Aineiston nimi

Finnish EU Attitudes 2003

Aineistonumero

FSD1356

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1356

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Centre for Finnish Business and Policy Studies (EVA)
• Yhdyskuntatutkimus

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey studies what Finns think about the membership in the European Union and international issues in general. Therefore, this survey covers other topics than EU matters as well, such as international affairs.

The respondents were asked how interested they were in matters connected to Finland's membership in the EU, how actively did they follow these matters and how well-informed of these they considered themselves to be. The survey charts Finnish opinions on the EU and other international issues, such as EU's financial and military cooperation and its relation to the United States and international development in general. Another theme was the draft treaty establishing a Constitution for the EU. Respondents assessed different views and proposals connected with the Constitution, for example, the structure and cohesion of the EU, common defence, taxation, the executive power of the European Parliament in relation to national parliaments and the possible election of the president of the EU. Future events and developments were evaluated from two viewpoints. Firstly, respondents assessed the likelihood of certain events happening during the following ten years. Secondly, they rated how desirable those events are. These events and developments included Finland's position in the EU, the Union's development in general, Nordic cooperation, international conflicts and terrorism, influence of the UN and world trade.

Opinions on the possible membership in NATO was canvassed with attitudinal statements which included the Baltic States and Russia joining NATO and Finland's position, security and influence in NATO if she joined it. Attitudes towards international economy and politics were charted with questions on equality of international trade, development cooperation and environmental issues. Respondents were asked to assess certain qualities and characterisations connected with the EU, such as progressive vs. retrogressive, efficiency vs. bureaucracy, democracy vs. inequality. Attitudes towards Finland's membership in the EU, replacement of the Finnish markka with the Euro in 2002 and EU's enlargement with new Member States in eastern Europe. Respondents were asked how certain it was that they are going to vote in the next European Parliamentary elections and what the turnout percentage is going to be in their opinion.

Background variables included respondents' gender, age group, size of municipality of residence, region of residence, basic and vocational education, occupational group, membership in a trade union. In conclusion, respondents were asked which party they would vote for if Parliamentary elections were held at that moment.

Asiasanat

European Parliament; European Union; European integration; European monetary system; NATO; constitutions; defence and state security policy; economic integration; enlargement; globalization; international cooperation; international trade

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• International politics and organisations (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Finnish EU Attitudes 1992-2012

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Yhdyskuntatutkimus

Tuottajat

• Centre for Finnish Business and Policy Studies

Ajallinen kattavuus

2003

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2003-11-26 – 2004-01-16

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Finnish population aged 18-70 (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Simple random

The original target group of the survey consisted of 3000 persons (the Åland Islands excluded), representing the randomly selected Finnish population aged 18-70 years. There were 1310 respondents, which means that the response rate was 43.7 percent. The data is correct and representative.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

43.7

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

173 muuttujaa ja 1310 havaintoa.

Datan versio

2.0

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

Centre for Finnish Business and Policy Studies (EVA) & Yhdyskuntatutkimus: Finnish EU Attitudes 2003 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-13). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1356

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

Torvi, Kai (2004). Turvassa EU:ssa - kaukana kavala maailma. EVAn Suomi, EU ja maailma -asennetutkimus 2004 [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Taloustieto. http://www.eva.fi/files/422_turvassa_eussa.pdf [viitattu 10.5.2004].

Lauronen, Sanna (2018). Turvallinen Nato? Suomalaisten YYA- ja EU-sukupolvien väliset erot Nato-kannatuksessa. Turku: Turun yliopisto. Valtio-opin kandidaatintutkielma.