Study title

Parliamentary Elections 2011: Responses to Union of Freethinkers of Finland Candidate Selector

Dataset ID Number

FSD2627

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2627

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Union of Freethinkers of Finland

Abstract

The data contain the responses of parliamentary candidates and other users to the questions presented in the voting advice application created by the Union of Freethinkers of Finland. The application was created for the 2011 parliamentary elections.

The questions investigated whether the taxation rights of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Orthodox Church of Finland should be abolished, who should arrange burial services (the church, municipalities or private businesses), who/which bodies should have the right to officiate at weddings, should circumcision of boys be banned or allowed, and at what age people should be allowed decide for themselves whether to belong to a religious community or not. Further questions covered religious services in school, teaching of religion and ethics in school, religious programs on TV, and teaching of evolution in school.

Background variables included the date and time of using the candidate selector, the candidate's name, political party and electoral district, and other users' political party preferences and electoral district.

Keywords

candidate selectors; church and state; evolution; parliamentary candidates; parliamentary elections; religious instruction; voting advice application

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Humanities (Fields of Science Classification)
• Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Religion and values (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Responses to Union of Freethinkers Candidate Selector for Finnish Parliamentary Elections

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Union of Freethinkers of Finland

Time Period Covered

2011

Collection Dates

spring 2011 ( 2011 )

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Candidates in the 2011 parliamentary elections and other users of the voting advice application

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

There were altogether 2,315 parliamentary candidates, of whom 518 responded to the candidate selector questions. There were 12,680 other users.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

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

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Data Version

1.0

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

Union of Freethinkers of Finland: Parliamentary Elections 2011: Responses to Union of Freethinkers of Finland Candidate Selector [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2011-06-09). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2627

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

Tilastokeskus (2011). Ehdokkaiden asettaminen eduskuntavaaleissa 2011 [verkkodokumentti]. http://tilastokeskus.fi/til/evaa/2011/01/evaa_2011_01_2011-03-22_tie_001_fi.html [viitattu 9.6.2011].

Related Publications

Tilastokeskus (2011). Ehdokkaiden asettaminen eduskuntavaaleissa 2011 [verkkodokumentti]. http://tilastokeskus.fi/til/evaa/2011/01/evaa_2011_01_2011-03-22_tie_001_fi.html [viitattu 9.6.2011].