FSD1009 Finnish Voter Barometer March 1982
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Question text
The main reason underlying your decision which presidential candidate to vote for
Frequencies
| Category labels | Value | n |
|---|---|---|
| political party preference | 1 | 422 |
| personal reasons | 2 | 393 |
| candidate's abilities | 3 | 38 |
| candidate's character | 4 | 227 |
| candidate's experience | 5 | 76 |
| foreign policy | 6 | 47 |
| continuity | 7 | 29 |
| is the best for Finland | 8 | 46 |
| promotes interests | 9 | 46 |
| believed in his/her success | 10 | 8 |
| outside influence | 11 | 19 |
| some special issue | 12 | 8 |
| similar way of thinking | 13 | 39 |
| no other option | 14 | 26 |
| competence in economic issues | 15 | 13 |
| other reason | 16 | 113 |
| SYSMISS | 239 | |
| Displayed frequencies are not weighted | ||
Summary statistics
| Number of valid cases | 1550 |
| Maximum | 16 |
| Minimum | 1 |
| Mean | 4.60 |
| Standard deviation | 4.587 |
Study description in machine readable DDI-C 2.5 format
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