Study title

Citizens' Opinion: MultiTrait MultiError Political Attitudes Experiment 2023

Dataset ID Number

FSD3922

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3922
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3922

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Finnish Research Infrastructure for Public Opinion (FIRIPO)
• Backström, Kim (Åbo Akademi University)
• Cernat, Alexandru (University of Manchester)
• Sirén, Rasmus (Åbo Akademi University)
• Söderlund, Peter (Åbo Akademi University)

Abstract

The data consists of the MTME (MultiTrait MultiError) experiment design, which was included in the fifth and sixth waves of the Citizens' Opinion panel 2023 parliamentary election study. The Citizens' Opinion panel is part of The Finnish Research Infrastructure for Public Opinion (FIRIPO).

The data includes only the answers of those who answered both waves in the correct order, answered all relevant questions and had at least one day between their answers to the different waves. Respondents were asked ten statements related to political issues in Finland. The experimental design is based on varying the number and direction of the scale points that respondents can choose from when answering these statements. Respondents answered using either five or eleven scale points, and the scale direction was either from good to bad proposal or bad to good proposal. Respondents answered two different question formats in the two waves, giving respondents two different versions of the ten statements in two rounds. These variations resulted in four possible forms for the ten statements, which resulted in six different combinations or pairs for the questionnaires. More details on the questionnaire design can be found in the Background information document (bgF3922_eng.pdf).

Background variables included gender, age group, level of education, whether they have a university degree or not and interest in politics.

Keywords

attitudes; political attitudes; political behaviour; political issues; political participation; political parties; politics

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

FIRIPO Citizens' Opinion

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (D) available only by permission from the data depositor/creator.

Data Collector

• Citizen panel

Time Period Covered

2023

Collection Dates

2023-04-04 – 2023-04-24

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged over 18 residing in Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Mixed probability and non-probability

The panel consisted of over 5,000 respondents, 80% of whom were recruited using various probability sampling methods. The remaining respondents were recruited using non-probability sampling.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

103 variables and 3175 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD3789 Citizens' Opinion: Parliamentary Election Surveys 2023

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The researchers have removed direct identifiers from the data.

Weighting

The data include a weight variable "weight", which weights the data by gender, age and education.

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 Research Infrastructure for Public Opinion (FIRIPO) & Backström, Kim (Åbo Akademi University) & Cernat, Alexandru (University of Manchester) & Sirén, Rasmus (Åbo Akademi University) & Söderlund, Peter (Åbo Akademi University): Citizens' Opinion: MultiTrait MultiError Political Attitudes Experiment 2023 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2025-05-21). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3922; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3922

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Special Terms and Conditions for Access

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

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

Backström, K., Cernat, A., Sirén, R., & Söderlund, P. (2025). Measurement error when surveying issue positions: a MultiTrait MultiError approach. Political Science Research and Methods, 1-18. doi:10.1017/psrm.2025.31