Authors

• Finnish Research Infrastructure for Public Opinion (FIRIPO)
• Lindell, Marina (Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Institute)

Keywords

COVID-19, bacterial and virus diseases, diseases, minority language users, minority languages, public health, transmission of disease

Abstract

The survey explored the attitudes and opinions of Swedish-speaking Finns towards the COVID-19 pandemic. The data was collected as part of the Citizen Panel of Swedish-speaking Finns (Barometern), which is part of The Finnish Research Infrastructure for Public Opinion (FIRIPO).

First, respondents were asked how concerned they were about the COVID-19 pandemic. This was followed by an assessment of the response of different societal institutions to the coronavirus pandemic and a question on how reliable respondents consider the information on COVID-19 from different sources to be. Further, respondents were asked about their opinions on the measures taken by the government to contain the coronavirus situation and what recommendations the respondents have followed and implemented. Finally, respondents were asked how their lives have been affected by the coronavirus and how often they have travelled recently.

Background variables included the respondent's NUTS3 region of residence, gender, mother tongue, year of birth, age, level of education and occupational status.