FSD2998 ISSP 2014: Citizenship II: Finnish Data
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Study title
ISSP 2014: Citizenship II: Finnish Data
Dataset ID Number
FSD2998
Persistent identifiers
https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2998https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2998
Data Type
Quantitative
Authors
- International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
- Blom, Raimo (University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities)
- Melin, Harri (University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities)
Other Identification/Acknowledgements
- Borg, Sami (University of Tampere. Finnish Social Science Data Archive)
- Nieminen, Markku (Statistics Finland)
Abstract
The survey studied citizen participation, attitudes towards participation, and political and social influence in Finland. Opinions were charted on what is required of a good citizen (e.g. always vote, never evade taxes, help the less fortunate), and whether religious extremists, groups that want to violently overthrow the government, and people prejudiced against some racial or ethnic group should be allowed to hold public meetings. The respondents were asked which forms of civic participation they had or would be willing to engage in (e.g. participate in a demonstration, contact a politician or government official to voice an opinion), how often they used the media to follow news on politics, and how many people they interacted with in a day.
Membership and activity in different kinds of groups or associations (e.g. political party, church, voluntary association) were investigated as well as the importance of various rights of citizens (e.g. sufficient standard of living for all citizens, increased opportunities to participate in public decision-making, the right to abstain from voting). Views were charted on own abilities to influence decision-making, own knowledge of and interest in politics, self-placement on the left-right axis, trust in politicians and other people, and engagement in political discussions and debates with other people.
Opinions on the campaign and election integrity were charted as well as views on the commitment of the public sector to serve citizens and the likelihood of corruption in the public sector. Finally, the respondents assessed the quality of democracy in Finland and reported how often they followed politics in different media.
Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, year of birth, education, working hours, supervisory duties, employer sector, occupation, economic activity and occupational status as well as spouse's working hours, supervisory duties, employer sector, occupation, and economic activity and occupational status. Further background information included the respondent's membership in a trade union, religious affiliation, religious attendance, self-perceived social class, political party preference in elections, household composition, monthly gross income, marital status and type of municipality of residence.
Keywords
associations; citizen participation; citizenship skills; civil and political rights; corruption; democracy; meetings; political influence; public administration; social influence
Topic Classification
- Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
- Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Series
ISSP (International Social Survey Programme)Distributor
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Access
The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.
Data Collector
- Statistics Finland
Data Producers
- University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Statistics Finland
- Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Time Period Covered
2014
Collection Dates
2014-09-17 – 2014-12-19
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis/Observation Unit Type
Individual
Universe
People aged 15-74 living in Finland
Time Method
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Sampling Procedure
Probability: Systematic random
Classification order: municipality code and date of birth.
Sample size was 3,500 persons of whom 90% were Finnish-speaking, 5% Swedish-speaking and 5% were persons with other language than Finnish or Swedish as their mother tongue. Altogether, there were 1,505 respondents. Non-response: 1,995 persons of whom 2 refused, 8 were non-contacts, 1 had a language problem, 3 were either ill, disabled or residing in an institution, 10 returned an empty questionnaire, and 1,971 were non-respondents.
Collection Mode
Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Response Rate
43.0
Data File Language
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Data Version
1.1
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FSD2039 ISSP 2004: Citizenship: Finnish Data
Completeness of Data and Restrictions
There is an additional sample in the data, which was included in order to study the effect of different modes of data collection on the response rate. The total sample size was 3,500 persons. The size of the primary sample was 2,500 persons and these persons were offered the possibility to respond to either an online survey or, if they were unable to do so, a postal survey. The size of the additional sample was 1,000 persons. People in the additional sample were only offered the possibility to respond to a postal survey.
Weighting
The data contain six weight variables: expansion weights and sampling weights for the whole data (N=3,500), for the primary sample (N=2,500), and for the additional sample (N=1,000). All weight variables were created using a calibration method in order to improve estimation efficiency and to correct non-response bias. The weights are based on the following population distributions: 1) gender, 2) municipality type (urban, semi-urban, rural), 3) age groups (15-24, 25-34, ..., 65-74), and 4) NUTS3 areas so that the Greater Helsinki area was treated separately and Åland Islands was treated as part of Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi). In the additional sample, the region classification has been coarsened in the weight variable as follows: 1 = capital area, 2 = the rest of Uusimaa, 3 = Southern Finland, 4 = Western Finland, 5 = Northern and Eastern Finland. The expansion weights weight the results to match the whole Finnish population (the sum of the weights equals to the size of the Finnish population). The sampling weights do not produce this kind of extension (the weighted mean is 1 and the sum equals to the number of cases). Both variables are based on the same calibration process, only the scale is different.
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Bibliographical Citation
International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) & Blom, Raimo (University of Tampere) & Melin, Harri (University of Tampere): ISSP 2014: Citizenship II: Finnish Data [dataset]. Data version 1.1 (2015-04-07). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2998; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2998
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Agerberg, Mattias. 2018. 'The Curse of Knowledge? Education, Corruption, and Politics.' Political Behavior 41, 369-399.
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