Study title

Parliamentary Elections 2003: Candidate Responses to YLE Candidate Selector

Dataset ID Number

FSD1295

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1295

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE)

Abstract

Prior to the parliamentary elections, from 18 February to 16 March 2003, YLE (Finland's national public service broadcasting company) had a candidate selection engine on its website. The data consist of answers given by parliamentary candidates to questions presented on the website. Questions covered national defence, Finland's potential NATO membership, adaptation problems of immigrants, judiciary system, health care, youth crime, long-term unemployment, government composition after the elections, gender wage inequality, tax cuts, buying sex, social security benefits, whether Swedish should be an obligatory subject in schools, and whether same-sex couples should have the right to adopt children. The data also contain information on whether the candidate was selected to Parliament or not. Please note: the candidate selection engine also included a number of open-ended questions the answers to which are not be available in English.

Keywords

defence and state security policy; electoral issues; employment; immigration policy; national policy; parliamentary candidates; parliamentary elections; social policy; taxation

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Data Collector

• Finnish Broadcasting Company

Data Producers

• Finnish Broadcasting Company

Time Period Covered

2003

Collection Dates

2003-01 – 2003-02

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Parliamentary candidates in the 2003 parliamentary elections in Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Data Sources

Data on whether the candidate was selected to Parliament or not was derived from Statistics Finland election data.

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The questionnaire was sent to all parliamentary candidates. The questionnaire was based on questions sent by citizens.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

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

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Number of Cases and Variables

100 variables and 1575 cases.

Data Version

1.2

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data archive coded text variable 'Education' (bv3) into a three-level variable (bv3_1).

The candidates' e-mail and web addresses have been removed from the data.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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

Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE): Parliamentary Elections 2003: Candidate Responses to YLE Candidate Selector [dataset]. Version 1.2 (2006-11-02). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1295

Deposit Requirement

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

Disclaimer

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

Related Publications

Paloheimo, Heikki & Reunanen, Esa & Suhonen, Pertti (2005). Edustuksellisuuden toteutuminen. Teoksessa: Vaalit ja demokratia Suomessa (toim. Heikki Paloheimo), 252-289. Helsinki: WSOY.

Paloheimo, Heikki (2005). Vaalit ja demokratia Suomessa. Helsinki: WSOY.

Kestilä, Elina & Wass, Hanna (2007). Mielipide-edustavuuden toteutuminen työperäisen maahanmuuton kysymyksessä vuoden 2003 eduskuntavaaleissa. Teoksessa: Politiikan representaatio, (toim. Kaakkuriniemi, Tapani & Mykkänen, Tapani), Helsinki: Valtiotieteellinen yhdistys.

Kestilä-Kekkonen, Elina & Wass, Hanna (2008). Representation of the work-related immigration issue: positions of the Finnish electorate and MP candidates in the 2003 parliamentary elections. Ethnopolitics 7(4), 425-444.

Van Camp, K., Lefevere, J., & Walgrave, S. (2014). The Content and Formulation of Statements in Voting Advice Applications: A Comparative Analysis of 26 VAAs. In D. Garzia, & S. Marchall (Eds.), Matching Voters with Parties and Candidates. Voting Advice Applications in Comparative Perspective (11-32). Colchester: ECPR Press.