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[fsd_no] FSD study number

[fsd_vr] FSD edition number

[fsd_id] FSD case id

[q1] If the parliamentary elections were held now, which party would you vote for?

[q2_1] Which party or group did you vote for in the 2000 municipal (local) elections?

[q2_2] Which party or group did you vote for in the 1999 parliamentary elections?

[q3] Respondent's political orientation on a left-right axis

[q4] Respondent's self-reported social class

[q5_1] How positive or negative is your attitude towards the Finnish Social Democratic Party

[q5_2] How positive or negative is your attitude towards the Centre Party of Finland?

[q5_3] How positive or negative is your attitude towards the National Coalition Party?

[q5_4] How positive or negative is your attitude towards the Left Alliance?

[q5_5] How positive or negative is your attitude towards the Green League?

[q6_1] Responds to the needs of ordinary people: SDP

[q6_2] Responds to the needs of ordinary people: KESK

[q6_3] Responds to the needs of ordinary people: KOK

[q6_4] Responds to the needs of ordinary people: VASL

[q6_5] Responds to the needs of ordinary people: VIHR

[q6_6] Responds to the needs of ordinary people: None of these parties

[q6_7] Responds to the needs of ordinary people: Can't say

[q7_1] Reforms the society: SDP

[q7_2] Reforms the society: KESK

[q7_3] Reforms the society: KOK

[q7_4] Reforms the society: VASL

[q7_5] Reforms the society: VIHR

[q7_6] Reforms the society: None of these parties

[q7_7] Reforms the society: Can't say

[q8_1] Incompetent leaders: SDP

[q8_2] Incompetent leaders: KESK

[q8_3] Incompetent leaders: KOK

[q8_4] Incompetent leaders: VASL

[q8_5] Incompetent leaders: VIHR

[q8_6] Incompetent leaders: None of these parties

[q8_7] Incompetent leaders: Can't say

[q9_1] Acts contrary to my own interests: SDP

[q9_2] Acts contrary to my own interests: KESK

[q9_3] Acts contrary to my own interests: KOK

[q9_4] Acts contrary to my own interests: VASL

[q9_5] Acts contrary to my own interests: VIHR

[q9_6] Acts contrary to my own interests: None of these parties

[q9_7] Acts contrary to my own interests: Can't say

[q10_1] Active and successful in looking after the interests of its supporters: SDP

[q10_2] Active and successful in looking after the interests of its supporters: KESK

[q10_3] Active and successful in looking after the interests of its supporters: KOK

[q10_4] Active and successful in looking after the interests of its supporters: VASL

[q10_5] Active and successful in looking after the interests of its supporters: VIHR

[q10_6] Active and successful in looking after the interests of its supporters: None of these parties

[q10_7] Active and successful in looking after the interests of its supporters: Can't say

[q11_1] Suppresses (conceals) information: SDP

[q11_2] Suppresses (conceals) information: KESK

[q11_3] Suppresses (conceals) information: KOK

[q11_4] Suppresses (conceals) information: VASL

[q11_5] Suppresses (conceals) information: VIHR

[q11_6] Suppresses (conceals) information: None of these parties

[q11_7] Suppresses (conceals) information: Can't say

[q12_1] Acts arrogantly: SDP

[q12_2] Acts arrogantly: KESK

[q12_3] Acts arrogantly: KOK

[q12_4] Acts arrogantly: VASL

[q12_5] Acts arrogantly: VIHR

[q12_6] Acts arrogantly: None of these parties

[q12_7] Acts arrogantly: Can't say

[q13_1] My trust in this party has increased: SDP

[q13_2] My trust in this party has increased: KESK

[q13_3] My trust in this party has increased: KOK

[q13_4] My trust in this party has increased: VASL

[q13_5] My trust in this party has increased: VIHR

[q13_6] My trust in this party has increased: None of these parties

[q13_7] My trust in this party has increased: Can't say

[q14_1] Has promoted issues important to the nation as a whole: SDP

[q14_2] Has promoted issues important to the nation as a whole: KESK

[q14_3] Has promoted issues important to the nation as a whole: KOK

[q14_4] Has promoted issues important to the nation as a whole: VASL

[q14_5] Has promoted issues important to the nation as a whole: VIHR

[q14_6] Has promoted issues important to the nation as a whole: None of these parties

[q14_7] Has promoted issues important to the nation as a whole: Can't say

[q15_1] My trust in this party has decreased: SDP

[q15_2] My trust in this party has decreased: KESK

[q15_3] My trust in this party has decreased: KOK

[q15_4] My trust in this party has decreased: VASL

[q15_5] My trust in this party has decreased: VIHR

[q15_6] My trust in this party has decreased: None of these parties

[q15_7] My trust in this party has decreased: Can't say

[q16_1] Honest and frank about its goals: SDP

[q16_2] Honest and frank about its goals: KESK

[q16_3] Honest and frank about its goals: KOK

[q16_4] Honest and frank about its goals: VASL

[q16_5] Honest and frank about its goals: VIHR

[q16_6] Honest and frank about its goals: None of these parties

[q16_7] Honest and frank about its goals: Can't say

[q17_1] Capable and effective: SDP

[q17_2] Capable and effective: KESK

[q17_3] Capable and effective: KOK Kansallinen Kokoomus

[q17_4] Capable and effective: VASL

[q17_5] Capable and effective: VIHR

[q17_6] Capable and effective: None of these parties

[q17_7] Capable and effective: Can't say

[q18_1] I am/might be a member of: SDP

[q18_2] I am/might be a member of: KESK

[q18_3] I am/might be a member of: KOK

[q18_4] I am/might be a member of: VASL

[q18_5] I am/might be a member of: VIHR

[q18_6] I am/might be a member of: None of these parties

[q18_7] I am/might be a member of: Can't say

[q19] How well the government formed after the last parliamentary elections has succeeded in its tasks so far?

[q20_1] If the parliamentary elections were held right now, how tempted would you feel to vote for the SDP

[q20_2] If the parliamentary elections were held right now, how tempted would you feel to vote for the KESK

[q20_3] If the parliamentary elections were held right now, how tempted would you feel to vote for the KOK

[q20_4] If the parliamentary elections were held right now, how tempted would you feel to vote for the VASL

[q20_5] If the parliamentary elections were held right now, how tempted would you feel to vote for the RKP

[q20_6] If the parliamentary elections were held right now, how tempted would you feel to vote for the VIHR

[q20_7] If the parliamentary elections were held right now, how tempted would you feel to vote for the KD

[q21] If the parliamentary elections were held right now, which party or group would you vote for?

[q22] (FOR RESPONDENTS AGED 15-17) If the parliamentary elections were held right now and you had the right to vote, which party or group would you vote for?

[q23_1] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Fighting racism and xenophobia

[q23_2] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Fighting crime and violence

[q23_3] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Fighting poverty and exclusion

[q23_4] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Nature and environment protection

[q23_5] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Employees' social security and job security

[q23_6] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Lowering labour costs of enterprises

[q23_7] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Cutting public expenditure

[q23_8] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Cutting social and unemployment security

[q23_9] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Maintaining the welfare state

[q23_10] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Reducing national debt

[q23_11] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Lowering income taxes

[q23_12] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Improving employment

[q23_13] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Maintaining credible national defence

[q23_14] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: EU enlargement and changing the way EU operates

[q23_15] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Reducing regional disparity in Finland

[q23_16] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Ensuring the provision of municipal services

[q23_17] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Improving the competitiveness of Finnish companies

[q23_18] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Fighting urban social problems

[q23_19] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Preventing prise rises and inflation

[q23_20] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Securing energy supply

[q23_21] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Privatisation and competitive tendering of public services

[q23_22] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Promoting gender equality

[q23_23] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Reducing unemployment

[q23_24] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Reducing income disparity

[q23_25] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Preventing the misuse of social security benefits

[q23_26] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Improving Finland's economic situation

[q23_27] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Promoting educational equality

[q23_28] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Increasing affordable housing supply

[q23_29] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Preventing internal migration in Finland

[q23_30] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Preventing employee burn-out

[q23_31] How much attention is paid to these goals in politics: Improving social and health care services

[q24] Did you read the booklet, posted to every home, containing information on the reformed constitution of Finland?

[q25_1] Have you received information on the new constitution from some other source: Newspapers

[q25_2] Have you received information on the new constitution from some other source: Television debates and/or factual programmes

[q25_3] Have you received information on the new constitution from some other source: Educational institute

[q25_4] Have you received information on the new constitution from some other source: Some other source

[q25_5] Have you received information on the new constitution from some other source: Nowhere

[q25_6] Have you received information on the new constitution from some other source: Can't say

[q26] Did the material delivered to your home encourage you to follow the debate on the new constitution (e.g. debate on presidential powers)

[q27] Did the material delivered to your home help you to follow the debate on the new constitution?

[q28] How necessary or unnecessary do you think the constitutional reform was?

[q29_1] What is your opinion on the main changes in the constitution: Reduction of the powers of the President

[q29_2] What is your opinion on the main changes in the constitution: Improvement of citizens' fundamental rights

[q30_1] I always vote in parliamentary elections

[q30_2] I might consider not voting in the next parliamentary elections

[q30_3] Things are managed well enough in Finland even without my vote

[q31] Do you support any particular party at the moment?

[bv1] Respondent's gender

[bv2] Respondent's mother tongue

[bv3] Respondent's year of birth

[bv4] Respondent's marital status

[bv5] Respondent's life cycle

[bv6] Number of persons in the household (including respondent)

[bv7] Number of children aged under 21 living in the household

[bv7_1] Age of the oldest child living in the household

[bv7_2] Age of the second oldest child living in the household

[bv7_3] Age of the third oldest child living in the household

[bv7_4] Age of the fourth oldest child living in the household

[bv7_5] Age of the fifth oldest child living in the household

[bv7_6] Age of the sixth oldest child living in the household

[bv7_7] Age of the seventh oldest child living in the household

[bv7_8] Age of the eighth oldest child living in the household

[bv7_9] Age of the ninth oldest child living in the household

[bv8] Age when respondent finished studying full-time

[bv9] Respondent's basic education

[bv10] Respondent's vocational or other education

[bv11] Respondent's occupational group

[bv11b] Occupational group of the head of household (= the person with the highest income)

[bv12] Respondent's employment sector

[bv13] Respondent's employer

[bv14] Respondent's working hours per week

[bv15] Respondent's membership in a trade union that is a member of..

[bv16_1] Household's annual gross income in Finnish marks

[bv16_2] Household's monthly net wage and salary income

[bv16_3] Household's other monthly income

[bv17_1] Household's present amount of mortgage (=housing loan from a bank)

[bv17_2] Other household loans at present

[bv18_1] Household's monthly interest charges

[bv18_2] Household's monthly loan repayments

[bv19] Other monthly housing costs of the household (excluding housing loan)

[bv20] How would you describe your household's financial circumstances at the moment?

[bv21_1] Household accommodation type

[bv21_2] Housing tenure

[bv23_1] Type of municipality of residence 1

[bv23_2] Type of municipality of residence 2

[bv24_1] Respondent's province of residence

[bv24_2] Part of the country where the respondent lives

[bv25] Respondent's region of residence

[WT1] Weight 1

[WT2] Weight 2

[WT3] Weight 3