DDI description: Finnish Opinions on the Iraq War, April 2003 DDI-kuvailu: Suomalaisten mielipiteitä Irakin sodasta, huhtikuu 2003 1302 Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Social Science Data Archive 2.0.0 Finnish Opinions on the Iraq War, April 2003 [metadata]. Metadata version 2.0.0 (2018-09-14). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [producer and distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1302; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1302 FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records), joiden tekijä on Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive), on lisensoitu Creative Commons 1.0 Yleismaailmallinen (CC0 1.0) -lisenssillä. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) by Suomen yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) are licensed under a Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) license. FSD:n aineistokuvailut (FSD metadata records) av Finlands samhällsvetenskapliga dataarkiv (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) är licensierade under en Creative Commons 1.0 Universiell (CC0 1.0) licens. Finnish Opinions on the Iraq War, April 2003 Suomalaisten mielipiteitä Irakin sodasta, huhtikuu 2003 1302 urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1302 10.60686/t-fsd1302 Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI) Advisory Board for Defence Information In accordance with the agreement between FSD and the depositor. Finnish Social Science Data Archive Finnish Opinions on Security Policy and National Defence

The Finnish Opinions on Security Policy and National Defence series includes all surveys conducted by the Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI). Their focus is on security policy, foreign policy and national defence. The FSD collections cover data from 1992 onwards. The surveys contain a set of core questions repeated over the years.

2.0 2.0 Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI): Finnish Opinions on the Iraq War, April 2003 [dataset]. Data version 2.0 (2018-09-14). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1302; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1302 public opinion war warfare mass media Iraq Social sciences Conflict, security and peace Political behaviour and attitudes

The survey studied Finnish attitudes towards the war against Iraq and public opinion on the media coverage of the war. The coalition led by the United States had started the war a month prior to the data collection and major battles were already over. Respondents were asked whether they support the attack on Iraq and whether they had been able to get a reliable picture of the war from the media. Respondents evaluated the objectivity of the press (national daily newspapers, regional newspapers and tabloids), radio channels (Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE and local radio stations) and television channels (YLE, MTV3 and NELONEN) in this issue. Background variables included the respondent's sex, age, region of residence, education, employment status, household composition, annual gross income of the household and party choice in the 2003 parliamentary elections.

Finland Finland Individual Individual People aged 15-74 living in Finland the Åland Islands Quantitative Cross-section CrossSection Taloustutkimus Probability Probability

Random sampling from telephone directories (including mobile phones numbers).

The survey was part of a Telebus study. The sample was weighed to be representative of the target group according to age, sex and region of residence.

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI) Interview.Telephone.CATI Structured questionnaire Questionnaire.Structured There are no weight variables in the data. The results are more reliable for supporters of big political parties than for those who support small parties, because they were more numerous in the sample. Detailed and specific data description in Finnish and English. The data are checked and processed in detail. If necessary, the data are anonymised. Finnish Social Science Data Archive The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study. 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. Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi. The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data. FSD1301 Finnish Opinions on the Iraq War, March 2003 Suomalaisten mielipiteitä Irakin sodasta II (2003). Helsinki: Maanpuolustustiedotuksen suunnittelukunta MTS. Tiedotteita ja katsauksia; 2/2003. Suomalaisten mielipiteitä Irakin sodasta II daF1302e.por 1004 46 SPSS Portable [fsd_no] FSD study number FSD study number 1004 1302 1302 1302.00 .000 [fsd_vr] FSD edition number FSD edition number 1004 2.0 2.0 2.000 .0000 [fsd_id] FSD case id FSD case id 1004 1 1004 502.50 289.974 [q1] Do you approve of the United States-led attack on Iraq? Do you approve of the United States-led attack on Iraq? 1004 1 3 1.97 .552 1 Yes 171 2 No 697 3 Can't say 136 [q2] Do you believe that you have received a true picture of the Iraq war from the media? Do you believe that you have received a true picture of the Iraq war from the media? 1004 1 3 1.64 .652 1 Yes 461 2 No 446 3 Can't say 97 [q3_1] How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: National newspapers How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: National newspapers 1004 1 5 2.41 1.505 1 Impartial 447 2 Sympathetic to the United States 168 3 Sympathetic to Iraq 20 4 Haven't followed 270 5 Can't say 99 [q3_2] How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: Regional newspapers How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: Regional newspapers 1004 1 5 2.82 1.557 1 Impartial 356 2 Sympathetic to the United States 116 3 Sympathetic to Iraq 27 4 Haven't followed 365 5 Can't say 140 [q3_3] How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) - television How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) - television 1004 1 5 2.05 1.462 1 Impartial 575 2 Sympathetic to the United States 158 3 Sympathetic to Iraq 32 4 Haven't followed 122 5 Can't say 117 [q3_4] How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) - radio How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) - radio 1004 1 5 2.78 1.545 1 Impartial 382 2 Sympathetic to the United States 82 3 Sympathetic to Iraq 23 4 Haven't followed 411 5 Can't say 106 [q3_5] How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: MTV3 How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: MTV3 1004 1 5 2.14 1.464 1 Impartial 507 2 Sympathetic to the United States 229 3 Sympathetic to Iraq 27 4 Haven't followed 107 5 Can't say 134 [q3_6] How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: Channel Four Finland (Nelonen) How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: Channel Four Finland (Nelonen) 1004 1 5 3.07 1.496 1 Impartial 272 2 Sympathetic to the United States 129 3 Sympathetic to Iraq 9 4 Haven't followed 448 5 Can't say 146 [q3_7] How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: Tabloid newspapers How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: Tabloid newspapers 1004 1 5 3.02 1.367 1 Impartial 207 2 Sympathetic to the United States 216 3 Sympathetic to Iraq 24 4 Haven't followed 466 5 Can't say 91 [q3_8] How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: Local radio stations How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: Local radio stations 1004 1 5 3.27 1.387 1 Impartial 228 2 Sympathetic to the United States 67 3 Sympathetic to Iraq 31 4 Haven't followed 563 5 Can't say 115 [q3_9] How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: In general How would you grade the way different media have covered the war: In general 1004 1 5 1.81 1.279 1 Impartial 597 2 Sympathetic to the United States 235 3 Sympathetic to Iraq 47 4 Haven't followed 18 5 Can't say 107 [q4] When you grade media reports on the Iraq war, is there something that has been bothering you? When you grade media reports on the Iraq war, is there something that has been bothering you? 1004 1 5 2.23 1.493 1 No 542 2 Yes, there is too much reporting 103 3 Yes, there is not enough reporting 20 4 Other, what? 265 5 Can't say 74 [bv1] Respondent's gender Respondent's gender 1004 1 2 1.50 .500 1 Female 505 2 Male 499 [bv2] Respondent's age Respondent's age 1004 15 74 42.55 16.763 [bv3] Respondent's age group Respondent's age group 1004 1 3 2.09 .764 1 15 - 29 years 250 2 30 - 49 years 409 3 50 - 74 years 345 [bv4] Respondent's location of residence Respondent's location of residence 1004 1 7 5.17 1.965 1 Helsinki 89 2 Espoo, Vantaa or Kauniainen 87 3 Other capital region (dialling code 09, not the above) 29 4 Turku, Tampere 72 5 Other town with over 50,000 inhabitants 103 6 Other town 329 7 Other municipality 295 [bv5] Respondent's region of residence Respondent's region of residence 1004 1 13 5.24 3.931 1 Uusimaa/Itä-Uusimaa 277 2 Päijät-Häme/Kanta-Häme 64 3 Pirkanmaa 96 4 Kymenlaakso/Etelä-Karjala 61 5 Varsinais-Suomi 95 6 Satakunta 47 7 Etelä-Pohjanmaa/Pohjanmaa/Keski-Pohjanmaa 84 8 Keski-Suomi 55 9 Etelä-Savo 28 10 Pohjois-Savo 47 11 Pohjois-Karjala 28 12 Pohjois-Pohjanmaa/Kainuu 81 13 Lappi 41 [bv6] Respondent's level of education Respondent's level of education 1004 1 7 2.80 1.684 1 Primary + lower secondary education 286 2 Vocational/technical/commercial school 260 3 Upper secondary school 111 4 College-level education 189 5 Polytechnic 32 6 University 122 7 No answer 4 [bv7] Respondent's occupational status Respondent's occupational status 1004 1 11 4.81 2.550 1 Farmers 12 2 Workers 246 3 Salaried employees 225 4 Large or small employers, own account workers 58 5 Higher managerial occupations 46 6 Housewife 15 7 Student/pupil 168 8 Retired 197 9 Unemployed 30 10 Other 0 11 No answer 7 [bv8] Respondent's household composition Respondent's household composition 1003 1 4 2.86 1.166 1 One person household 185 2 Couple with no children 207 3 (Other) all-adult household (all aged over 18) 175 4 Household with children 436 SYSMISS 1 [bv9] Household size Household size 1004 1 10 2.86 1.504 1 One person 186 2 315 3 168 4 192 5 104 6 22 7 9 8 2 9 More than 9 persons 5 10 No answer 1 [bv10_1] Children aged 0 living at home Children aged 0 living at home 1004 0 1 .03 .165 0 Not mentioned 976 1 Mentioned 28 [bv10_2] Children aged 1 living at home Children aged 1 living at home 1004 0 1 .03 .165 0 Not mentioned 976 1 Mentioned 28 [bv10_3] Children aged 2 living at home Children aged 2 living at home 1004 0 1 .03 .162 0 Not mentioned 977 1 Mentioned 27 [bv10_4] Children aged 3 living at home Children aged 3 living at home 1004 0 1 .05 .209 0 Not mentioned 958 1 Mentioned 46 [bv10_5] Children aged 4 living at home Children aged 4 living at home 1004 0 1 .04 .186 0 Not mentioned 968 1 Mentioned 36 [bv10_6] Children aged 5 living at home Children aged 5 living at home 1004 0 1 .03 .184 0 Not mentioned 969 1 Mentioned 35 [bv10_7] Children aged 6 living at home Children aged 6 living at home 1004 0 1 .04 .193 0 Not mentioned 965 1 Mentioned 39 [bv10_8] Children aged 7 living at home Children aged 7 living at home 1004 0 1 .04 .191 0 Not mentioned 966 1 Mentioned 38 [bv10_9] Children aged 8 living at home Children aged 8 living at home 1004 0 1 .05 .216 0 Not mentioned 955 1 Mentioned 49 [bv10_10] Children aged 9 living at home Children aged 9 living at home 1004 0 1 .04 .203 0 Not mentioned 961 1 Mentioned 43 [bv10_11] Children aged 10 living at home Children aged 10 living at home 1004 0 1 .05 .224 0 Not mentioned 951 1 Mentioned 53 [bv10_12] Children aged 11 living at home Children aged 11 living at home 1004 0 1 .06 .233 0 Not mentioned 946 1 Mentioned 58 [bv10_13] Children aged 12 living at home Children aged 12 living at home 1004 0 1 .05 .213 0 Not mentioned 956 1 Mentioned 48 [bv10_14] Children aged 13 living at home Children aged 13 living at home 1004 0 1 .05 .213 0 Not mentioned 956 1 Mentioned 48 [bv10_15] Children aged 14 living at home Children aged 14 living at home 1004 0 1 .05 .228 0 Not mentioned 949 1 Mentioned 55 [bv10_16] Children aged 15 living at home Children aged 15 living at home 1004 0 1 .09 .280 0 Not mentioned 918 1 Mentioned 86 [bv10_17] Children aged 16 living at home Children aged 16 living at home 1004 0 1 .06 .233 0 Not mentioned 946 1 Mentioned 58 [bv10_18] Children aged 17 living at home Children aged 17 living at home 1004 0 1 .08 .276 0 Not mentioned 921 1 Mentioned 83 [bv11] Household's annual gross income Household's annual gross income 1003 1 13 9.22 4.070 1 Less than 10 001 euros/year 36 2 10 001 - 15 000 euros/year 52 3 15 001 - 20 000 euros/year 48 4 20 001 - 25 000 euros/year 56 5 25 001 - 30 000 euros/year 52 6 30 001 - 35 000 euros/year 52 7 35 001 - 40 000 euros/year 45 8 40 001 - 45 000 euros/year 59 9 45 001 - 50 000 euros/year 27 10 50 001 - 55 000 euros/year 51 11 55 001 - 60 000 euros/year 45 12 Over 60 000 euros/year 112 13 No answer 368 SYSMISS 1 [bv12] Respondent's employment status Respondent's employment status 1004 1 3 1.98 .970 1 Full-time employee 482 2 Part-time employee 60 3 Not in paid employment 462 [bv13] Which party or electoral alliance did your candidate of choice belong to in this year's parliamentary elections? Which party or electoral alliance did your candidate of choice belong to in this year's parliamentary elections? 913 1 13 5.77 3.924 1 Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) 139 2 National Coalition Party (KOK) 107 3 Center Party of Finland (KESK) 179 4 Left Alliance (VAS) 59 5 Swedish People's Party in Finland (RKP) 16 6 True Finns (PS) 10 7 Christian Democrats in Finland (KD) 24 8 Green League (VIHR) 76 9 Some other party, what? 10 10 Don't want to say 125 11 Didn't/wouldn't vote 146 12 Don't have the right to vote 8 13 Can't say 14 SYSMISS 91 [bv14] Which party or electoral alliance would your candidate of choice belong to, if you voted now? Which party or electoral alliance would your candidate of choice belong to, if you voted now? 913 1 13 5.71 4.110 1 Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) 148 2 National Coalition Party (KOK) 115 3 Center Party of Finland (KESK) 184 4 Left Alliance (VAS) 54 5 Swedish People's Party in Finland (RKP) 16 6 True Finns (PS) 11 7 Christian Democrats in Finland (KD) 24 8 Green League (VIHR) 82 9 Some other party, what? 10 10 Don't want to say 113 11 Didn't/wouldn't vote 74 12 Don't have the right to vote 5 13 Can't say 77 SYSMISS 91