Study title

Politics and Young People 1999

Dataset ID Number

FSD2047

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2047
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2047

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Hellsten, Villiina (University of Helsinki. Department of Political Science)
• Martikainen, Tuomo (University of Helsinki. Department of Political Science)

Abstract

The survey charted young adults' attitudes towards politics, their opinions on the principal issues in politics, and their views on the current political questions.

The respondents' interest in politics was queried, as well as how firm the respondents considered their political views and party preference to be. They were also presented with a set of attitudinal statements on topics such as voting, political parties, the Government, political system in Finland, politicians, values, the EU, development aid, immigrants, leadership, democracy, large-scale enterprises, welfare state, social benefits, traditional Finnish values, law, equality between men and women, animal rights, patriotism, and competition.

Background variables included the respondent's municipality of residence, gender, age, marital status, type of accommodation, education level, duration of residence in the current municipality, and socio-economic status. Those who were employed were asked about their industry of employment and occupational status, students were asked about their educational institution and main subject, and those who were unemployed were in turn asked about the duration of unemployment during the past two years. Additional background variables included membership in various organisations or associations (e.g. sports clubs, youth organisations, student associations), how citizens should relate to elections and voting, whether R were going to use the right to vote in the future, which party R would vote for in parliamentary elections, which party R voted for in the recent municipal elections, and which candidate R is going to vote for in the upcoming 2000 presidential elections.

Keywords

European integration; Finnishness; attitudes; businesses; elections; law enforcement; political participation; political parties; politicians; politics; social welfare philosophy; urban population; values; voting; young adults

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Community, urban and rural life (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

• Gallup Finland

Data Producers

• City of Helsinki. Information Centre
• University of Helsinki. Department of Political Science

Time Period Covered

1999

Collection Dates

1999-03-26 – 1999-04-22

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Espoo, Helsinki, Vantaa

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People living in the capital area of Finland aged 18-30

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Information not available

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

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: Finnish.

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Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD2044 Politics and Young People 1995

FSD2046 Politics and Young People 1988

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The variable indicating post code has 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

Hellsten, Villiina (University of Helsinki) & Martikainen, Tuomo (University of Helsinki): Politics and Young People 1999 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2005-04-07). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2047

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

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

Related Materials

Hellsten, Villiina & Martikainen, Tuomo (2001). Nuoret ja uusi politiikka : tutkimus pääkaupunkiseudun nuorten poliittisista suuntauksista. Helsinki : Helsingin kaupunki. - (Helsingin kaupungin tietokeskuksen tutkimuksia; 2001:3)

Related Publications

Hellsten, Villiina & Martikainen, Tuomo (2001). Nuoret ja uusi politiikka: tutkimus pääkaupunkiseudun nuorten poliittisista suuntauksista. Helsinki: Helsingin kaupunki. Helsingin kaupungin tietokeskuksen tutkimuksia; 2001:3.

Martikainen, T. & Fredriksson, S. (2006). Political choices among young adults in the Helsinki metropolital area in 1988-2004. Kvartti. Helsinki Quarterly 4, s. 55-59

Martikainen, T. & Fredriksson, S. 2006. Vaalit ja politiikka: pääkaupunkiseudun nuorten aikuisten poliittiset valinnat 1988-2004. Helsinki: Helsingin kaupungin tietokeskus. Tutkimuksia 5/2006