Aineiston nimi

Parliamentary Elections 2007: the Åland Islands

Aineiston rinnakkainen nimi

Åländsk riksdagsvalundersökning 2007

Aineistonumero

FSD2432

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2432

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 Åland 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 (2007-2010)).

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 on which election list the candidate they had voted for was, 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 (categorised), gender, education, marital status, economic activity, occupational group, household size, household income, municipality of residence (Mariehamn, other), language spoken at home, and religiosity.

Asiasanat

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

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

2007-04-04 – 2007-05-31

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland, Åland Islands

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Åland residents who have the right to vote

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Simple random

The sample of 1,000 people was drawn from the population register of the Finnish Population Register Centre. 459 people responded.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Telephone interview

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

45.9

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

2.0

Katso myös

FSD2431 Parliamentary Elections 2007: Swedish-speaking Finns

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

To prevent identification of respondents, the following variables were categorised during the archiving process: year of birth q48 and municipality of residence q68.

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: the Åland Islands [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2019-01-10). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2432

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

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