Aineiston nimi

Youth and Parliamentary Elections 2003

Aineistonumero

FSD1247

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1247

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (Nuora)

Sisällön kuvaus

The aim of the survey was to chart the voting behaviour of youth during the 2003 parliamentary elections in Finland. The respondents were asked how interested they are in politics. Perceptions of politics, possibilities of political influence, the influence of politics on everyday life and the attractiveness of political parties and candidates were rated. The respondents were asked to evaluate how different aspects, such as self-acquired knowledge and co-worker opinions, affect their views on politicians and political parties. They were also asked whether they discussed parliamentary elections during election campaign with others and whether they searched for suitable candidates using online voting advice applications. The importance of different information sources (including parents and TV-programmes) in voting behaviour was probed as well.

The respondents were asked whether they had voted in the last parliamentary elections. The data contain information on factors which contributed to candidate choice and decision making: at what point did voters choose their political party and candidate, did they know their candidate, was the candidate of same gender and age as the voter, the political party of the candidate. The respondents were asked which qualities of their candidate appealed to them and to what extent. They assessed how the party's qualities and desire to influence government actions affected their party choice. The influence of current issues (for example prostitution and economic growth) on voting behaviour was probed. Non-voters were asked to state how self-evident it had been that they were not going to vote and how big a role did different factors play in doing so. These factors included difficulty to choose, futility of voting or the spirit of protest.

The respondents were asked whether they took part in or wanted to participate in the activities of voluntary organisations, clubs, societies, groups, etc. They were also queried on what forms of social participation, for example sending letters to the editor or taking part in violent demonstrations, they had used or might use in promoting important issues. Questions also charted political parties respondents might have voted for, the influence of parents on voting behaviour and satisfaction with personal financial circumstances, and actions of Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen's government.

Background variables included the respondent's basic and vocational education, past and present employment status, occupational group, household composition, region of residence, gender and age.

Asiasanat

elections; information sources; parliamentary candidates; parliamentary elections; political action; political behaviour; political influence; political interest; political participation; political parties; politicians; voluntary organizations; voting; voting advice applications; voting behaviour; youth

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Youth (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Elections (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• TNS Gallup Finland

Tuottajat

• Advisory Council for Youth Affairs

Ajallinen kattavuus

2003

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2003-03-17 – 2003-03-31

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged between 18 and 30 living in Finland (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Simple random

Random sampling from the population register. Both mobile phone and fixed-network telephone numbers were used.

Keruumenetelmä

Telephone interview

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: englanti ja suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Havaintojen ja muuttujien lukumäärä

185 muuttujaa ja 1002 havaintoa.

Datan versio

2.0

Katso myös

FSD1027 Youth and Parliamentary Elections 1999

FSD1028 Young People and European Parliament Elections 1999

FSD1048 Young People and Presidential Elections 2000

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

Response rate missing.

The variable identifying municipality has been removed. The data set does not contain answers to the open-ended question q21_1.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (Nuora): Youth and Parliamentary Elections 2003 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-08-10). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1247

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

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

Julkaisut aineistosta

"Kyllä politiikalle, mutta...": nuoret ja eduskuntavaalit 2003 (2003). Toim. Kari Paakkunainen. Helsinki: Opetusministeriö & Nuorisotutkimusverkosto & Nuorisoasiain neuvottelukunta.

Cavén, Outi (2003). Virtuaaliyhteisöt, media, e-demokratia ja kansalaisuus. Teoksessa: Cavén, Outi & Ellonen, Hanna-Kaisa & Heikkinen, Kari & Kosonen, Miia: E-demokratian ja elämysten arkea, 1-16. Lappeenranta: University of Technology. Telecom Business Research Center, Working Papers; 18.

Borg, Sami (2008). Hiljaa hyvä tulee. Puheenvuoro äänestysprosenteista ja vaaliaktivoinnista. Helsinki: Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiö. Polemia-sarja; 71.

Borg, Sami (2012). Nuorten äänestysvalinnat, puoluekiinnittyminen ja edustautuminen. Teoksessa: Nuoret ja ääni - Nuoret eduskuntavaaleissa 2011 (toim. Ronkainen, Jussi), 15-27. Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusseuran julkisuja; 125.

Nurmela, Sakari & Pehkonen, Juhani (2003). Nuoret ja vuoden 2003 eduskuntavaalit. - Julkaisussa: "Kyllä politiikalle, mutta..." : nuoret ja eduskuntavaalit 2003 (toim. Kari Paakkunainen), s. 9-61. Helsinki : Opetusministeriö & Nuorisotutkimusverkosto & Nuorisoasiain neuvottelukunta. - (Nuorisotutkimusverkosto/Nuorisotutkimusseura, julkaisuja; 35 & Nuorisoasian neuvottelukunta, julkaisuja; 27).