FSD2069 Parliamentary Elections 2003: Swedish-speaking Finns
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Study title
Parliamentary Elections 2003: Swedish-speaking Finns
Alternative Title
Finlandssvensk riksdagsvalundersökning 2003
Dataset ID Number
FSD2069
Persistent identifier
urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2069Data 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 datasetsDistributor
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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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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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.
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