Study title

EVA Survey on Finnish Values and Attitudes Autumn 2022

Dataset ID Number

FSD3780

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3780
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3780

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA)

Abstract

The survey charted Finnish values and attitudes, focusing on climate change, public finances and debt, market economy, energy crisis followed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, national security, Finland's membership in NATO, and foreign investment.

First, the respondents were asked to what extent they agreed or disagreed with 60 attitudinal statements related to the main themes.

Some questions investigated the energy crisis. The respondents were asked how threatening they considered rising energy prices be to national economy and to their own and other people's livelihood, how problematic potential power cuts would be and what was the main heating system in their home. They were asked how likely it was that they would undertake certain measures to adapt to higher energy prices (shorten showering time, use electricity at cheaper times etc). Opinions were charted on different power and heating sources.

Financial matters were studied with questions relating to household finances, estimates of the development of the respondent's own and national finances, and measures to support household and public finances. Views on expenditure cuts to different public sectors and services were surveyed.

Climate change attitude questions investigated how possible the respondents considered adopting certain measures to combat climate change to be. Measures mentioned included giving up eating meat, dairy products or flying, reducing room temperature at home, teleworking, moving to a smaller home etc. NATO-related questions focused on attitudes to Finland's NATO membership. The respondents were also presented a number of factors and asked whether these were strengths or weaknesses when Finland competed for investments. Opinions were charted on Finland's EU membership and the adoption of the euro.

Background variables included the respondent's age group, number of inhabitants in the municipality of residence, region (NUTS3), type of employer, working hours, type of employment contract, education, economic activity and occupational status, employment sector, trade union membership, what political party would vote for in parliamentary elections, self-perceived social class, mother tongue and year of birth.

Keywords

NATO; attitudes; climate change; cost reduction; electricity supply; energy; energy consumption; energy prices; energy security; energy transition; foreign investment; market economy; national security; public debt; public finance; war

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Economic policy, public expenditure and revenue (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Energy and natural resources (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Environment and conservation (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

2022

Collection Dates

2022-10-19 – 2022-10-31

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 18-79 residing in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Multistage

A stratified random sample was drawn from among the internet panel of Taloustutkimus. Altogether, 2,088 people responded to the survey. The final data were weighted at Taloustutkimus to be representative of the Finnish population.

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)

Self-administered questionnaire: Messaging (SMS/MMS)

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

229 variables and 2088 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification of respondents, open-ended commenting responses were removed from the data during archiving. FSD also removed the municipalities with fewer than 4,000 inhabitants from the municipality variable.

Weighting

The data contain a weight variable [psino] which weights the data to be representative of the Finnish population aged 18-79 with respect to age, gender, region of residence, education, occupation/occupational status, employment sector, and political party preference (which party R would vote for in parliamentary elections).

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 2022 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2023-07-13). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3780

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

Jaatinen, Joella (2023). Kriiseistä kritiikkiin - suomalaisten kapitalismikriittisyys ja sitä selittävät tekijät. Kandidaatintutkielma. Jyväskylän yliopisto. Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos.

Kujanpää, Emmiliina (2024). Suomalaiset haluavat hyvinvointivaltion, mutta kustannukset voisi mieluusti maksaa joku muu [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Elinkeinoelämän valtuuskunta. EVA Artikkeli 24.8.2024. https://www.eva.fi/blog/2024/08/24/suomalaiset-haluavat-hyvinvointivaltion-mutta-kustannukset-voisi-mieluusti-maksaa-joku-muu/ [viitattu 30.8.2024].

Metelinen, Sami (2024). Suomalaiset tyytyväisiä euroon - poliitikot halutaan pitää loitolla rahapolitiikasta [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Elinkeinoelämän valtuuskunta. EVA Artikkeli 4.6.2024. https://www.eva.fi/blog/2024/06/04/suomalaiset-tyytyvaisia-euroon-poliitikot-halutaan-pitaa-loitolla-rahapolitiikasta/ [viitattu 3.9.2024].

Haavisto, Ilkka (2024). Viimeinen taisto. Poliittiset lakot söivät lakko-oikeuden arvostusta [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Elinkeinoelämän valtuuskunta. EVA Analyysi 132. https://www.eva.fi/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/eva-analyysi-no-132-3.pdf [viitattu 3.9.2024].

Vestanås, Jaana (2024). Suomalaisten asennoituminen perusturvaetuuksien leikkauksiin. Pro gradu -tutkielma. Lapin yliopisto, Yhteiskuntatieteiden tiedekunta, Sosiaalityö.