Study title

Parliamentary Elections 2015: Candidate Responses to Helsingin Sanomat Candidate Selector

Dataset ID Number

FSD3024

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3024
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3024

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Helsingin Sanomat

Abstract

This dataset consists of responses by candidates in the 2015 Finnish parliamentary elections to a voting advice application maintained by the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. The candidates were presented with thirty attitudinal statements concerning politics which they evaluated on a five-point likert scale.

The statements concerned, for instance, the role of taxation and social security benefits on balancing public economy, use of nuclear energy and fossil fuels, municipal mergers, applying for NATO membership, Defence Forces funding, and the relationship between environmental protection and economic growth.

Background variables included the candidate's age, gender, education, party, and electoral district.

Keywords

defence; electoral issues; energy policy; national economy; national elections; parliamentary candidates; politicians; politics; public services; taxation; 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

• Helsingin Sanomat

Data Producers

• Helsingin Sanomat

Time Period Covered

2015

Collection Dates

2015

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Candidates in the 2015 Finnish parliamentary elections

Time Method

Cross-section

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

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

Helsingin Sanomat: Parliamentary Elections 2015: Candidate Responses to Helsingin Sanomat Candidate Selector [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2015-11-02). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3024

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.

Further information (in Finnish): HS publishes voting advice application responses as open data

Related Publications

Tahvanainen, Roope (2016). Arvot kartalle : poliittiset ristiriitaulottuvuudet ja niiden jakautuminen Suomessa. Itä-Suomen yliopisto. Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja kauppatieteiden tiedekunta / Yhteiskuntatieteiden laitos. Yhteiskuntapolitiikan pro gradu -tutkielma.

Snellman, Lilian (2020) Relationship between Women's Descriptive and Substantive Representation from the Perspective of Electoral Candidates and Electoral Promises: The 2015 Finnish Parliamentary Election. Master's Thesis. University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences.