Study title

EVA Survey on Finnish Values and Attitudes Autumn 2019

Dataset ID Number

FSD3388

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3388
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3388

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA)

Abstract

The study charted Finnish people's values and attitudes. The themes of the Autumn 2019 survey included employment, working life, the job market, labour conditions and entrepreneurship.

First, the respondents were presented with a variety of attitudinal statements concerning, among other topics, state-owned enterprises, conditions of unemployment benefits, meaningfulness of work, collective labour agreements, the right to strike, wealth and the market economy, the pension system, and entrepreneurship.

Next, it was charted what factors made employment meaningful to the respondents. Several questions examined opinions on agreeing upon labour conditions locally between the employer and employee instead of collective labour agreements, and views were charted on the effects that local agreement would have on wages, labour conditions and the economy. The respondents opinions were also asked on the acceptability of different actions to take in the future in order to maintain the sustainability of the pension system.

It was also charted whether the respondents thought there was too little, the right amount or too much competition in various industries. The respondents also shared their attitudes towards different economic systems and ideologies. Pertaining to business, the respondents rated the importance of different objectives of large enterprises (e.g. increasing value to stockholders, producing high-quality goods/services, increasing employment, paying taxes diligently, etc.), and assessed whether these objectives were being met to a sufficient extent in the operations of large corporations. Finally, the respondents' views on Finland's EU and EMU membership were examined, and they were asked whether they would vote for or against EU membership if a referendum was held at the time of the survey and if they had voted for or against the membership in 1994.

Background variables included, among others, gender, age group, region of residence, size of the respondent's municipality of residence, education, employment sector, economic activity and occupational status, political party preference (which party the respondent would vote for), self-perceived social class, and household gross income.

Keywords

businesses; conditions of employment; economic competition; economic doctrines; employment; labour and employment; labour market; occupational life; strikes; unemployment; values

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Employment (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Working conditions (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Business/industrial management and organisation (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

EVA Surveys on Finnish Values and Attitudes

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Taloustutkimus

Time Period Covered

2019

Collection Dates

2019-10-09 – 2019-10-22

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Persons aged 18 - 70 residing in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Multistage

Respondents of the survey were randomly drawn from the internet panel of Taloustutkimus to form a sample representative of the Finnish population aged 18-70 (excluding the Åland Islands) with respect to age, gender, region of residence, education, and economic activity/occupational status. 2,036 participants responded to the survey. The initial sample was 8,000 persons. Reminder e-mails were sent on 14 October to all participants under 35 without a post-secondary degree. An additional sample (2,280 persons) with emphasis on underrepresented demographics was contacted on 18 October. The final data were weighted at Taloustutkimus to be representative of the Finnish population aged 18-70 with respect to age, gender, region of residence, education, economic activity/occupational status, employment sector, and political party preference (which party R would vote for in national elections).

The internet panel of Taloustutkimus, randomly drawn from Finland's population register, consists of individuals 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 various surveys. Responding to any survey is voluntary and participants can leave the panel any time they want.

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.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Number of Cases and Variables

199 variables and 2036 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification, open-ended responses were removed during archiving.

The data delivered to FSD did not contain the background variables concerning household life cycle, ages of children living in the household, size of household, and type of residence.

Weighting

There is a weight variable in the data (paino) weighting the data to be representative of the Finnish population aged 18-70 with respect to age, gender, region of residence, education, economic activity and occupational status, employment sector, and political party preference.

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

Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA): EVA Survey on Finnish Values and Attitudes Autumn 2019 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2020-04-24). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3388

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 Publications

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