Aineiston nimi

Finnish 2006 Presidential Election Survey: Candidate Choice and Profiles

Aineistonumero

FSD2122

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2122

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• TNS Gallup Finland
• Helsingin Sanomat

Sisällön kuvaus

The data, which were collected just before the 2006 presidential elections, charted how much goals and personal qualities influence candidate selection and what kind of images respondents had of the candidates. The respondents were asked to evaluate, for example, which candidates promoted the consolidation of the welfare state, defended human rights and social equality, were against joining Nato, had too positive a view on globalisation or the European Union military alliance, had too cautious or audacious a stance on foreign policy or were forging closer ties with the United States and Russia. The respondents rated the candidates' leadership qualities, such as expertise in foreign policy, humanity, ability as a public performer, broadmindedness, reliability, justness, ability to function under pressure, far-sightedness, and strength. The respondents were also asked how important it was in choosing a candidate that the president defends human rights and social equality in Finland and on a global scale, approves or disapproves of Nato membership, takes a critical or an open attitude to globalisation, wants to reduce presidential powers, supports the enlargement of the EU, aims to increase the resources of Finnish national defence, and meets ordinary Finnish citizens often. The respondents assessed how much candidates' characteristics affected their voting decision. The characteristics included gender, expertise, humanity, party allegiance, elegance, patriotism, determination, tolerance, reliability, irreproachability, justness, and Christian beliefs.

Background variables included the respondent's year of birth, gender, basic and vocational education, occupational group, occupational group of household head, industry of employment, trade union membership, voting behaviour, left-right political self-placement, municipality type, and province and county of residence.

Asiasanat

elections; leadership; personality; personality traits; political leaders; presidential candidates; presidential elections; tolerance; voting; voting behaviour

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Elections (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• TNS Gallup Finland

Tuottajat

• TNS Gallup Finland

Ajallinen kattavuus

2005

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2005-10-14 – 2005-10-26

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged between 18 and 74 living in Finland (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Multistage

Multistage stratified sampling resulting in a fixed sample. The data have been collected with the help of GallupChannel telepanel (PCs and Internet terminals in respondent households).

Keruumenetelmä

Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: englanti ja suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Havaintojen ja muuttujien lukumäärä

323 muuttujaa ja 1232 havaintoa.

Datan versio

2.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The data were collected in two parts in consecutive weeks. Questions relating to important goals in presidential work and important characteristics in choosing a president (variables beginning with q3 and q4) and respondents' voting preferences (variables beginning with q5) were asked between 14 and 19 October 2005. Qualities and characteristics of the candidates (variables beginning with q1 and q2) were surveyed between 21 and 26 October 2005.

Painokertoimet

The data contains a weight designed by TNS Gallup Finland.

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

TNS Gallup Finland & Helsingin Sanomat: Finnish 2006 Presidential Election Survey: Candidate Choice and Profiles [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-19). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2122

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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

Varaumat

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

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Helsingin Sanomat 5.11.2005 & 18.11.2005

Julkaisut aineistosta

Suhonen, Pertti (2007). Mielipidetutkimukset presidentinvaaleissa. Teoksessa: Presidentinvaalit 2006 (toim. Pekka Isotalus & Sami Borg), 56-76. Helsinki: WSOY.