Study title

Finnish Attitudes to Immigration: Suomen Kuvalehti Survey 2015

Dataset ID Number

FSD3062

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3062

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Taloustutkimus

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Rahkonen, Juho (Taloustutkimus)

Abstract

The survey, commissioned by the newsmagazine Suomen Kuvalehti, charted attitudes in Finland towards immigrants from different countries as well as beliefs about race.

First, the respondents were asked to state their position on a scale from 0 to 10, where 10 indicated they hoped that Finland would be populated as much as possible by people of Finnish origin sharing the national values, and 0 that they hoped Finland would be populated as much as possible by people from a diversity of countries and ethnic backgrounds. Next, opinions were studied regarding how desirable or undesirable the respondents thought it was that immigrants of certain nationalities would come to Finland. The nationalities mentioned were Swedes, Germans, Russians, Estonians, US Americans, Somalis, Kosovars, Iraqis, Afghans, Syrians, Chinese, Thai and Ukrainians. The respondents were also asked to what extent they agreed with the following four statements: 'The mental abilities of black Africans are lower than those of white people living in Western countries', ' All people have equal value regardless of the colour of their skin or ethnic background', 'The white European race should be prevented from being mixed with darker races because otherwise the original population of Europe will become extinct before long ', and 'There is no such thing as 'race' since all human beings are genetically very much alike'.

One question studied whether the respondents thought the Finnish media reported more negatively or positively on the Perussuomalaiset party (the Finns Party) than on the other political parties.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, region of residence (NUTS3), major region of residence (NUTS2), city or type of municipality, education, occupational status and economic activity, household composition, number and ages of children living at home, total gross annual income of the household, and type of housing.

Keywords

ethnic groups; immigrants; immigration; international migration; mass media; political parties; racial prejudice

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• Taloustutkimus

Data Producers

• Suomen Kuvalehti

Time Period Covered

2015

Collection Dates

2015-08-12 – 2015-08-13

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 15-79 living in Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

The sample of 1,000 persons was drawn from among the Taloustutkimus Internet panel members to be representative of the 15-79-year-old Finnish population in terms of age, gender, and place of residence.

The Taloustutkimus Internet panel currently holds over 50,000 members. They have been recruited in connection with nationally representative surveys conducted by Taloustutkimus or through random sampling from Finland's population register.

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: English and Finnish.

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Number of Cases and Variables

44 variables and 1000 cases.

Data Version

2.0

Related Datasets

FSD3063 Finnish Attitudes to Immigration: Iltalehti Survey 2015

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

Taloustutkimus: Finnish Attitudes to Immigration: Suomen Kuvalehti Survey 2015 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-17). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3062

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.

Related Materials

Tutkimuksen toteutus [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Taloustutkimus. Saatavissa: http://suomenkuvalehti.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Internet_paneeli_tutkimuksen-toteutustapa.pdf [viitattu 02.11.2015].

Related Publications

Saarnio, Tomi (2016). Taudinaiheuttajille koetun haavoittuvuuden vaikutus suomalaisten maahanmuuttoasenteisiin. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. Maantieteen pro gradu -tutkielma. https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/162051

Elsing, Alexandra (2017) The Effect of Trauma and Discrimination on the Psychological Well-Being Among Asylum-Seekers in Finland. Pro gradu, Åbo Akademi.

Sipinen, Josefina (2021) Recruitment of Immigrant-origin Candidates in Finnish Municipal Elections. Faculty of Management and Business. Tampere: Tampere University.