Study title

Finnish Voter Barometer April 2002

Dataset ID Number

FSD1264

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1264
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1264

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Gallup Finland

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Questions covering the constitutional reform are connected to a special report commissioned by the constitutional review group set by the Ministry of Justice. The report investigated the successfulness of the publicity campaign on the constitutional reform, and was written by professor Risto Sänkiaho, University of Tampere.

Abstract

The survey studied Finnish political attitudes, and opinions on political parties. Respondents' views on the constitutional reform of the year 2000 were also probed. Respondents were asked how favourable their opinion was regarding the Finnish Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party of Finland, the National Coalition Party, the Left Alliance and the Green League and how tempted respondents would be to vote for these parties. A number of attributes (e.g. incompetent leaders, competence in EU issues) were listed and respondents were asked to which party they could be applied.

Opinions on which goals receive too much or too little attention in politics were charted; goals mentioned included employment, equality, national economy, housing, lowering taxes, prevention of inflation, crime and poverty. Voting behaviour was studied by asking which party the respondent would vote for if the parliamentary elections were held at that moment and whether he/she had voted in the 2000 municipal elections and in the 1999 parliamentary elections. Voting in parliamentary elections in general, voting intention regarding the next election, and the overall importance of voting were surveyed. Further questions covered respondents' political orientation (on the left-right axis) and social class.

Respondents' views on the reform of the Finnish constitution were studied by asking whether they were familiar with the booklet that was posted to them and whether it had raised their interest in the matter. They were also asked about other sources of information and the importance of the reform. Furthermore, opinions on the main changes were charted: reduction of the powers of the president and the increase of basic rights and liberties of citizens.

Background variables included respondents' year of birth, gender, marital status, mother tongue, annual gross income, place of residence, province, occupational group, employment sector, trade union membership, basic and vocational education, accommodation type and household composition.

Keywords

elections; municipal elections; parliamentary elections; political allegiance; 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

Data Producers

• Gallup Finland
• Ministry of Justice

Time Period Covered

2002

Collection Dates

2002-04-19 – 2002-04-23

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 15 or over living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Multistage

The data were collected with the help of GallupChannel research system, which involves installing personal computers or Internet terminals in the homes of the respondents. The fixed sample used with the GallupChannel is a result of multistage stratified sampling and is representative of the target population.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: English and Finnish.

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Number of Cases and Variables

205 variables and 1495 cases.

Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The municipality of residence variable has been removed from the data.

Weighting

The data contain three weight variables but there is no information on how they have been formed.

Citation Requirement

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.

Bibliographical Citation

Gallup Finland: Finnish Voter Barometer April 2002 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-12). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1264

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.

Other Material

See downloadable files at the top of the page.

Information on the Gallup Channel research system

Related Publications

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

Sänkiaho, Risto (2002). Kansalaiset ja perustuslakiuudistus. Teoksessa: Perustuslakiuudistukseen liittyviä selvityksiä: Perustuslain seurantatyöryhmän mietinnön liite, 81-122. Helsinki: Oikeusministeriö.

Paloheimo, Heikki (2005). Puoluevalinnan tilannetekijät. Teoksessa: Vaalit ja demokratia Suomessa (toim. Heikki Paloheimo), 202-228. Helsinki: WSOY.

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