Detailed and specific data description in Finnish and English. Variable frequencies, filter variables, variable and value labels, and missing values are checked. If necessary, the data are anonymised.
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A (see codebook); B (see codebook); C (data hasn't been checked at FSD)
City of Helsinki; Uusimaa; Turku South; Turku North; Häme South; Häme North; Kymi; Mikkeli; North Karelia; Kuopio; Middle Finland; Vaasa; Oulu; Lapland
How important is it to you that the composition of the municipal council is compatible with the municipality's enfranchised population in view of the following factors? Equal representation of the different sexes.
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Very important; Fairly important; Hard to say; Not very important; Not at all important
How important is it to you that the composition of the municipal council is compatible with the municipality's enfranchised population in view of the following factors? Equal representation of various age groups.
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Very important; Fairly important; Hard to say; Not very important; Not at all important
How important is it to you that the composition of the municipal council is compatible with the municipality's enfranchised population in view of the following factors? Equal representation of various trades and professions.
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Very important; Fairly important; Hard to say; Not very important; Not at all important
How important is it to you that the composition of the municipal council is compatible with the municipality's enfranchised population in view of the following factors? Equal representation of people with different degrees of education.
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Very important; Fairly important; Hard to say; Not very important; Not at all important
What do you think about the following propositions about municipal politics? Everybody who wants to, can have a say in the affairs of one's home municipality.
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I fully agree; I agree somewhat; Hard to say; I disagree somewhat; I fully disagree
What do you think about the following propositions about municipal politics? In my mind, I understand important questions in municipal politics rather well.
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I fully agree; I agree somewhat; Hard to say; I disagree somewhat; I fully disagree
What do you think about the following propositions about municipal politics? There is at least one party which tries to promote my interests in municipal politics.
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I fully agree; I agree somewhat; Hard to say; I disagree somewhat; I fully disagree
What do you think about the following propositions about municipal politics? In municipal politics, parties are only interested in people's votes, not of their opinions.
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I fully agree; I agree somewhat; Hard to say; I disagree somewhat; I fully disagree
What do you think about the following propositions about municipal politics? In view of policies carried out in my municipality, the election results do not have much significance nowadays.
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I fully agree; I agree somewhat; Hard to say; I disagree somewhat; I fully disagree
What do you think about the following propositions about municipal politics? In my home municipality, power of the office holders does not stand in the way of representative democracy realised through the municipal council.
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I fully agree; I agree somewhat; Hard to say; I disagree somewhat; I fully disagree
