

3.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

FSD was not able to obtain the report of the survey. The description is based on the data and questionnaire and is thus incomplete in terms of, for instance, data collection dates.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Gallup Finland: Finnish Voter Barometer 1993 [dataset]. Version 3.0 (2018-07-19). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1050

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

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

Related Materials

A detailed description of the GallupChannel available at http://www.fsd.uta.fi/en/data/background/gchannelge.html

Related Publications

Suomen demokratiaindikaattorit (2006). Toim. Sami Borg. Helsinki: Oikeusministeriö. Oikeusministeriön julkaisu 2006:1.

Paloheimo, Heikki (2006). Asenteet poliittisia instituutioita ja toimijoita kohtaan. Teoksessa: Suomen demokratiaindikaattorit (toim. Sami Borg), 128 - 153. Helsinki: Oikeusministeriö. Oikeusministeriön julkaisu 2006:1.