FSD2019 Development Cooperation Survey 1999

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[fsd_no] FSD study number

[fsd_vr] FSD edition number

[fsd_id] FSD case id

[q200] How well do you know what is the volume of development cooperation that Finland provides?

[q201] How well do you know the target countries of Finnish development cooperation?

[q202] How familiar are you with the content of Finnish development cooperation (i.e. what is being done)?

[q203] How familiar are you with the goals of Finnish development cooperation?

[q204] How familiar are you with the means and ways of Finnish development cooperation?

[q205_1] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Averting famine/providing food aid

[q205_2] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Clean water/wells

[q205_3] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Health care

[q205_4] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Taking help to where it is needed

[q205_5] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Humanitarian aid/helping people in need

[q205_6] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Helping children

[q205_7] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Education

[q205_8] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Teaching developing countries to help themselves/helping them towards sustainable development/self-sufficiency

[q205_9] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Improving employment

[q205_10] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Expert help/know-how

[q205_11] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Human rights/equality

[q205_12] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Developing democracy

[q205_13] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Reducing poverty/satisfying basic needs/improving standard of living

[q205_14] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Improving the state of the environment

[q205_15] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Material help

[q205_16] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Peacekeeping

[q205_17] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Improving the situation of women

[q205_18] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Preventing overpopulation

[q205_19] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Right targets for help/realistic goals/ensuring that help goes to those who need it

[q205_20] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Taking local circumstances and needs into account

[q205_21] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Trade/marketing Finnish products/aid that benefits Finland also

[q205_22] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Raising the per cent of GDP given as aid/financial aid

[q205_23] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Finland should put things right at home first

[q205_24] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Discontinuing development cooperation altogether

[q205_25] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Regions just across the Finnish border

[q205_26] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Helping countries at war

[q205_27] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Present goals are appropriate

[q205_28] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Help given straight to target, no intermediaries

[q205_29] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Something else

[q205_30] If you could decide, what would be the most important goal of Finnish development cooperation: Can't say

[q206] Thinking of the stated goals of Finnish development cooperation, which one do you consider the most important?

[q207_1] Which region of the world do you think should be the main recipient of development aid: African countries

[q207_2] Which region of the world do you think should be the main recipient of development aid: Asian countries

[q207_3] Which region of the world do you think should be the main recipient of development aid: South and Central American countries

[q207_4] Which region of the world do you think should be the main recipient of development aid: Central and Eastern European countries

[q207_5] Which region of the world do you think should be the main recipient of development aid: Regions just across the Finnish border

[q207_6] Which region of the world do you think should be the main recipient of development aid: Baltic countries

[q207_7] Which region of the world do you think should be the main recipient of development aid: Other countries/regions

[q207_8] Which region of the world do you think should be the main recipient of development aid: Can't say

[q208_1] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Famine

[q208_2] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Low standard of living/poverty

[q208_3] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Lack of water/water problems

[q208_4] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Child mortality/children

[q208_5] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Insufficient health care/need for medicines

[q208_6] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Environmental problems/desertification

[q208_7] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: General misery/harsh conditions of life

[q208_8] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Primitiveness/backwardness

[q208_9] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Need for aid

[q208_10] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Kindred nation/region located just across the Finnish border

[q208_11] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Population growth

[q208_12] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Lack of know-how

[q208_13] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Effect on Finland

[q208_14] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Wars

[q208_15] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Human rights violations/inequality

[q208_16] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Refugee problems/so that people would stay in their own country

[q208_17] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Good chances for development/good possibilities to help

[q208_18] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: I have heard most of this region/sympathy

[q208_19] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Aid really goes to those who need it

[q208_20] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Tradition/been done before/learned to help

[q208_21] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Has problems/things not right there

[q208_22] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Possibile to make a difference/change

[q208_23] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Hygienic conditions

[q208_24] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: For women

[q208_25] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: To make the countries in the area self-sufficient

[q208_26] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Something else

[q208_27] Why should the region you mentioned be the main recipient of development aid: Can't say

[q210_1] Which region mentioned in this card do you consider the most important target: African countries

[q210_2] Which region mentioned in this card do you consider the most important target: Asian countries

[q210_3] Which region mentioned in this card do you consider the most important target: South and Central American countries

[q210_4] Which region mentioned in this card do you consider the most important target: Central and Eastern European countries

[q210_5] Which region mentioned in this card do you consider the most important target: Regions just across the Finnish border

[q210_6] Which region mentioned in this card do you consider the most important target: Baltic countries

[q210_7] Which region mentioned in this card do you consider the most important target: Can't say

[q211] Your opinion on the importance of development cooperation for Finland's foreign policy?

[q212] Do you feel you get enough information about Finnish development policy or about development cooperation and its results and impact?

[q213_1] Where do you get most of your information about issues relating to developing countries: Television

[q213_2] Where do you get most of your information about issues relating to developing countries: Radio

[q213_3] Where do you get most of your information about issues relating to developing countries: Newspapers/periodicals/magazines

[q213_4] Where do you get most of your information about issues relating todeveloping countries: Experts, magazines/periodicals specializing on development cooperation

[q213_5] Where do you get most of your information about issues relating to developing countries: Internet

[q213_6] Where do you get most of your information about issues relating to developing countries: Public events/exhibitions

[q213_7] Where do you get most of your information about issues relating to developing countries: Schools and other educational institutions

[q213_8] Where do you get most of your information about issues relating to developing countries: Discussions with friends or other discussions

[q213_9] Where do you get most of your information about issues relating to developing countries: At work

[q213_10] Where do you get most of your information about issues relating to developing countries: Somewhere else

[q213_11] Where do you get most of your information about issues relating to developing countries: Can't say

[q214] How much of its GDP (in per cents) do you think Finland devotes to development cooperation?

[q215] How much money should Finland spend on development cooperation?

[q216] The UN recommends that developed countries devote 0,7% of their GDP to development cooperation. Should Finland increase its development cooperation funding to the recommended 0,7% of GDP (i.e. to 2% of the state budget) or even more?

[q221] The fact that a country invests in development cooperation is a sign of a civilised state

[q222] Development aid is needed to achieve sustainable development

[q223] Development cooperation increases Finnish expertise and know-how

[q224] Development aid policies aim to resolve conflicts

[q225] Development aid policies aim to prevent national emergencies

[q226] Development aid policies aim to create mechanisms for regulating the operations of multinational enterprises

[q227] Development aid policies aim at international refugee policy

[q228] Development aid policies aim at international environmental policy

[q229] Development aid policies aim at international human rights policy

[q230] Development aid policies aim to help the least developed countries

[q231] Development aid policies aim to keep peace

[q232] Development aid policies aim to promote food security

[q233] Development aid policies aim to reduce poverty and improve the economic situation in developing countries

[q234] Development aid policies aim to promote democracy and good governance

[q240_1] Which of the following do you consider especially important for development cooperation: United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

[q240_2] Which of the following do you consider especially important for development cooperation: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

[q240_3] Which of the following do you consider especially important for development cooperation: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

[q240_4] Which of the following do you consider especially important for development cooperation: World Food Programme (WPF)

[q240_5] Which of the following do you consider especially important for development cooperation: World Health Organization (WHO)

[q240_6] Which of the following do you consider especially important for development cooperation: United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) and United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA)

[q240_7] Which of the following do you consider especially important for development cooperation: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

[q240_8] Which of the following do you consider especially important for development cooperation: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

[q240_9] Which of the following do you consider especially important for development cooperation: International Labour Organization (ILO)

[q240_10] Which of the following do you consider especially important for development cooperation: World Bank Group, regional financial institutions

[q240_11] Which of the following do you consider especially important for development cooperation: Something else

[q240_12] Which of the following do you consider especially important for development cooperation: None of the above

[q240_13] Which of the following do you consider especially important for development cooperation: Can't say

[q241_1] If you had the power to decide, would you support: United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

[q241_2] If you had the power to decide, would you support: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

[q241_3] If you had the power to decide, would you support: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

[q241_4] If you had the power to decide, would you support: World Food Programme (WPF)

[q241_5] If you had the power to decide, would you support: World Health Organization (WHO)

[q241_6] If you had the power to decide, would you support: United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) and United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA)

[q241_7] If you had the power to decide, would you support: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

[q241_8] If you had the power to decide, would you support: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

[q241_9] If you had the power to decide, would you support: International Labour Organization (ILO)

[q241_10] If you had the power to decide, would you support: World Bank Group, regional financial institutions

[q241_11] If you had the power to decide, would you support: Something else

[q241_12] If you had the power to decide, would you support: None of the above

[q241_13] If you had the power to decide, would you support: Can't say

[q242] The Finnish government provides humanitarian aid when catastrophes and disasters happen. Are you satisfied with the velocity with which Finland reacts to problem situations in the world?

[q243] And are you satisfied with the amount of humanitarian aid Finland provides?

[q244] Are you satisfied with the choice of targets for humanitarian aid?

[q245] Your opinion on channelling development aid through Finnish or international third sector organisations directly to local third sector organisations in developing countries

[q246] Do you find it important that Finland can participate together with other EU member states in the decision-making about development policy in the UN and other international bodies, or would you prefer that Finland acted independently?

[q247] Are you familiar with or have you heard of the EU's own development cooperation, or of cooperation between EU member states in development cooperation issues?

[q248] Have you heard of the the Lomé agreement between the EU and developing African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, and of the renewal of the agreement?

[q249_1] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Food/hunger

[q249_2] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Water issues

[q249_3] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Health issues

[q249_4] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Children

[q249_5] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Women

[q249_6] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Education

[q249_7] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Democracy

[q249_8] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Equality/human rights

[q249_9] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Environmental issues

[q249_10] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Poverty/well-being

[q249_11] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Local circumstances and needs must be taken into account

[q249_12] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Proper monitoring of aid/intermediaries/that help really reaches those who need it

[q249_13] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Corruption

[q249_14] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Peace

[q249_15] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Population growth

[q249_16] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Humanitarian issues/disaster relief

[q249_17] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Expert help

[q249_18] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Self-sufficiency

[q249_19] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Refugees

[q249_20] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Cooperation/activity/helping

[q249_21] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Same issues as in present agreement

[q249_22] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Something else

[q249_23] What issues should Finland bring up in the negotiations on the renewal of the Lomé agreement: Can't say

[q250_1] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Financial aid

[q250_2] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Food

[q250_3] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Clothes

[q250_4] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Material aid

[q250_5] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Crisis/disaster aid

[q250_6] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Water supply/wells

[q250_7] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Education

[q250_8] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Know-how

[q250_9] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Health care/medicines

[q250_10] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Government funding/tax revenue

[q250_11] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Direct aid to the needy (area or people)

[q250_12] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Would take the aid to target personally

[q250_13] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Through voluntary organisations

[q250_14] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Development of agriculture/afforestation

[q250_15] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Industrial development

[q250_16] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Exporting machines/equipment/technology

[q250_17] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Fund-raising

[q250_18] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Aid that would take into account local needs and circumstances

[q250_19] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Construction projects

[q250_20] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Same kind of aid as is given at present

[q250_21] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Developing trade

[q250_22] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Co-operation

[q250_23] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Environmental protection

[q250_24] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Help to children

[q250_25] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Help to women

[q250_26] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Should be a possibility to supervise aid

[q250_27] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Something else

[q250_28] If you personally could decide, what kind of development aid would you give: Can't say

[q251_1] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Africa

[q251_2] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Russia

[q251_3] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Baltic states

[q251_4] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Regions just across the Finnish border

[q251_5] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: South America

[q251_6] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Asia

[q251_7] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Far East

[q251_8] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Famine

[q251_9] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Lack of water

[q251_10] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: War/catastrophe zones

[q251_11] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Education

[q251_12] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Health care

[q251_13] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: UN organisations

[q251_14] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Children/the elderly

[q251_15] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Women

[q251_16] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Poor developing countries

[q251_17] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Refugees

[q251_18] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Wherever help is needeed

[q251_19] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Agriculture/forestry

[q251_20] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Construction or other projects

[q251_21] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: For improving living conditions

[q251_22] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Eastern Europe

[q251_23] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Burma/India

[q251_24] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Environmental protection

[q251_25] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Finnish Red Cross

[q251_26] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Same regions/targets as at present

[q251_27] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Business life

[q251_28] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: For improving human rights situation

[q251_30] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Other

[q251_31] If you personally could decide, to what region/target would you give development aid: Can't say

[q252] Have you visited developing countries?

[bv1] Respondent's gender

[bv2] Respondent's age group

[bv3] Respondent's employment status

[bv4] Respondent's economic activity and occupational group

[bv5] Respondent's marital status

[bv6] Economic activity and occupational status of the person with the highest income in the household

[bv7] The respondent is...

[bv8] Who in the household is mainly responsible for everyday chores like shopping?

[bv9] Household type

[bv10_1] Age of children living in the household: 0-2 years

[bv10_2] Age of children living in the household: 3-6 years

[bv10_3] Age of children living in the household: 7-12 years

[bv10_4] Age of children living in the household: 13-15 years

[bv10_5] Age of children living in the household: 16-17 years

[bv11] Total number of children aged under 18 living in the household

[bv12] Total gross annual income of the household (before taxes)

[bv13] Total number of persons living in the household (including the respondent)

[bv14] Respondent's education

[bv15] Do you have a driving licence?

[bv16] Type of accommodation

[bv17] Number of inhabitants in the respondent's municipality of residence

[bv18] Type of neighbourhood

[bv19] Degree of urbanity

[bv20] Province

[bv21] Region (NUTS3)

[bv22] Is the respondent the person with the highest income in the household?

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