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[q1] How interested are you at present of issues related to Finland's EU membership?

[q2] How well informed do you feel about such issues? Do you feel...

[q3_1] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Living conditions in Finland on the whole

[q3_2] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Standard of living and material well-being

[q3_3] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: The state/development of national economy

[q3_4] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Employment

[q3_5] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Enterprises

[q3_6] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Exports and foreign trade

[q3_7] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: The prices of food products

[q3_8] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: The quality of food products

[q3_9] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Education environment

[q3_10] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Social security

[q3_11] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Environmental protection

[q3_12] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Disparities in the well-being of different regions/population groups

[q3_13] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Gender equality /status of women

[q3_14] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: National sovereignty

[q3_15] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Finland's military security

[q3_16] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Finland's relations with Russia

[q3_17] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Nordic cooperation

[q3_18] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Finland's image abroad

[q3_19] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Finland as a foreign investment target

[q3_20] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Finnish self-respect/self-image/national identity

[q3_21] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Finland's spiritual and intellectual climate

[q3_22] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Crime rate

[q3_23] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Circumstances of salaried employees

[q3_24] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Circumstances of farmers

[q3_25] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Circumstances of young people

[q3_26] What kind of impact Finland's EU membership has had on: Your own circumstances and life in general

[q4_1] Should Finland join the EMU (European Economic and Monetary Union) in the first wave?

[q4_2] And in the case that most EU member countries will join?

[q5] How firm is your opinion of the EMU (whatever the opinion)?

[q6_1] During its EU presidency Finland should: Increase the knowledge of Finland in other EU member countries

[q6_2] During its EU presidency Finland should: Focus mainly on promoting its national interests

[q6_3] During its EU presidency Finland should: Focus mainly on issues concerning the whole Union

[q6_4] During its EU presidency Finland should: Above all, function impartially and fairly during the chairmanship

[q6_5] During its EU presidency Finland should: Promote Finnish exports with all available means

[q6_6] During its EU presidency Finland should: Try to slow down projects that are not important to our country

[q6_7] During its EU presidency Finland should: Promote good relations between Russia and the EU

[q6_8] During its EU presidency Finland should: Promote gender equality within the Union

[q6_9] During its EU presidency Finland should: Promote the introduction of common foreign and security policy in the EU

[q6_10] During its EU presidency Finland should: Promote common employment policy in the EU

[q6_11] During its EU presidency Finland should: Preserve and increase the vitality of national cultures

[q6_12] During its EU presidency Finland should: Promote the efficiency of international crime prevention

[q6_13] During its EU presidency Finland should: Show how well our forests and the rest of our environment are cared for

[q6_14] During its EU presidency Finland should: Try to bring EU's common social policy towards the Scandinavian model

[q6_15] During its EU presidency Finland should: Try to attract foreign enterprises to Finland

[q6_16] During its EU presidency Finland should: Build a lasting image of Finland as a co-operative country

[q6_17] During its EU presidency Finland should: Promote EU enlargement

[q6_18] During its EU presidency Finland should: Especially promote Estonia's EU membership

[q6_19] During its EU presidency Finland should: Reduce bureaucracy and complexity of administration in the EU

[q6_20] During its EU presidency Finland should: Promote transparency in the EU

[q7_1] Views on the EMU: Necessary to strengthen the competitiveness of Europe

[q7_2] Views on the EMU: Will be implemented in the beginning of 1999, on the agreed schedule

[q7_3] Views on the EMU: As much a political as an economic project

[q7_4] Views on the EMU: A step towards federation, 'United States of Europe'

[q7_5] Views on the EMU: A Union that Finland should join in the first wave

[q7_6] Views on the EMU: An unrealistic project, difficult to implement

[q7_7] Views on the EMU: Will enable Finland to make important economic reforms

[q7_8] Views on the EMU: Will divide Europe into two unequal parts (to those who are inside and those who are outside the EMU)

[q7_9] Views on the EMU: Will speed European economic growth

[q7_10] Views on the EMU: Very risky for Finland

[q7_11] Views on the EMU: Provides a chance to improve employment in Finland

[q7_12] Views on the EMU: Whether Finland is to join the EMU or not is a major choice and should be decided with the help of a referendum

[q7_13] Views on the EMU: It would strengthen Finland's security

[q7_14] Views on the EMU: EMU's impact exaggerated by the media, will not affect the daily life of ordinary citizens

[q7_15] Views on the EMU: It would change the Finnish society more than EU membership

[q7_16] Views on the EMU: It would weaken the status of trade unions

[q7_17] Views on the EMU: Will facilitate trade, investment, currency flows, travelling etc.

[q7_18] Views on the EMU: Will deepen the intergovernmental co-coperation and make it more efficient

[q7_19] Views on the EMU: Finland will become more closely connected to the Western Europe

[q7_20] Views on the EMU: Will weaken Germany's economical leadership in Europe

[q7_21] Views on the EMU: Will help to maintain peace in Europe

[q7_22] Views on the EMU: Will reduce Finland's sovereignty and diminish its economic decision power considerably

[q7_23] Views on the EMU: Will increase socioeconomic disparity

[q7_24] Views on the EMU: The disappearance of the national currency will weaken Finnish national identity

[q7_25] Views on the EMU: Will be difficult to learn to use the new currency

[q8_1] Views on EU membership: Being the neighbour of the unstable Russia, Finland is more secure as a member of the EU than outside the Union

[q8_2] Views on EU membership: If Finland joins EMU, it is vital that Finland accumulates some kind of buffer funds to protect itself from economic fluctuations

[q8_3] Views on EU membership: The EU is too complex and distant to be understood

[q8_4] Views on EU membership: European Union membership fees are far too high compared to the advantages brought by the membership

[q8_5] Views on EU membership: Even though EU has its problems, it is still the only power that can guide and control Europe's development

[q8_6] Views on EU membership: In the Amsterdamit summit, EU leaders were wise to decide to change the Union as little as possible

[q8_7] Views on EU membership: Finland has been able to influence EU decision-making

[q8_8] Views on EU membership: Finland should not become a NATO member even if Sweden and the Baltic countries were to join

[q8_9] Views on EU membership: EU should work more effectively to promote European competitiveness, otherwise new jobs will be created mainly in the U.S or Asia

[q8_10] Views on EU membership: As regards trade and co-operation between the EU and Russia/St Petersburg area, Finland's bridgehead position will be a significant advantage to our country

[q8_11] Views on EU membership: Estonia's EU membership would weaken Finland's competitive position and reduce jobs in our country

[q8_12] Views on EU membership: As the EU has become a part of everyday life in Finland, it no longer arouses passionate opinions

[q8_13] Views on EU membership: It does not matter whether our laws are passed in the Finnish parliament or in the EU, as long as they are fair and just

[q8_14] Views on EU membership: The fact that Finland takes over the EU presidency in 1999 will bring the Union closer to Finns

[q8_15] Views on EU membership: It is important that the president of Finland will continue to play an active part in the creation of Finnish EU policy

[q8_16] Views on EU membership: Regardless of cost, the EU must participate in solving the environmental problems of future member countries in the Eastern and Central Europe

[q8_17] Views on EU membership: EU funding should be used to subsidize Finland's remote rural areas rather than to support future member countries

[q8_18] Views on EU membership: EU membership redefines Finland's international position

[q8_19] Views on EU membership: There is enough reliable information available to everybody about matters related to Finland's EU membership

[q8_20] Views on EU membership: Finland should leave the EU

[q8_21] Views on EU membership: I am satisfied with the way the current government has handled EU matters

[q8_22] Views on EU membership: I am satisfied with the way the president of Finland has handled EU matters

[q8_23] Views on EU membership: I am satisfied with the way the Finnish parliament has handled EU matters

[q8_24] Views on EU membership: Finland's EU membership opened up our borders, which has weakened our moral backbone

[q8_25] Views on EU membership: As an EU member Finland will eventually join a military alliance (NATO, WEU)

[q8_26] Views on EU membership: Staying outside the EMU would be fatal for Finland, if several other EU countries would join

[q8_27] Views on EU membership: Finland should be capable of ensuring its own security in all circumstances, others cannot help us

[q9_1] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: EU's importance in the world economy will increase

[q9_2] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Finland's and other member countries' membership fees will become significantly higher

[q9_3] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Is politically and morally necessary, despite its costs

[q9_4] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will prevent crises or civils wars like in Yugoslavia from happening in Europe

[q9_5] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will isolate Russia from the rest of Europe

[q9_6] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will prevent Eastern Europe from sliding into (fanatical) nationalism or post-communism

[q9_7] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will further complicate EU decision-making

[q9_8] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will increase economic growth and wealth throughout Europe

[q9_9] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will strengthen EU defence

[q9_10] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Agricultural surpluses will become even larger than at present

[q9_11] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Finnish agriculture will lose its competitiveness

[q9_12] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will turn the EU into a real European Union instead of the current Western-European Union

[q9_13] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Eastern European members will become a burden that slows down development in the western part of the EU

[q9_14] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will be a short-term economic liability and will offer considerable advantages later

[q9_15] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will bring a new mobile labour force, also to Finland

[q9_16] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will hinder/slow down integration

[q9_17] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will enrich the cultural life of the EU

[q10_1] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Television and radio

[q10_2] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Newspapers

[q10_3] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Finnish civil servants

[q10_4] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: EU leaders and officials

[q10_5] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: President of Finland

[q10_6] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Prime minister

[q10_7] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Social Democratic ministers in the government

[q10_8] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Conservative (National Coalition Party) ministers in the government

[q10_9] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Leaders of the main opposition party (Centre Party)

[q10_10] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Members of Finnish Parliament

[q10_11] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Trade unions

[q10_12] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Commercial and industrial organizations

[q10_13] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Corporate management

[q10_14] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Agricultural producers

[q10_15] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Bank of Finland

[q10_16] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Economic research institutions

[q10_17] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: The group of professors appointed to study EMU impacts

[q10_18] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Anti-EU non-governmental organizations

[q10_19] Reliability of information sources regarding Finland's EMU membership: Friends, relatives, colleagues

[q11] What is your present attitude towards Finland's EU membership?

[q12] Do you think it likely that Finland will join EMU in the first wave?

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[bv2] Respondent's age group

[bv3] Size of the respondent's place of residence

[bv4] Respondent's province of residence (according to the previous provincial division)

[bv5] Respondent's basic education

[bv6] Respondent's vocational education

[bv7] Respondent's economic activity and occupational group

[bv8] Respondent's employment sector

[bv9] Respondent's trade union membership

[bv10] If the parliamentary elections were held now, which party would you vote for?