Study title

Yle News Survey on the Powers of the President, January 2009

Dataset ID Number

FSD2436

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2436

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Ainola, Olli (Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE))

Abstract

The survey polled public opinion on the powers of the President in Finland. The questions charted topics such as leading foreign policy, acting as the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces, selecting the Prime Minister, dissolving the Parliament, and deciding on the main parties in the Government. Views were also probed on the right of appointment, pardoning of prisoners, and leading EU policy. In addition, the respondents were asked to give their opinions on the rights of the President in connection to legislating, deciding on the guests invited to the Independence Day reception held in the Presidential Palace, awarding badges and decorations, and hosting state visits.

Background variables included the respondent's party preference, gender, year of birth, region of residence, education, occupational status, household composition, age of children living at home, household size and household income.

Keywords

heads of state; political power; politics

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Taloustutkimus

Data Producers

• Yle News
• Taloustutkimus

Time Period Covered

2009-01

Collection Dates

2009-01-07 – 2009-01-13

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 18 or over living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Other sampling procedure

The target population of the survey was people aged 18 or over living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands residents). The sample was drawn from the members of the Taloustutkimus Internet panel. The panel had about 32,000 members at the time of the survey. The number of respondents was 2,026.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification of respondents, the variable denoting the respondent's municipality of residence was removed from the data during archiving.

Weighting

The data contain a weight variable (bv14), which corrects the data according to the newest estimate of party support given by Taloustutkimus to correspond with the party preference of the Finns. This procedure fixes the biased party preference in the Internet panel.

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

Ainola, Olli (Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE)): Yle News Survey on the Powers of the President, January 2009 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2021-11-16). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2436

Deposit Requirement

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

Disclaimer

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

Related Materials

Presidentin valtaoikeudet. Mielipidetutkimuksen toteutus. 16.1.2009. Helsinki: Taloustutkimus.

Related Publications

Ainola, Olli (2009). Seuraava presidentti: Flying Finn? Yle Uutiset 25.1.2009 [verkkodokumentti]. http://yle.fi/uutiset/talous_ja_politiikka/2009/01/seuraava_presidentti_flying_finn_502556.html [viitattu 16.11.2021]