Aineiston nimi

Follow-up on Finnish European Parliament Elections 2004

Aineistonumero

FSD2003

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2003

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Moring, Tom (University of Helsinki)
• TNS Gallup Finland

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey studied the 2004 European Parliament elections in Finland, focusing on election campaigning, political advertising and voting behaviour. The survey was conducted as part of the "Changes in Finnish TV Election Campaigns" project. At first, respondents were asked whether they had noticed political advertising in the media, had followed election issues in the media (radio, television, newspapers) or on the Internet, had attended election campaign events, or discussed the elections with other people. Respondents were asked to what extent they agree with several statements relating to the election campaign. They were asked whether they had voted in the elections, and when they had decided who to vote for. The importance of various issues (e.g. environment, immigration, crime prevention) to the voting decision was also investigated.

Respondents were asked to rate the influence of certain issues on the decision which candidate/party to vote for. The issues included: candidate's expertise in EU issues, candidate/party policy on how to develop the EU, etc. Their reasons for the decision to vote in the elections were charted. Further questions covered the sources used to obtain information. One question asked which candidate the respondent had voted for in the elections. Non-voters were asked why they had not voted.

A set of questions explored whether the respondents had seen television advertisements for certain political parties. Those who had seen television advertisements were asked to evaluate their impact, i.e., had the advertisements been beneficial or harmful with regard to the candidate/party the respondent supported. In conclusion, respondents were asked the candidate of which party they would vote for if the Finnish parliamentary elections were held now, which party had they voted for in the 2003 Finnish parliamentary elections, and which party they would vote for if they were in a situation in which they were obliged to vote for one.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, year of birth, marital status, household composition, number of household members, number of children aged under 21 living at home, education, economic activity, industry of employment, employer type, working hours, trade union membership, which party would vote for if the Finnish parliamentary elections were held at that time, which party had they voted for in the 2003 parliamentary elections and in the 2000 municipal elections, left-right political self-placement, social class, household annual gross income, monthly housing costs, household loans, economic situation, accommodation type, housing tenure, use of mobile phone, driving habits, frequency of Internet use, and region of residence.

Asiasanat

European Parliament elections; election campaigns; political allegiance; political attitudes; television advertising; voting; voting behaviour

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• International politics and organisations (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Public relations (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Elections (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Follow-ups on Finnish National and Local Elections (GallupChannel)

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• TNS Gallup Finland

Tuottajat

• TNS Gallup Finland

Ajallinen kattavuus

2004

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2004-06-18 – 2004-06-22

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged 18 or over living in Finland (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Multistage

The data have been collected with the help of GallupChannel telepanel (PCs and Internet terminals in respondent households). Multistage stratified sampling.

Keruumenetelmä

Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

Variable 'Municipality of residence' has been removed from the data. Open-ended responses to variable q11 (who did vote for in the European Parliament elections) are missing.

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

Moring, Tom (University of Helsinki) & TNS Gallup Finland: Follow-up on Finnish European Parliament Elections 2004 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2004-08-18). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2003

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

Moring, Tom (2006). Between Medialization and Tradition: Campaigning in Finland in a Longitudinal Perspective. In: Campaigning in Europe - Campaigning for Europe (ed. by Michaela Maier & Jens Techer), 81-100. Berlin: LIT Verlag.