Study title

Parliamentary Elections 2011: Candidate Responses to YLE Candidate Selector

Dataset ID Number

FSD2702

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2702
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2702

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE)

Abstract

The data consist of responses given by the 2011 Finnish Parliamentary election candidates to YLE (Finland's national public service broadcasting company) candidate selector / voting advice application.

The candidates were first asked about their campaign financing, such as the share of external donations in the campaign budget and the total amount of money used in campaigning. Next, the candidates (n=1948) were asked to what degree they agreed with 30 statements common to all respondents and some statements relevant only to candidates' electoral districts. The themes covered included Finland's financial support to indebted EU countries, corruption in Finland, rights of same-sex couples, immigration policy, NATO membership and powers of the president. Further statements surveyed views on, for example, compulsory learning of Swedish at school, gender quotas, raising the retirement age, nuclear power, cutting government spending, taxation of corporate profits and loan-taking of students.

Statements related to the candidates' own electoral district covered municipal mergers, notable construction projects, and development of municipal services.

Background variables included, among others, age, gender, occupational status, level of education, type of employer, party affiliation, mother tongue, yearly income, religious affiliation and whether R was elected to Parliament.

Keywords

attitudes; electoral issues; parliamentary candidates; parliamentary elections; political behaviour; politicians; voting; voting advice applications

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Data Collector

• Finnish Broadcasting Company

Data Producers

• Finnish Broadcasting Company

Time Period Covered

2011

Collection Dates

spring 2011 ( 2011 )

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Parliamentary candidates in the 2011 parliamentary elections in Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Data Sources

The candidate selector on YLE webpage (in Finnish) in spring 2011.

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

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.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

3.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The variable identifying family structure has been removed from the data.

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

Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE): Parliamentary Elections 2011: Candidate Responses to YLE Candidate Selector [dataset]. Version 3.0 (2018-08-16). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2702

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.

Other Material

See downloadable files at the top of the page.

More information (in Finnish) in YLE's Kehitys kehittyy blog

Related Publications

Van Camp, K., Lefevere, J., & Walgrave, S. (2014). The Content and Formulation of Statements in Voting Advice Applications: A Comparative Analysis of 26 VAAs. In D. Garzia, & S. Marchall (Eds.), Matching Voters with Parties and Candidates. Voting Advice Applications in Comparative Perspective (11-32). Colchester: ECPR Press.

Tromborg, Mathias W. "Appealing broadly while appearing unified: Resolving an electoral dilemma". European Journal of Political Research 60(1): 131-152.