Study title

Climate Barometer 2019

Dataset ID Number

FSD3561

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3561

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Hyry, Jaakko (Kantar TNS Finland)

Abstract

The Climate Barometer 2019 survey investigated Finnish attitudes towards climate change. Main themes of the survey included attitudes towards climate change, climate policy, and the effect of climate change on consumer behaviour. The data were collected by Kantar TNS Finland, and the survey was commissioned and funded by the Finnish Ministry of the Environment (project number: YM037:00/2018)

The respondents' opinions on the effects of climate change now and in the future were charted with questions on, for example, whether climate change posed an economic threat to Finland, whether it was urgent to slow down climate change, and whether climate would cause significant harm to the respondents or to the next generation. The topic of climate policy was covered with questions such as whether the Finnish government should make a more active effort to slow down climate change, whether taxes on fossil fuels should be increased, and whether the percentage of green energy consumption in Finland should be increased regardless of the impact that this would have on energy prices.

Next, the respondents were surveyed about the measures they had already taken or were planning to take in the next five years to decrease their environmental footprint and to slow down climate change (e.g. cutting back on their electricity use, switching to green energy, voting for parliamentary election candidates who work on climate change issues, carbon offsetting, reducing air travel, giving up private car use, or purchasing an electric car). The respondents were also asked whether they had travelled by plane in the last year.

Views on why Finland had not succeeded in slowing down climate change and reducing emissions as fast as necessary were examined. The respondents were asked to identify which factors (e.g. people in Finland are resistant to changing their consumer habits, the prohibitive cost of environmentally friendly products and services, lack of information, policy-makers are not willing to make decisions that risk their re-election) had prevented Finland from reaching targets related to slowing down climate change.

Background variables included variables related to device used to respond to the survey, date of response, respondent's gender, age group, type of accommodation, municipality and region (NUTS2 and NUTS3) of residence, political party identification, household composition, occupation group, and perceived financial situation of household.

Keywords

climate; climate change; consumer behaviour; driving; energy; energy consumption; energy policy; energy transition; environment policy; environmental awareness; greenhouse effect; politics; power industry; sustainability

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Energy and natural resources (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Environment and conservation (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Kantar TNS Finland

Data Producers

• The Finnish Ministry of the Environment. Steering Group for Central Government Climate Communications

Time Period Covered

2019

Collection Dates

2019-02-01 – 2019-02-07

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 15-74 residing in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

The data were collected using TNS Gallup Forum Panel, which has approximately 40,000 members who are representative of the Finnish population for use in research sampling. The sampling method was stratified random sampling and the sample is representative of the population of mainland Finland aged 15-74 years. The sample was generated as a random sampling of panelists using a sampling frame based on population distributions of age, gender, and region of residence by ristiinpoiminta.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

30

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.

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data do not contain identifiers.

The data included one variable (q3_21) which is missing from the questionnaire PDF published on the FSD website. Q3_21: Statements about climate policy: The next section includes statements about climate policy. Please indicate to what degree you agree or disagree with each statement. The sale of new gasoline and diesel passenger vehicles should be banned from 2030.

Weighting

The data include a weight variable (paino) that weights the sample according to target population distributions and the respondents' political party identification.

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

Hyry, Jaakko (Kantar TNS Finland): Climate Barometer 2019 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2021-12-08). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3561

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.

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