Aineiston nimi

Parliamentary Elections 2007: Swedish-speaking Finns

Aineiston rinnakkainen nimi

Finlandssvensk riksdagsvalundersökning 2007

Aineistonumero

FSD2431

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2431

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Grönlund, Kimmo (Åbo Akademi University. Institute for Finland-Swedish Sociological Research)

Muut tekijät

• Bengtsson, Åsa (Åbo Akademi)
• Bäck, Maria (Åbo Akademi)
• Djupsund, Göran (Åbo Akademi)
• Eriksson, Anders (Åbo Akademi)
• Herberts, Kjell (Åbo Akademi)
• Isaksson, Guy-Erik (Åbo Akademi)
• Sundberg, Jan (Helsingin yliopisto)
• Söderlund, Peter (Åbo Akademi)
• Lindell, Marina (Åbo Akademi)

Sisällön kuvaus

The election survey was conducted in Swedish and collected after the 2007 parliamentary elections. It is part of a four-year research project exploring politics in Swedish-speaking Finland (Svensk politik i Finland - beteende, opinion, framtid (2007-20010)).

First, the respondents were queried how interested they were in politics and how much they followed the parliamentary elections in different media. The respondents' identification with various groups, self-perceived social class, and the stability of their political party preference were investigated, as well as what kind of measures they would be willing to take to promote things they considered important.

The respondents were also presented with a set of attitudinal statements on voting, participating in parliamentary elections, political participation, political power, institutions, the Swedish People's Party in Finland, and services provided in Swedish. Some questions pertained to the Internet. The respondents were asked whether they had signed online petitions, contacted political decision-makers, discussed politics, or participated in other discussions.

Municipal elected offices and organisational participation were also charted in the survey. The respondents were also asked to indicate the performance of Matti Vanhanen's Government, and to place different political parties as well as themselves on a left-right scale. Some questions examined how well political parties had distinguished themselves during the election campaign and the functioning of democracy in Finland. In addition, the respondents were asked whether they had voted in the 2007 parliamentary elections, and if not, what the reason for abstaining from voting was. Those who had voted were asked which party they had voted, which factors had affected their party choice, and whether the candidate or the party was a more important selection criterion.

The respondents also evaluated how the Government had succeeded in managing the issues related to Swedish-speaking Finns and the status of Åland. Additionally, the respondents indicated which language was spoken at their home, how well they could speak Finnish, and how satisfied they were with their financial situation and life in general.

Background variables included the respondent's year of birth, gender, education, marital status, economic activity, occupational group, household size, household income, region of residence, language spoken at home, language proportion in municipality of residence, religiosity, and electoral district.

Asiasanat

Internet; Swedish-speaking Finns; constituencies; language; members of parliament; parliamentary candidates; parliamentary elections; political attitudes; political participation; political support; voting

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

• Åbo Akademi University. Institute for Finland-Swedish Sociological Research

Rahoittajat

• Society of Swedish Literature in Finland

Ajallinen kattavuus

2007

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2007-04-03 – 2007-05-31

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Finnish citizens who have the right to vote and whose registered mother tongue is Swedish (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Simple random

The sample of 2,000 people was drawn from the population register of the Finnish Population Register Centre. 1,121 people responded.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Telephone interview

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

44.8

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Havaintojen ja muuttujien lukumäärä

238 muuttujaa ja 1121 havaintoa.

Datan versio

2.0

Katso myös

FSD2432 Parliamentary Elections 2007: the Åland Islands

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The variable indicating municipality has been removed from the data, and the variable indicating municipality has been added.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

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

Grönlund, Kimmo (Åbo Akademi University): Parliamentary Elections 2007: Swedish-speaking Finns [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-08-14). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2431

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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Varaumat

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

Julkaisut aineistosta

Westinen, Jussi (2011). Yhteiskunnallisten ristiriitaulottuvuuksien ja puoluevalinnan suhde eduskuntavaaleissa 1991-2007. Tilastollinen analyysi. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Valtio-opin pro gradu -tutkielma.

Grönlund, Kimmo (2008). Den goda medborgaren. Projektbeskrivning. Källan 1/2008: 30-33.

Gullblom, Emma (2016). Språkets betydelse för den finlandssvenska väljaren. Åbo: Åbo Akademi. Kandidatavhandling i statskunskap.

Språk och politisk mobilisering. Finlandssvenskar i publikdemokrati (2011). Redaktör Kimmo Grönlund. Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland.