Study title

Follow-up on Presidential Elections 2006, First Round

Dataset ID Number

FSD2137

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2137

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Moring, Tom (University of Helsinki. Swedish School of Social Science)
• Pehkonen, Juhani (TNS Gallup Finland)

Abstract

The survey focused on the 2006 presidential elections in Finland. First, the respondents were asked whether they had voted in the first round of the presidential elections. They were also presented with a set of attitudinal statements. Further questions covered whether the respondents' opinions on the candidates had changed during the campaign in the first round of the elections, and whether the respondents had used the candidate selectors / voting advice applications on the Internet. If they had, they were asked to name the candidate selectors they had used, whether the candidate selectors had been helpful in choosing a candidate, and whether the respondents considered the candidate selectors useful or playful. The respondents were also asked to assess their experiences in the use of candidate selectors with the help of statements.

The respondents were asked which candidate they had voted for in the first round of the elections, and at which point they had finally decided on who to vote for. They were also asked to assess their voting behaviour with the help of statements. The respondents were asked which factors influenced their choice of candidate, from which information sources they had received information concerning their decision, whether they were going to vote in the second round of the elections, and which of the candidates they would vote for at the time of the survey. Finally, the respondents were asked which party or group they would vote for in the parliamentary elections if the elections were held at that time, which party or group they had voted for in the 2003 parliamentary elections, and which candidate they had voted for in the first round of the 2000 presidential elections.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, marital status, education, occupation, annual income, and place of residence. The data also include a case id variable idnro, which can be used to append this data to FSD2138.

Keywords

advertising; elections; parliamentary elections; political support; presidential candidates; presidential elections; voting; voting advice applications

Topic Classification

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

Series

Follow-ups on Finnish National and Local Elections (GallupChannel)

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• TNS Gallup Finland

Data Producers

• University of Helsinki. Swedish School of Social Science
• TNS Gallup Finland

Time Period Covered

2006

Collection Dates

2006-01-23 – 2006-01-29

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

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

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Multistage

Three-stage stratified sample. The survey had 1,049 respondents of whom 553 also responded to the survey collected after the second round of the elections (FSD2138).

Collection Mode

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

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 Finnish.

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Number of Cases and Variables

147 variables and 1049 cases.

Data Version

2.0

Related Datasets

FSD2138 Follow-up on Presidential Elections 2006, Second Round

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

Moring, Tom (University of Helsinki) & Pehkonen, Juhani (TNS Gallup Finland): Follow-up on Presidential Elections 2006, First Round [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-19). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2137

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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 Publications

Herkman, Juha (2010). Politiikan julkisuus viestinten välissä: intermediaalisuus ja vaalit. Media & viestintä 33(2), 5-22.

Hellsten, Villiina & Holli, Anne Maria & Wass, Hanna (2007). Sukupuolenmukainen äänestäminen vuoden 2006 presidentinvaaleissa. Teoksessa: Presidentinvaalit 2006 (toim. Isotalus, Pekka & Borg, Sami), 178-206. Helsinki: WSOY.

Borg, Sami (2018). Suurten ikäluokkien poliittinen kiinnittyminen ja äänestysvalinnat 1970-luvulta nykypäivään. Teoksessa: Valta ja politiikka. Juhlakirja Ilkka Ruostetsaarelle hänen 60-vuotispäivänään (toim. Kestilä- Kekkonen, Elina & Raunio, Tapio), 150-171. Tampere: Vastapaino.