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[fsd_no] FSD study number

[fsd_vr] FSD edition number

[fsd_id] FSD case id

[fsd_pro] FSD processing level

[a2] Interviewer id

[a3] Interviewer gender

[a4_1] Date of the interview: month

[a4_2] Date of the interview: day

[k1] How interested are you in politics?

[k2_1] How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections: Television debates and party leader interviews

[k2_2] How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections: Television news and current affairs programmes

[k2_3] How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections: Television entertainment programmes featuring politicians

[k2_4] How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections: Radio programmes

[k2_5] How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections: Newspaper articles

[k2_6] How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections: Web news covering elections

[k2_7] How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections: Web sites of the candidates and political parties

[k2_8] How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections: Online diaries and blogs

[k2_9] How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections: Candidate selectors on the Internet

[k2_10] How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections: Television advertisements

[k2_11] How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections: Newspaper advertisements

[k3] How stable is your political party identification?

[k4] Which of the following groups would you say you belong to?

[k5] Which social class would you say you belong to?

[k6] How many different political parties have you voted for in parliamentary elections so far?

[k7_1] Did you vote in the previous elections: Parliamentary elections in 2003

[k7_2] Did you vote in the previous elections: European parliament elections in 2004

[k7_3] Did you vote in the previous elections: Municipal elections (local elections) in 2004

[k7_4] Did you vote in the previous elections: Presidential elections in 2006, first round

[k7_5] Did you vote in the previous elections: Presidential elections in 2006, second round

[k8_1] I think voting is a civic duty

[k8_2] It is people's own business whether they want to use their right to vote or not

[k8_3] Democracy may have its problems but it is better than any other form of government

[k8_4] Important national issues should more often be decided in a referendum

[k8_5] To support representative democracy, public debates on policy issues should be organised for ordinary people

[k8_6] I myself would like to attend public debates organised for ordinary people

[k8_7] It is important to me that my party has a real chance of getting a candidate elected to Parliament in my constituency

[k8_8] It is important to me that my candidate has a real chance of getting elected to Parliament

[k8_9] The MPs of my constituency do not have enough say in what the Government and Parliament decide

[k8_10] Electoral alliances should not be allowed in parliamentary elections

[k9_1] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Write a letter to the editor

[k9_2] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Contact political decision-makers on an issue

[k9_3] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Sign a petition

[k9_4] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Involve myself in the activities of a political party

[k9_5] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Involve myself in the activities of some other voluntary/civic organisation

[k9_6] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Try to enhance environmental protection through my consumer choices

[k9_7] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Try to influence political or social issues through my consumer choices

[k9_8] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Join a consumer boycott

[k9_9] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Participate in peaceful demonstrations

[k9_10] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Demonstrate civil disobedience by participating in illegal, non-violent activities

[k9_11] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Participate in the kind of demonstrations that have previously involved violence

[k9_12] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Use violence to reach political goals

[k10_1] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following on the Internet: Sign a petition

[k10_2] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following on the Internet: Contact political decision-makers

[k10_3] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following on the Internet: Discuss politics

[k10_4] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following on the Internet: Discuss other issues

[k11] How often do you use the Internet?

[k12] Are you at present or have you ever been an elected official in a municipal body?

[k13] Are you a member of any political party?

[k14] Have you ever participated in the work of the support group of a candidate in parliamentary elections?

[k16_1] What kind of goals should members of parliament primarily promote?

[k16_2] What kind of goals should members of parliament secondarily promote?

[k17_1] Voting is the only way in which ordinary people can have a say about how things are run

[k17_2] Those elected to Parliament soon lose touch with problems of ordinary people

[k17_3] Politicians are not interested in the opinions of ordinary people

[k17_4] I have no say in what the government and parliament decide

[k17_5] Through political parties, citizens' opinions will be taken into consideration in decision-making

[k17_6] Political parties are only interested in people's votes, not in their opinions

[k17_7] Sometimes politics seems so complicated that I can't really understand what is going on

[k17_8] By voting people can have a say in how things are run

[k17_9] It doesn't really matter which parties form the government, policy decisions will be the same

[k17_10] Electoral alliances between parties are good because they make it easier for small parties to reach parliament

[k17_11] The coalition government should consist of either right-wing or left-wing parties

[k17_12] Parties should have announced clearly during the election campaign which parties they are willing to form a coalition government with

[k17_13] Personalisation of politics is mainly a good thing

[q1al_1] What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -1 (Classified)

[q1al_2] What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -2 (Classified)

[q1al_3] What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -3 (Classified)

[q1al_4] What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -4 (Classified)

[q1al_5] What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -5 (Classified)

[q1al_6] What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -6 (Classified)

[q1al_7] What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -7 (Classified)

[q1bl_1] What has been the second most important issue to you personally in this election? -1 (Classified)

[q1bl_2] What has been the second most important issue to you personally in this election? -2 (Classified)

[q1bl_3] What has been the second most important issue to you personally in this election? -3 (Classified)

[q1bl_4] What has been the second most important issue to you personally in this election? -4 (Classified)

[q2al_1] What do you think is the most important political problem facing Finland today? -1 (Classified)

[q2al_2] What do you think is the most important political problem facing Finland today? -2 (Classified)

[q2al_3] What do you think is the most important political problem facing Finland today? -3 (Classified)

[q2al_4] What do you think is the most important political problem facing Finland today? -4 (Classified)

[q2al_5] What do you think is the most important political problem facing Finland today? -5 (Classified)

[q2bl_1] What do you think is the second most important political problem facing Finland today? -1 (Classified)

[q2bl_2] What do you think is the second most important political problem facing Finland today? -2 (Classified)

[q2bl_3] What do you think is the second most important political problem facing Finland today? -3 (Classified)

[q2bl_4] What do you think is the second most important political problem facing Finland today? -4 (Classified)

[q3a] Thinking of the most important political problem facing Finland, which political party do you think is best in dealing with it?

[q3b] Thinking of the second most important political problem facing Finland, which political party do you think is best in dealing with it?

[q4] Some people say that it doesn't make any difference who is in power. Others say that it makes a big difference who is in power. How much difference would you say it makes?

[q5] Some people say that no matter who people vote for, it won't make any difference to what happens. Others say that who people vote for can make a big difference to what happens. What would you say?

[q6] Thinking about the general performance of the government under Matti Vanhanen over the past four years, how good or bad a job has it done?

[q7] Would you say that any of the parties in Finland represent your views reasonably well?

[q7a] Which party represents your views best?

[q8] Regardless of how you feel about the parties, would you say any of the individual party leaders represent your views reasonably well?

[q8a] Which party leader represents your views best?

[q9a] Opinion on political parties. Rate the following parties on a scale from 0 (strongly dislike) to 10 (strongly like). Say if you haven't heard of the party or you feel you do not know enough about it: Centre Party of Finland (KESK)

[q9b] Opinion on political parties: Finnish Social Democratic Party (SDP)

[q9c] Opinion on political parties: National Coalition Party (KOK)

[q9d] Opinion on political parties: Left Alliance (VAS)

[q9e] Opinion on political parties: Green League (VIHR)

[q9f] Opinion on political parties: Swedish People's Party in Finland (RKP)

[q9g] Opinion on political parties: Christian Democrats (KD)

[q9h] Opinion on political parties: True Finns (PS)

[q10a] Opinion on party leaders. Rate the following leaders on a scale from 0 (strongly dislike) to 10 (strongly like). Say if you haven't heard of the leader or you feel you do not know enough about: Matti Vanhanen (KESK)

[q10b] Opinion on party leaders: Eero Heinäluoma (SDP)

[q10c] Opinion on party leaders: Jyrki Katainen (KOK)

[q10d] Opinion on party leaders: Martti Korhonen (VAS)

[q10e] Opinion on party leaders: Tarja Cronberg (VIHR)

[q10f] Opinion on party leaders: Stefan Wallin (RKP)

[q10g] Opinion on party leaders: Päivi Räsänen (KD)

[q10h] Opinion on party leaders: Timo Soini (PS)

[q11a] In politics people sometimes talk of left and right. Where would you place the Centre Party of Finland (KESK) on a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means the left and 10 means the right?

[q11b] Using the same scale, where would you place: Finnish Social Democratic Party (SDP)

[q11c] Using the same scale, where would you place: National Coalition Party (KOK)

[q11d] Using the same scale, where would you place: Left Alliance (VAS)

[q11e] Using the same scale, where would you place: Green League (VIHR)

[q11f] Using the same scale, where would you place: Swedish People's Party in Finland (RKP)

[q11g] Using the same scale, where would you place: Christian Democrats (KD)

[q11h] Using the same scale, where would you place: True Finns (PS)

[q12a] In politics people sometimes talk of left and right. Where would you place party leader Matti Vanhanen (KESK) on a scale from 0 to 10 where 0 means the left and 10 means the right?

[q12b] Using the same scale, where would you place party leader Eero Heinäluoma (SDP)?

[q12c] Using the same scale, where would you place party leader Jyrki Katainen (KOK)?

[q13] Where would you place yourself on this left-right scale?

[q17] During the election campaign, would you say that there were differences between parties?

[q18] How closely did you follow the election campaigning?

[q19] How satisfied are you with the way democracy works in Finland?

[q20] Do you think of yourself as close to any particular party?

[q20a] Do you feel yourself a little closer to one of the political parties than the others?

[q20b] Which party do you feel closest to?

[q20c] Do you feel very close to this party, somewhat close, or not very close?

[q21] Nowadays a lot of people do not vote in elections for some reason or other. Did you vote or not in these parliamentary elections? If you did vote, did you vote in advance or on the election day?

[q21a_1] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: Centre Party of Finland (KESK)

[q21a_2] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: Finnish Social Democratic Party (SDP)

[q21a_3] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: National Coalition Party (KOK)

[q21a_4] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: Left Alliance (VAS)

[q21a_5] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: Green League (VIHR)

[q21a_6] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: Swedish People's Party in Finland (RKP)

[q21a_7] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: Christian Democrats (KD)

[q21a_8] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: True Finns (PS)

[q21a_9] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: Finnish Workers' Party

[q21a_13] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: For the Poor

[q21a_14] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: Joint Responsibility Party

[q21a_15] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: Finnish Patriotic Movement

[q21a_16] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: Finnish People's Blue-Whites

[q21a_18] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: Finnish Senior Citizens' Party

[q21a_19] (IF DID NOT VOTE) If you had voted, the candidate of which party would you have voted for: None of these parties, can't say, missing

[q21c] (IF VOTED) The candidate of which party (or political group) did you vote for in these parliamentary elections?

[q22a] Did you consider voting for a candidate of any other party or group?

[q22b_1] Which party/parties or group(s): Centre Party of Finland (KESK)

[q22b_2] Which party/parties or group(s): Finnish Social Democratic Party (SDP)

[q22b_3] Which party/parties or group(s): National Coalition Party (KOK)

[q22b_4] Which party/parties or group(s): Left Alliance (VAS)

[q22b_5] Which party/parties or group(s): Green League (VIHR)

[q22b_6] Which party/parties or group(s): Swedish People's Party in Finland (RKP)

[q22b_7] Which party/parties or group(s): Christian Democrats (KD)

[q22b_8] Which party/parties or group(s): True Finns (PS)

[q22b_9] Which party/parties or group(s): Finnish Workers' Party

[q22b_10] Which party/parties or group(s): Independence Party

[q22b_11] Which party/parties or group(s): Liberals

[q22b_12] Which party/parties or group(s): Forces for Change in Finland

[q22b_13] Which party/parties or group(s): For the Poor

[q22b_14] Which party/parties or group(s): Joint Responsibility Party

[q22b_15] Which party/parties or group(s): Finnish Patriotic Movement

[q22b_16] Which party/parties or group(s): Finnish People's Blue-Whites

[q22b_17] Which party/parties or group(s): Communist Party of Finland

[q22b_18] Which party/parties or group(s): Finnish Senior Citizens' Party

[q22b_19] Which party/parties or group(s): For Peace and Socialism-Communist Workers' Party

[q22b_20] Which party/parties or group(s): None of these parties, can't say, missing

[q22c] And were there any parties (or groups) that you would never vote for?

[q22d_1] Which party/parties or group(s): Centre Party of Finland (KESK)

[q22d_2] Which party/parties or group(s): Finnish Social Democratic Party (SDP)

[q22d_3] Which party/parties or group(s): National Coalition Party (KOK)

[q22d_4] Which party/parties or group(s): Left Alliance (VAS)

[q22d_5] Which party/parties or group(s): Green League (VIHR)

[q22d_6] Which party/parties or group(s): Swedish People's Party in Finland (RKP)

[q22d_7] Which party/parties or group(s): Christian Democrats (KD)

[q22d_8] Which party/parties or group(s): True Finns (PS)

[q22d_9] Which party/parties or group(s): Finnish Workers' Party

[q22d_10] Which party/parties or group(s): Independence Party

[q22d_11] Which party/parties or group(s): Liberals

[q22d_12] Which party/parties or group(s): Forces for Change in Finland

[q22d_13] Which party/parties or group(s): For the Poor

[q22d_14] Which party/parties or group(s): Joint Responsibility Party

[q22d_15] Which party/parties or group(s): Finnish Patriotic Movement

[q22d_16] Which party/parties or group(s): Finnish People's Blue-Whites

[q22d_17] Which party/parties or group(s): Communist Party of Finland

[q22d_18] Which party/parties or group(s): Finnish Senior Citizens' Party

[q22d_19] Which party/parties or group(s): For Peace and Socialism-Communist Workers' Party

[q22d_20] Which party/parties or group(s): None of these parties, can't say, missing

[q23] Did you vote four years ago, in the 2003 parliamentary elections?

[q23b] (IF YES) The candidate of which political party or group did you vote for?

[q24a] Who of the following was the Finnish Foreign Minister in 2006?

[q24b] Which of the following parties has the second largest number of seats in the newly elected Parliament?

[q24c] Which of the following countries is a permanent member in the United Nations (UN) Security Council?

[q24d] Who is eligible to vote in Finnish parliamentary elections?

[q24e] What do you think is meant by a parliamentary system of government?

[k18_1] (IF DID NOT VOTE) Reasons for not voting in these elections: Difficult to find a suitable party

[k18_2] (IF DID NOT VOTE) Reasons for not voting in these elections: Difficult to find a suitable candidate

[k18_3] (IF DID NOT VOTE) Reasons for not voting in these elections: Job prevented me from voting

[k18_4] (IF DID NOT VOTE) Reasons for not voting in these elections: Could not vote because of travel

[k18_5] (IF DID NOT VOTE) Reasons for not voting in these elections: Could not vote because of illness or advanced age

[k18_6] (IF DID NOT VOTE) Reasons for not voting in these elections: Didn't remember to vote

[k18_7] (IF DID NOT VOTE) Reasons for not voting in these elections: Simply couldn't be bothered to vote

[k18_8] (IF DID NOT VOTE) Reasons for not voting in these elections: I do not profit in any way from voting

[k18_9] (IF DID NOT VOTE) Reasons for not voting in these elections: I think one vote makes no difference to the outcome of an election

[k18_10] (IF DID NOT VOTE) Reasons for not voting in these elections: I distrust politicians and politics in general

[k18_11] (IF DID NOT VOTE) Reasons for not voting in these elections: As a protest against politics and politicians

[k18_12] (IF DID NOT VOTE) Reasons for not voting in these elections: I'm not interested in politics and don't care whether I vote or not

[k18_13] (IF DID NOT VOTE) Reasons for not voting in these elections: The parties or candidates I would have preferred had no chance of winning a seat to Parliament in my constituency

[k19] (IF DID NOT VOTE) How self-evident was it to you that you were not going to vote?

[k20] (IF VOTED) For your voting choice, which was the more important, the party or the candidate?

[k21_1] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Performance of the party's representatives in election programmes on television

[k21_2] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Party looks after the interests of the occupational group I belong to

[k21_3] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Good party leader

[k21_4] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: I'm a stable supporter of this party

[k21_5] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Party has good policy on many current issues

[k21_6] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Party has competent people to form policies

[k21_7] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Performance of the party during the past parliamentary term

[k21_8] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Successful election campaign of the party

[k21_9] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Party had good chance of winning one or more seats to Parliament from my constituency

[k21_10] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Recommendations from voluntary/civic organisations and interest groups

[k21_11] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: In my opinion, the leader of this party is the best candidate to become prime minister

[k21_12] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Desire to influence which parties will be in the coalition government

[k22_1] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate's age

[k22_2] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate's gender

[k22_3] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate's education

[k22_4] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate's place of residence

[k22_5] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate's prior experience in politics

[k22_6] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate's reliability

[k22_7] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate's ability to manage things

[k22_8] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate's appearance and style

[k22_9] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate is a well-known public figure

[k22_10] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate's views on different issues

[k22_11] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate's party affiliation

[k22_12] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate's election campaign and election advertising

[k22_13] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate had good chance of winning a seat to Parliament

[k22_14] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Recommendations from friends, acquaintances or relatives

[k22_15] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Recommendations from voluntary/civic organisations and interest groups

[k22_16] To what extent did the following influence your choice of candidate: Candidate's answers in candidate selectors

[k23] Did you vote for a candidate who is of the same gender as you?

[k24] What was the age of the candidate you voted for?

[k25] Did you vote for the same candidate in the previous parliamentary elections in 2003?

[k26] In what way was the candidate you voted for known to you?

[k27] How easy or difficult was it for you to choose the party the candidate of which you voted for?

[k28] How easy or difficult was it for you to find a suitable candidate?

[d1] Respondent's year of birth

[d2] Respondent's gender

[d3_1] Respondent's basic education

[d3_2] Respondent's vocational education

[d4] Respondent's marital status

[d5_1] Does the respondent belong to any trade union or professional association and if yes, how actively does R participate in its activities?

[d5_2] Which of the following central organisations does the respondent's trade union or professional association belong to?

[d10] Respondent's employment status

[d11] Respondent's profession

[d12] Respondent's economic activity and occupational status

[d13] Type of employer

[d20] Total annual gross income of the respondent's household (including social benefits)

[d21_1] Total number of persons in the household

[d21_2] Number of people aged over 18 in the household

[d22_1] Number of children aged 7-17 in the household

[d22_2] Number of children aged six or under in the household

[d24] Would you describe yourself as ...

[d25] Do you belong to any church or religious community?

[d26_1] Respondent's mother tongue

[d26_2] What language(s) do you use at home?

[d27] Respondent's place of residence

[d30] Type of neighbourhood where R lives

[d30b] Did you live in your present constituency at the time of the 2003 parliamentary elections?

[d31] Respondent's constituency

[d32_1] Have you been unemployed in the past 12 months?

[d32_2] For how many months altogether have you been unemployed in the past 12 months?

[d33a] Housing tenure

[maakunta] Region of residence (NUTS3)

[laani] Province of residence

[kk_kieli] Language used in the face-to-face interview

[rekry] Respondent's willingness to complete the self-administered questionnaire

[rsp] Self-administered questionnaire id

[p1_1] How important are the following issues to you: Improving the circumstances of the poor

[p1_2] How important are the following issues to you: Fighting crime

[p1_3] How important are the following issues to you: Safeguarding good public services

[p1_4] How important are the following issues to you: Increasing health care resources

[p1_5] How important are the following issues to you: Lowering taxes

[p1_6] How important are the following issues to you: Reducing regional disparity

[p1_7] How important are the following issues to you: Promoting entrepreneurship

[p1_8] How important are the following issues to you: Strengthening traditional values and morals

[p1_9] How important are the following issues to you: Safeguarding the independence of municipalities

[p1_10] How important are the following issues to you: Opposing municipal mergers

[p1_11] How important are the following issues to you: Promoting Finnish interests in the EU

[p1_12] How important are the following issues to you: Promoting European Union integration

[p1_13] How important are the following issues to you: Having a say in which parties will form the coalition government

[p1_14] How important are the following issues to you: Having a say in who will be elected as prime minister

[p1_15] How important are the following issues to you: Improving the circumstances of ethnic minorities

[p1_16] How important are the following issues to you: Improving the circumstances of sexual minorities

[p1_17] How important are the following issues to you: Fighting climate change

[p1_18] How important are the following issues to you: Other environmental protection issues

[p1_19] How important are the following issues to you: Diminishing unemployment

[p1_20] How important are the following issues to you: Improving the circumstances of the elderly

[p1_21] How important are the following issues to you: Improving the circumstances of young people and families with children

[p1_22] How important are the following issues to you: Improving the circumstances of students

[p2_1] I think Finland could make it easier for employers to dismiss employees provided unemployment benefits are improved at the same time

[p2_2] Finland should grant all citizens aged over 16 tax-free universal basic income which would substitute basic social security benefits

[p2_3] Something should be done about increasing income disparity as it leads to inequality between people

[p2_4] If we have to choose between improving public services or lowering income taxes, we must choose lowering taxes

[p2_5] To reduce integral migration to the capital area we must transfer more government jobs to other regions in Finland

[p2_6] Finland should construct a sixth nuclear power plant in addition to the fifth plant currently under construction

[p2_7] The state should have a much bigger role in directing the economy than it has at present

[p3_1] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: Family members or relatives

[p3_2] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: Work colleagues or fellow students

[p3_3] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: Other friends and acquaintances

[p3_4] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: News and current affairs articles in newspapers

[p3_5] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: Election advertising in newspapers

[p3_6] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: News and current affairs programmes on the radio

[p3_7] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: Election programmes on the radio

[p3_8] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: Election advertising on the radio

[p3_9] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: News and current affairs programmes on television

[p3_10] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: Election programmes on television

[p3_11] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: Election advertising on television

[p3_12] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: Candidate selectors on the Internet

[p3_13] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: Websites of parties or candidates

[p3_14] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: Campaign events organised by parties or candidates

[p3_15] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: Voting campaigns organised by voluntary/civic organisations or interest groups

[p3_16] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: Books, periodicals/magazines or other literary sources

[p3_17] How much important information did you get for your voting choice from: SMS messages

[p4_1] It was important for me to vote for a candidate of the same gender as myself regardless of whether he/she had a chance of getting elected

[p4_2] It was important for me that my own gender would be well represented among decision-makers

[p4_3] It was important for me that the candidate would promote interests important for my gender

[p4_4] It was important for me that the candidate would be active in gender equality issues

[p4_5] The candidate's gender was not important

[p5_1] Finland's NATO membership should have been discussed during the election campaign so that voters would have known the policy of each party on this issue

[p5_2] The issue of Finland's NATO membership is so complicated that we can leave the decisions to political leaders

[p5_3] Finland should join NATO

[p5_4] EU membership is a good thing for Finland

[p5_5] Finland's participation in international crisis management operations is a good thing

[p6_1] members of parliament would help our country more if they stopped talking and started concentrating on solving real problems

[p6_2] What making compromises in politics really means is selling one's principles

[p6_3] Things would be better in Finland if successful corporate managers made the decisions

[p6_4] Things would be better in Finland if independent experts made the decisions instead of politicians and citizens

[p6_5] The Finnish government would function better if it were managed like an enterprise

[p6_6] Political parties ought to be banned in politics

[p6_7] There ought to be an upper limit to political campaign expenditure

[p6_8] Direct contacts between interest groups and members of parliament ought to be banned

[p6_9] What Finland needs are strong leaders who can restore law and order

[p6_10] Refugees and immigrants should be entitled to the same social security benefits as the Finns even when they do not have Finnish citizenship

[p6_11] Immigration poses a serious threat to Finland's unique national culture

[p6_12] Parliament ought to be representative of the population in terms of gender

[p6_13] Parliament ought to be representative of the population in terms of age

[p6_14] Parliament ought to be representative of public opinion in key issues

[p6_15] Members of parliament ought to have higher education than the population in general

[p6_16] Members of parliament should first and foremost be experts in their own field

[p6_17] Members of parliament ought to follow closely the views of their voters and promote corresponding policies

[p6_18] Members of parliament ought to vote in Parliament according to their own views and not according to party line

[p6_19] Members of parliament ought to act in best interest of the people, using their own judgement

[p7_1] Membership and participation in the activities of: Sports clubs, including hunting and fishing clubs/associations

[p7_2] Membership and participation in the activities of: Cultural or hobby organisation

[p7_3] Membership and participation in the activities of: Village or neighbourhood association

[p7_4] Membership and participation in the activities of: Trade union

[p7_5] Membership and participation in the activities of: Employer or other business organisation/association

[p7_6] Membership and participation in the activities of: Agricultural association

[p7_7] Membership and participation in the activities of: Other professional association

[p7_8] Membership and participation in the activities of: Humanitarian, human rights, minority or immigrant organisations

[p7_9] Membership and participation in the activities of: Environmental, peace or animal rights organisations

[p7_10] Membership and participation in the activities of: Religious organisations

[p7_11] Membership and participation in the activities of: Political party

[p7_12] Membership and participation in the activities of: Some other voluntary/civic organisation

[p8] How often do you discuss politics with other people?

[p9] If it were possible to have a say through the Internet in issues that Parliament is handling that week, would you have a say?

[p10_1] What would you say is the importance of party leader Matti Vanhanen for the support of the Centre Party of Finland?

[p10_2] What would you say is the importance of party leader Eero Heinäluoma for the support of the Finnish Social Democratic Party?

[p10_3] What would you say is the importance of party leader Jyrki Katainen for the support of the National Coalition Party?

[p10_4] What would you say is the importance of party leader Martti Korhonen for the support of the Left Alliance?

[p10_5] What would you say is the importance of party leader Tarja Cronberg for the support of the Green League?

[p10_6] What would you say is the importance of party leader Stefan Wallin for the support of the Swedish People's Party in Finland?

[p10_7] What would you say is the importance of party leader Päivi Räsänen for the support of the Christian Democrats?

[p10_8] What would you say is the importance of party leader Timo Soini for the support of True Finns (PS)?

[p11] A thinks people should have more freedom of choice between privately and publicly provided services, or between different public service providers. B thinks there is already enough choice. Do you agree more with A or B?

[p12] A thinks Finnish social reforms have gone too far, and people should be able to manage more often without social security benefits. B thinks that social reforms should be kept at present level. Do you agree more with A or B?

[p13_1] How do you think the following are now, compared to the past two years: Finnish economy

[p13_2] How do you think the following are now, compared to the past two years: Your personal or family's financial situation

[p13_3] How do you think the following are now, compared to the past two years: Employment situation in Finland

[p13_4] How do you think the following are now, compared to the past two years: Your personal or family's employment situation

[p14_1] How do you expect the following to be two years from now, compared to the present situation: Finnish economy

[p14_2] How do you expect the following to be two years from now, compared to the present situation: Your personal or family's financial situation

[p14_3] How do you expect the following to be two years from now, compared to the present situation: Employment situation in Finland

[p14_4] How do you expect the following to be two years from now, compared to the present situation: Your personal or family's employment situation

[p15] On the whole, how satisfied or unsatisfied are you with your personal financial situation?

[p16] On the whole, how satisfied or unsatisfied are you with your life?

[pv_kieli] Language of the self-administered questionnaire

[kk_pv] Respondents who participated both in the face-to-face interview and in completing the self-administered questionnaire

[painoki1] Weight variable for the whole data, weighting to population distribution by language

[painoki2] Weight variable for the self-administered questionnaire data, weighting to population distribution by language

[kieli] Language of the combined data

[weights] Updated weight variable, main questionnaire

[pvweight] Updated weight variable, self-administered questionnaire