Aineiston nimi

EVA Survey on Finnish Values and Attitudes Winter 2018

Aineistonumero

FSD3234

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3234

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA)

Sisällön kuvaus

The study charted Finnish people's values and attitudes. The themes of the 2018 survey included the powers of the president, income distribution, the impact of robotics and artificial intelligence on work and employment, success in life and freedom in society.

First, the respondents were presented with attitudinal statements concerning a variety of social topics. Regarding automation, views were examined on whether replacing human work with machines would increase unemployment, exacerbate income disparity, or make a robot tax an essential factor in funding social services. Some questions covered inequality, whether income disparity was acceptable, if shortening work times would improve employment, and if zero-hour contracts, tax reliefs and aid to enterprises were needed. It was also asked if it could be possible to temporarily lower immigrants' wages to make it more profitable to employ them, thus helping them to integrate.

Next, the respondents' opinions on the powers of the president in different matters, such as foreign and security policy, education and research, and EU matters, were charted. Further questions on robots and artificial intelligence surveyed whether these factors had affected the respondent's own work in terms of salary, safety and working hours. Attitudes were examined towards utilising robots in e.g. self-driving cars and freight, social and healthcare services, warfare, industry, and surveillance.

Income-related questions covered the respondents' perceived income group and their estimation of how effortless it was to get by with the current income in the household. The respondents were presented with five different figures depicting hierarchy in society, and they were asked to evaluate which figure best described the situation in Finland and which figure they would choose for Finland in an optimal situation. Finally, it was queried how important the respondents deemed a wealthy family background, education, ambition or chance for succeeding in life. It was also asked if different spheres of life in Finland, such as entrepreneurship, living and building, gambling, and traffic, allowed too little, the right amount, or too much freedom.

Background variables included gender, age group, size of municipality of residence, region of residence (NUTS3), basic education, professional or vocational education, occupational status, type of employer, contractual (employment) relationship, industry of employment, perceived socioeconomic class, political party preference, and trade union confederation.

Asiasanat

achievement; automation; economic power; economic, social and cultural rights; heads of state; income; income distribution; industrial development; political power; robots; social inequality; values; work attitude

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Income, property and investment/saving (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Working conditions (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Equality, inequality and social exclusion (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

EVA Surveys on Finnish Values and Attitudes

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Taloustutkimus

Ajallinen kattavuus

2018

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2018-01-02 – 2018-01-15

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged 18 - 70 residing in Finland (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Multistage

The sample for this study was drawn from among the Taloustutkimus panel members to be representative of the 18-70-year-old Finnish population (excluding the Åland Islands) in terms of age, gender, province of residence, education, and economic activity/occupational status. Invitations were sent to the selected population via e-mail, and the participants completed an interactive online questionnaire using a secure connection provided by Taloustutkimus. During data collection, two reminder e-mails were sent (5 and 10 January) to persons under the age of 40 who had not responded or had only completed a part of the questionnaire, and an additional sample was collected from people aged 18-25. By 15 January 2018, 2,073 persons had responded. During the analysis of results, Taloustutkimus weighted the data to be representative of Finnish population aged 18-70 in terms of age, gender, region of residence, education, economic activity and occupational status, industry of employment, and political party preference (i.e. what party they would vote for in parliamentary elections).

The Internet panel of Taloustutkimus, randomly drawn from Finland's population register, consists of people aged 15-79 who have entered their demographic and sociographic information when registering to the panel and have given their consent to Taloustutkimus to invite them to participate in different surveys. Answering any survey is voluntary and participants can leave the panel any time they want.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

24

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Havaintojen ja muuttujien lukumäärä

140 muuttujaa ja 2073 havaintoa.

Datan versio

3.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The open-ended 'comments' variable was removed from the data during archiving.

Painokertoimet

The data contain a weight variable that weights the data to match the Finnish population aged 18-70 in terms of age, gender, province of residence, education, economic activity and occupational status, industry of employment and political party preference.

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

Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA): EVA Survey on Finnish Values and Attitudes Winter 2018 [dataset]. Version 3.0 (2019-02-07). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3234

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Varaumat

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

Julkaisut aineistosta

Haavisto, Ilkka (2018). Luultua parempi. Suomalaiset hahmottavat tuloerot todellista jyrkemmiksi ja vähättelevät omia tulojaan [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Elinkeinoelämän Valtuuskunta. EVA-analyysi 61. http://www.eva.fi/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ANALYYSI_no_61.pdf [viitattu 5.4.2018].

Haavisto, Ilkka (2018). Kansakunnan erotuomari. Suomalaiset haluavat presidentille lisää valtaa [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Elinkeinoelämän Valtuuskunta. EVA-arvio 12. http://www.eva.fi/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/eva_arvio_nro_12.pdf [viitattu 5.4.2018].

Malin, Miika (2019). Suomalaisten suhtautuminen tekoälyyn ja robotteihin työelämässä. Oulu: Oulun yliopisto. Matemaattisten tieteiden tutkimusyksikkö. LuK-tutkielma. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201905081661

Lehtola, Jyrki & Pursiainen, Heikki (2018). Vaikea vapaus. Kaksi näkemystä elämästä holhouksen jälkeen [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Elinkeinoelämän Valtuuskunta. EVA Pamfletti. Helsinki: Taloustieto Oy. https://www.eva.fi/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/EVA_pamfletti_2018_Vaikea_vapaus.pdf [viitattu 4.12.2019].

Alpimaa, Markku (2020) Talouspoliittiset asennemuutokset Suomessa vuosina 1984-2020 EVA:n arvo- ja asennetutkimusten valossa. Turku: Turun yliopisto. Sosiologian pro gradu -tutkielma. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe20201223102803