Valitse muuttuja

[fsd_no] FSD study number

[fsd_vr] FSD edition number

[fsd_id] FSD case id

[bv1] The respondent's gender

[bv2] The respondent's age

[bv3] The respondent's education

[bv4] Are you the household head, that is, the person with the highest income in the household?

[bv5] Economic activity and occupational status of the household head

[bv6] Economic activity and occupational status of the respondent

[bv7] The respondent's employment status

[bv8_2] The respondent's region (NUTS3) of residence

[bv8_3] Degree of urbanisation of the municipality of residence

[bv8_4] The respondent's major region (NUTS2) of residence

[bv9] The respondent's living arrangements

[bv10] Number of persons in the household

[bv11] The annual gross income of the household (total income of all household members before tax)

[bv12] If the parliamentary elections were held now, the candidate of which political party or group would you vote for?

[bv13] How certain would you be of your party choice made above?

[bv14] The candidate of which political party or group did you vote for in the parliamentary elections last year?

[wt2011] Weight variable

[q1_1] To what extent do you agree or disagree: Democracy may have its problems, but it's better than any other form of government

[q1_2] To what extent do you agree or disagree: Voting is a civic duty

[q1_3] To what extent do you agree or disagree: Important political questions should more frequently be decided on a referendum

[q1_4] To what extent do you agree or disagree: Things would be better in Finland if independent experts made the political decisions

[q1_5] To what extent do you agree or disagree: Citizens should be given more opportunities to make direct initiatives in politics

[q1_6] To what extent do you agree or disagree: Holding referendums to increase citizens' opportunities to directly influence decisions would easily lead to bad and short-sighted decisions

[q1_7] To what extent do you agree or disagree: You are interested in politics

[q2_1] To what extent do you agree or disagree: On the whole, democracy works well in Finland

[q2_2] To what extent do you agree or disagree: On the whole, democracy works well in my municipality of residence

[q2_3] To what extent do you agree or disagree: On the whole, democracy works well in the European Union

[q2_4] To what extent do you agree or disagree: Voting is the only way that ordinary citizens can have any say on how things are run

[q2_5] To what extent do you agree or disagree: Views of the citizens are taken into account in political decisions through political parties

[q2_6] To what extent do you agree or disagree: The best way to influence politics is to express your views, for instance, on the internet

[q2_7] To what extent do you agree or disagree: Political decision-makers are responsible for the things that have gone wrong in Finnish society

[q2_8] To what extent do you agree or disagree: Political decision-makers are unfairly blamed for decisions they have to make in difficult situations and when facing contradictory expectations

[q2_9] To what extent do you agree or disagree: You discuss politics and political issues daily or almost daily

[q3_1] How good or bad a job has done in the past year: President Tarja Halonen

[q3_2] How good or bad a job has done in the past year: Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen

[q3_3] How good or bad a job has done in the past year: The government on the whole (PM and ministers)

[q3_4] How good or bad a job has done in the past year: Parliament

[q3_5] How good or bad a job has done in the past year: Opposition

[q3_6] How good or bad a job has done in the past year: Media

[q4_1] To what extent do you trust or not trust: President Tarja Halonen

[q4_2] To what extent do you trust or not trust: Parliament

[q4_3] To what extent do you trust or not trust: The government (PM and ministers)

[q4_4] To what extent do you trust or not trust: Political parties in general

[q4_5] To what extent do you trust or not trust: The political party you feel closest to

[q4_6] To what extent do you trust or not trust: Politicians

[q4_7] To what extent do you trust or not trust: European Union

[q4_8] To what extent do you trust or not trust: Newspapers

[q4_9] To what extent do you trust or not trust: MTV3 television news

[q4_10] To what extent do you trust or not trust: YLE (Finnish Broadcasting Company) news

[q4_11] To what extent do you trust or not trust: Trade unions

[q4_12] To what extent do you trust or not trust: Businesses, employers

[q5_1] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one Halonen followed: Deal more vigorously with grievances and causes of discontent and put pressure on the Government and Parliament

[q5_2] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one Halonen followed: Take a stronger stance against the actions of countries that violate human rights and democracy

[q5_3] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one Halonen followed: Seek closer cooperation with Russia

[q5_4] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one Halonen followed: Seek closer cooperation with the U.S.

[q5_5] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one Halonen followed: Seek closer cooperation with emerging countries, such as China, India and African and South American countries

[q5_6] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one Halonen followed: Take a more positive attitude towards Finland's NATO membership

[q5_7] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one Halonen followed: Promote Finland's foreign policy with emerging countries, such as China, India and African and South American countries

[q5_8] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one Halonen followed: Be more selfish in international dealings and promote Finland's interests

[q5_9] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one Halonen followed: Participate more actively in export promotion measures

[q5_10] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one Halonen followed: Travel more around Finland and meet citizens

[q5_11] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one Halonen followed: Get involved in international conflict resolution

[q5_12] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one President Halonen followed: Improve communication between the government and president in topical political issues

[q5_13] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one Halonen followed: None of the above

[q5_14] In which issues should newly elected President Niinistö adopt a different policy from the one Halonen followed: Can't say

[q6] How did you vote in the second round of the presidential elections?