Study title

Finnish Voter Barometer August-September 1992

Dataset ID Number

FSD1029

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1029

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Gallup Finland

Abstract

In the survey, the attitudes of the Finns towards the different political parties was studied. The respondents were asked how favourably or negatively they viewed the Centre Party of Finland, the Finnish Social Democratic Party, The National Coalition Party, the Left Alliance, and the Green League. A list of qualities or attributes was presented to the respondents and they were asked to which parties these attributes could be applied. Views were also probed on the significance of the party leader and other prominent members for the party's support. The respondents were asked how tempted they were to vote for different parties and for what parties they could think of voting, and when choosing a candidate in the forthcoming municipal elections, which was more important, the party or the candidate as a person. The respondents were also asked against which party or group they would vote in the elections. In addition, the respondents were asked whether they took care of buying groceries or cooking in the household.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, marital status, gross annual income, age of children, municipality type, province of residence, economic activity, employer type, field of employment, membership in a trade union, mother tongue, which party R had voted for in the 1991 parliamentary elections, and which party would vote for if the parliamentary elections were held at that time.

Keywords

elections; local government elections; political attitudes; political behaviour; political leaders; political parties; political support; voting

Topic Classification

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

Series

Finnish Voter Barometers

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Gallup Finland

Data Producers

• Gallup Finland

Time Period Covered

1992

Collection Dates

1992-08-28 – 1992-09-01

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Population of Finland aged 15-70 years (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Multistage

The information has been gathered through GallupChannel with personal computers and Internet terminals installed in people's homes. The sample has been carried out as a multistage stratified sample resulting in a fixed sample.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: English and Finnish.

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Number of Cases and Variables

179 variables and 710 cases.

Data Version

3.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Postal code variable has been removed from the data.

Weighting

The data contains a weight variable but FSD has no information on how it was formed.

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

Gallup Finland: Finnish Voter Barometer August-September 1992 [dataset]. Version 3.0 (2018-07-16). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1029

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

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