Study title

Parliamentary Elections 2003: Swedish-speaking Finns

Alternative Title

Finlandssvensk riksdagsvalundersökning 2003

Dataset ID Number

FSD2069

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2069

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Grönlund, Kimmo (Åbo Akademi University. Institute for Finland-Swedish Sociological Research)

Abstract

The election survey was collected after the 2003 parliamentary elections in Finland. First, the respondents were asked how often they discussed politics with others, and how interested they were in politics. They were presented with a set of attitudinal statements on using Finnish and Swedish, status of mother tongue, Sweden, Swedish People's Party in Finland, and the composition of the Government. The respondents were also asked whether they primarily identified with Finns in general, Swedish-speaking Finns, Finnish-speaking Finns, or other nationalities or language groups. In addition, they indicated which language was used in their home and how well they could speak Finnish.

In view of the elections, the respondents were asked whether they had voted in the 2003 parliamentary elections, how self-evident they considered voting, and whether choosing a party and candidate had been easy or difficult. They were also asked which party they had voted for, whether the party or the candidate had been more important to them when deciding on how to vote, whether they had voted for the same candidate before, and whether they personally knew the candidate they had voted for.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, education, occupation group, social class, marital status, household size, religiosity, region and municipality of residence, language proportion in municipality of residence, and electoral district.

Keywords

Swedish-speaking Finns; constituencies; language; parliamentary elections; political attitudes; political participation; political support; voting

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• TNS Gallup Finland

Time Period Covered

2003

Collection Dates

2003-04

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finnish citizens who have the right to vote and whose registered mother tongue is Swedish (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

The original target group consisted of 4,500 randomly sampled Finnish citizens who had the right to vote and whose registered mother tongue was Swedish. 801 persons responded.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: English and Swedish.

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Number of Cases and Variables

46 variables and 801 cases.

Data Version

2.0

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Grönlund, Kimmo (Åbo Akademi University): Parliamentary Elections 2003: Swedish-speaking Finns [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-17). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2069

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Disclaimer

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Related Publications

Den finlandssvenska väljaren (2005). Red. Åsa Bengtsson & Kimmo Grönlund. Vasa: Åbo Akademi. Samforsk.

Westinen, Jussi (2011). Yhteiskunnallisten ristiriitaulottuvuuksien ja puoluevalinnan suhde eduskuntavaaleissa 1991-2007. Tilastollinen analyysi. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Valtio-opin pro gradu -tutkielma.

Grönlund, Kimmo (2005). En bok om svenska väljare i Finland. I: Den finlandssvenska väljaren (red. Åsa Bengtsson & Kimmo Grönlund), 1-4. Vasa: Åbo Akademi. Samforsk.

Bengtsson, Åsa & Grönlund, Kimmo & Karvonen, Lauri (2005). Språk och parti. I: Den finlandssvenska väljaren (Red. Åsa Bengtsson & Kimmo Grönlund), 89-126. Vasa: Åbo Akademi. Samforsk.

Bengtsson, Åsa (2005). Utmaningar för svensk politik. I: Den finlandssvenska väljaren (Red. Åsa Bengtsson & Kimmo Grönlund), 127-144. Vasa: Åbo Akademi. Samforsk.