Study title

Finnish Local Government Barometer 1998: Municipal Managers, Chairmen of Municipal Executive Boards

Dataset ID Number

FSD1106

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1106

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Foundation for Municipal Development

Abstract

The survey studied opinions of municipal managers and chairpersons of municipal executive boards on how to improve municipal finances. The respondents evaluated how acceptable it would be to increase local taxes, privatise municipal services or lay off/reduce municipal staff. The respondents were presented with several statements concerning citizens' inequality, municipal administration, finances and services, and asked whether they agree or not. Their opinions on how to balance their municipality's budget and which employee groups could be laid off were probed. In view of forthcoming elections, the respondents were asked to assess the members of parliament of their electoral district. One question examined which parties offer a good chance to influence municipal issues.

Background variables included the respondents' sex, status, municipality size, and region of the municipality.

Keywords

local finance; local government; members of parliament; municipal government; municipal managers; municipalities; public sector; public services

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Elites and leadership (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Finnish Local Government Barometers

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Gallup Finland

Data Producers

• Foundation for Municipal Development

Time Period Covered

1998

Collection Dates

1998-09-01 – 1998-10-02

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Managers of Finnish municipalities and chairmen of municipal executive boards (excluding Swedish-speaking municipalities)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

Municipal managers: 78

Chairpersons of municipal executive boards: 59

Data File Language

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Data Version

2.0

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Foundation for Municipal Development: Finnish Local Government Barometer 1998: Municipal Managers, Chairmen of Municipal Executive Boards [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-08-08). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1106

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Disclaimer

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Related Publications

Kansalaismielipide ja kunnat: ilmapuntari 1998 (1998). Helsinki: Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiö. Polemia-sarja; 31.

Blomberg, Helena & Kroll, Christian (2003). Kuntalaiset, paikalliset päättäjät ja hyvinvointipalvelut 1990-luvulla. Teoksessa: Laman varjo ja nousun huuma (toim. Olli Kangas). Helsinki: Kansaneläkelaitos. Sosiaali- ja terveysturvan tutkimuksia; 72.

Katara, Henna-Riikka (2012). Hyvinvointivaltion kannatus ja palvelujärjestelmä. Kuntalaisten ja kunnanjohtajien mielipiteiden vertailua vuosina 1996-2006. Turku: Turun yliopisto. Sosiaalipolitiikan pro gradu -tutkielma