Aineiston nimi

Finnish Opinions on Security Policy and National Defence 2014

Aineistonumero

FSD2977

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2977
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2977

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI)

Sisällön kuvaus

The annual survey charted Finnish public opinion on foreign policy, defence policy, security, military alliances, military service, and international armed conflicts at the time of the survey.

Opinions were charted on the success of foreign policy in the previous few years, funds allocated to the Defence Forces, whether Finland should resort to armed defence in case of any sort of attack, and how the global security situation would develop in the next five years. The respondents' readiness to participate in defending Finland in case of attack were queried. Views were probed on the current, conscription-based defence system and whether women should also participate in conscription. The respondents were asked whether Finland should form military alliances and whether Finland should apply for NATO membership. Concern caused by certain phenomena and issues was charted, such as the economic situation in Europe, global warming, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, international terrorism, cybercrime, situation in Ukraine, and religious extremist groups.

Some questions pertained to issues affecting the safety and security of Finland. These included, among others, EU membership, potential NATO membership, Finland's participation in the EU defence and Finland's participation in international crisis management. Satisfaction with defence policy in the previous few years was investigated. Views were charted on Finnish military cooperation in the EU, with NATO and with other Nordic countries.

Opinions were probed on the possibility of a military threat against Finland in the following 10 years as well as Finland's chances to defend itself against an enemy in conventional warfare. The respondents were asked to evaluate how much impact factors such as modern weapon systems, maintaining good relations to neighbouring countries and the amount of funding have on credible defence. Views were studied on Finland's preparedness for the prevention of various security threats, such as armed threat, infectious diseases and epidemics, environmental hazards, political pressure from other states, economic crisis, terrorism, and attacks against information systems and networks. Finally, the respondents were asked how well the EU and Finland had acted in the Ukraine crisis, and how Russia's actions affected/would affect Finland's security.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, age, economic activity and occupational status, marital status, occupation of the household head, household composition, ages of children living at home, gross annual income of the household, newspaper reading habits, level of education, consumer durables in the household, type of accommodation, number of inhabitants in the municipality of residence, Internet use, and political party choice in the previous parliamentary elections.

Asiasanat

European integration; armed forces; conflict; conflict resolution; conscription; defence; defence and state security policy; foreign policy; foreign relations; international alliances; international conflict resolution; military expenditure; military operations; national security; public expenditure

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Conflict, security and peace (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Finnish Opinions on Security Policy and National Defence

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Taloustutkimus

Ajallinen kattavuus

2014

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2014-09-26 – 2014-10-12

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged 15-79 living in Finland (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Quota

Quota sampling based on age, gender, province and municipality type distributions. For this study, interviews were conducted in 94 municipalities, 58 of which were urban municipalities.

Keruumenetelmä

Face-to-face interview

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

2.0

Painokertoimet

The data contain a weight variable (paino), matching the sample to the distributions of the 15-79 year-old population (in thousands).

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

Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI): Finnish Opinions on Security Policy and National Defence 2014 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-08-22). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2977

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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

Varaumat

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

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Suomalaisten mielipiteitä ulko- ja turvallisuuspolitiikasta, maanpuolustuksesta ja turvallisuudesta (2014). Helsinki: Maanpuolustustiedotuksen suunnittelukunta MTS. Tiedotteita ja katsauksia joulukuu 2014; 1/2014. Saatavissa: http://www.defmin.fi/files/2973/MTS_Raportti_suomeksi_nettiversio.pdf [viitattu 30.1.2015]

Julkaisut aineistosta

Suomalaisten mielipiteitä ulko- ja turvallisuuspolitiikasta, maanpuolustuksesta ja turvallisuudesta (2014). Helsinki: Maanpuolustustiedotuksen suunnittelukunta MTS. Tiedotteita ja katsauksia: Joulukuu 2014; 1/2014. http://www.defmin.fi/files/2973/MTS_Raportti_suomeksi_nettiversio.pdf [viitattu 2.2.2015].

Finns' Opinions on Foreign and Security Policy, Defence and Security Issues 2014 (2014) [online]. Helsinki: Advisory Board of Defence Information, ABDI. http://www.defmin.fi/files/2972/MTS_Raportti_in_english_nettiin.pdf [cited 2 Feb. 2015].

Gustafsberg, Harri & Nyman, Markku (2018). Yksilöresilienssi ja yhteiskunnan turvallisuus. Tampere: Mentoritiimi.

Weckman, Albert (2019). Det finländska Natostödet 2013 - 2014, fluktuationer i ljuset av Ukrainakrisen. Pro gradu-avhandling. Statsvetenskap, Åbo Akademi.

Vartiainen, Mikko (2021) Maanpuolustustahtoisuuden yhteys turvallisuuden ja turvattomuuden tunteisiin maanpuolustustiedotuksen suunnittelukunnan mielipidekyselyissä. Johtamisen ja sotilaspedagogiikan laitos. Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu.

Weckman, Albert (2023) Public opinion and NATO: How different security environments influence the support for NATO in Finland. Nordic Review of International Studies 1, 4-24.