Study title

Finnish Local Government Barometer 2001: Inhabitants

Dataset ID Number

FSD2088

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2088
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2088

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Foundation for Municipal Development

Abstract

The survey studied the public opinion on Finnish municipalities. Views on municipalities as employers were charted by asking the respondents to evaluate the wage level, job variety, holiday entitlement, pension benefits, career opportunities, job security and control, incentives, efficiency, job satisfaction, and general working conditions of municipal employees. Some questions covered management and gender equality in municipalities. The respondents compared municipalities and private sector employers in terms of wages, working conditions, job security, management, etc. Opinions were also probed on whether municipalities should increase their attractiveness as employers by increasing task variety, flexibility of working hours, employees' control over their job, and employees' possibilities to have a say in decisions, etc.

The respondents were also asked whether they would accept a job offered by a municipality, state, private industry or a private services provider. The survey carried a set of attitudinal questions relating to local government democracy, municipal administration, municipal services, municipal employees, their workload, municipal taxation, etc.

The same questions were presented in another survey targeting young Finns aged 15-25 (FSD2089).

Background variables included whether the respondent or a close relative was or had been a municipal employee, the respondent's gender, age, main activity, education, province and region of residence, household annual gross income, household composition, which political party the respondent would vote for if the parliamentary elections were held at that time, and which party (s)he had voted for in the 2000 municipal elections.

Keywords

career development; conditions of employment; employers; local government; local government services; municipalities; private sector; public sector; public services; working conditions

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Working conditions (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Finnish Local Government Barometers

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Gallup Finland

Data Producers

• Foundation for Municipal Development

Time Period Covered

2001

Collection Dates

2001-08-22 – 2001-09-18

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 15 and over living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Multistage

The sampling was conducted in three stages. First, the target population was divided into NUTS2 major regions. In the second stage, the target population within major regions was further divided into municipality types. The municipalities were grouped into municipality types by dividing towns into large and small towns based on the number of inhabitants, and by dividing rural municipalities into three categories based on their economic structure. Based on these strata, a representative sample of municipalities was selected. In the third stage, a number of starting addresses were chosen in each municipality based on the number of inhabitants. The interviews were conducted by randomly selecting a starting point (household) and interviewing one individual in four subsequent households. In each household, an individual who met the gender and age criteria was selected to be interviewed.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face 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.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD2089 Finnish Local Government Barometer 2001: Young People

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Variables 'Municipality', 'Postal code number', and 'Major region (NUTS2)' have 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

Foundation for Municipal Development: Finnish Local Government Barometer 2001: Inhabitants [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2005-07-13). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2088

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

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

Kansalaismielipide ja kunnat : ilmapuntari 2001 (2001). Helsinki : Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiö. - (Polemia-sarja; 43)

Related Publications

Kansalaismielipide ja kunnat: ilmapuntari 2001 (2001). Helsinki: Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiö. Polemia-sarja; 43.

Laiho, Anna (2013) Kuntalaisten ja kunnanvaltuutettujen mielipiteet kunnallisista palveluista 2000-luvulla. Turku: Turun yliopisto. Sosiaalipolitiikan pro gradu -tutkielma.