Respondents treatment groups assigned by Statistics Finland
Vastausvaihtoehto
Control - No information about income rank; Education - Income rank among people with same level of education; Occupation - Income rank among with people with same occupation; Municipality - Income rank among adults living in the same municipality; Age - Income rank among people born in the same year; National Income rank among adult Finns; Choice - Income rank among the chosen reference group
For the following questions, think of your situation in the end of 2018. We are interested in your situation in 2018 because it is the most recent year when Statistics Finland has finished collecting register data. What was your level of education? Please choose the option that best describes the highest level of education you had completed.
Vastausvaihtoehto
Lower secondary education; Upper secondary education; Bachelor's or equivalent level; Master's or equivalent level
The survey will randomly select one of the five questions below, and if your answer to the selected question is correct, you will receive 5 euros. The queue randomly chosen to determine the bonus:
What was the proportion of all adult (18 yrs or older) Finns who had lower disposable income than you? Please tap on the bar below to indicate your assessment. % of all Finns had lower income than I.
What was the proportion of people with the same occupation as you, who had lower disposable income than you? Based on register data, your occupational group was [ ]. Please tap on the bar below to indicate your assessment. % of people with the same occupation had lower disposable income than I.
What was the proportion of adults living in the same municipality (18 years or older), who had lower disposable income than you? Please tap on the bar below to indicate your assessment. % of people living in the same municipality had lower income than I.
What was the proportion of people born in the same year as you who had lower disposable income than you? Please tap on the bar below to indicate your assessment. % of people born in the same year had lower disposable income than I.
What was the proportion of people with the same educational degree, who had lower disposable income than you? You indicated your educational degree was [ ]. Please tap on the bar below to indicate your assessment. % of people with the same educational degree had lower disposable income than I.
Which of the following would you most like to know about? You will receive this information later in the survey. (All pieces of information are drawn from the 2018 statistics.) By income, we refer to the individual total annual disposable income, which contains income from labor and capital, as well as all transfers and subsidies like public unemployment payments and pensions (i.e. disposable income).
Vastausvaihtoehto
my income relative to those who had the same level of education; my income relative to all adult (18 yrs or older) Finns; my income relative to those adults (18 yrs or older) who lived in the same municipality; my income relative to those who had the same occupation; my income relative to those who are born in the same year
The option shown first in the question about preferred group
Vastausvaihtoehto
my income relative to those who had the same level of education; my income relative to all adult (18 yrs or older) Finns; my income relative to those adults (18 yrs or older) who lived in the same municipality; my income relative to those who had the same occupation; my income relative to those who are born in the same year
The option shown second in the question about preferred group
Vastausvaihtoehto
my income relative to those who had the same level of education; my income relative to all adult (18 yrs or older) Finns; my income relative to those adults (18 yrs or older) who lived in the same municipality; my income relative to those who had the same occupation; my income relative to those who are born in the same year
The option shown third in the question about preferred group
Vastausvaihtoehto
my income relative to those who had the same level of education; my income relative to all adult (18 yrs or older) Finns; my income relative to those adults (18 yrs or older) who lived in the same municipality; my income relative to those who had the same occupation; my income relative to those who are born in the same year
The option shown fourth in the question about preferred group
Vastausvaihtoehto
my income relative to those who had the same level of education; my income relative to all adult (18 yrs or older) Finns; my income relative to those adults (18 yrs or older) who lived in the same municipality; my income relative to those who had the same occupation; my income relative to those who are born in the same year
The option shown last in the question about preferred group
Vastausvaihtoehto
my income relative to those who had the same level of education; my income relative to all adult (18 yrs or older) Finns; my income relative to those adults (18 yrs or older) who lived in the same municipality; my income relative to those who had the same occupation; my income relative to those who are born in the same year
In a previous question, you indicated that you would like to learn about your income relative to [ ]. What is your motivation for wanting to know about your income relative to this group? Please, tell us by checking one or more of the options listed below. I expect to use this information.
In a previous question, you indicated that you would like to learn about your income relative to [ ]. What is your motivation for wanting to know about your income relative to this group? Please, tell us by checking one or more of the options listed below. I knew relatively little about my position in this group.
In a previous question, you indicated that you would like to learn about your income relative to [ ]. What is your motivation for wanting to know about your income relative to this group? Please, tell us by checking one or more of the options listed below. This piece of information is difficult to find elsewhere.
In a previous question, you indicated that you would like to learn about your income relative to [ ]. What is your motivation for wanting to know about your income relative to this group? Please, tell us by checking one or more of the options listed below. This piece of information is most important to me.
In a previous question, you indicated that you would like to learn about your income relative to [ ]. What is your motivation for wanting to know about your income relative to this group? Please, tell us by checking one or more of the options listed below. I expected my income to be relatively high and wanted to check whether it holds true.
In a previous question, you indicated that you would like to learn about your income relative to [ ]. What is your motivation for wanting to know about your income relative to this group? Please, tell us by checking one or more of the options listed below. I expected my income to be relatively low and wanted to check whether it holds true.
In a previous question, you indicated that you would like to learn about your income relative to [ ]. What is your motivation for wanting to know about your income relative to this group? Please, tell us by checking one or more of the options listed below. I am not interested in comparing my income to others' incomes.
In a previous question, you indicated that you would like to learn about your income relative to [ ]. What is your motivation for wanting to know about your income relative to this group? Please, tell us by checking one or more of the options listed below. Some information in the registers was incorrect, which affected my choice.
In a previous question, you indicated that you would like to learn about your income relative to [ ]. What is your motivation for wanting to know about your income relative to this group? Please, tell us by checking one or more of the options listed below. Some other reason, what?
In a previous question, you indicated that you would like to learn about your income relative to [ ]. What is your motivation for wanting to know about your income relative to this group? Please, tell us by checking one or more of the options listed below. Some other reason, what? (open-ended)
In this section we would like to give you information about the relationship between your income and the incomes of [ ] in 2018. Please choose the correct statement according to the information you see above. (This question is just to verify that you have understood the information in the figure.)
Vastausvaihtoehto
The actual proportion of people with lower income than I is smaller than I thought.; The actual proportion of people with lower income than I is larger than I thought.; The actual proportion of people with lower income than I is the same as I thought.
How likely is it that you will engage in gambling activities provided by Veikkaus during the next six months? By gambling activities, we mean for example buying tickets for the weekly national Lotto, playing slot machines or sports betting.
Vastausvaihtoehto
Very unlikely; Somewhat unlikely; Somewhat likely; Very likely
