Study title

Finnish Voter Barometer August-September 1996

Dataset ID Number

FSD1032

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1032

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Gallup Finland

Abstract

The survey studied public opinion on major political parties in Finland. The respondents were asked how favourably or negatively the view the Centre Party of Finland, the Finnish Social Democratic Party, the National Coalition Party, the Left Alliance and the Green League. A number of attributes and characteristics were listed and the respondents were asked to which party they could be applied. Opinions on government performance and the significance of the party leader to the party were assessed. There were several questions about voting behaviour. The respondents were asked for what party or group they would vote, and why, if the elections were held at that time. It was also asked if the respondents intended to vote in the municipal elections and European Parliamentary elections in October and for whom they would vote if the elections were held at that time. The respondents' voting behaviour in the 1994 referendum on Finland's EU membership was charted. A number of questions covered opinions on political advertising. In addition, the respondents were asked whether they did the shopping and cooking in the household.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, year of birth, marital status, age of the children, gross annual income, municipality type, province of residence, basic and vocational education, economic activity, ownership of consumer durables, industry of employment, employer type, trade union membership, mother tongue, which party R voted for in the 1995 parliamentary elections, social class, and self-placement on the left-right axis.

Keywords

European Parliament elections; European Union; elections; local government elections; parliamentary elections; political advertising; political attitudes; political behaviour; political campaigns; political parties; referendums; 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

1996

Collection Dates

1996-08-30 – 1996-09-03

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

283 variables and 1045 cases.

Data Version

3.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The variable identifying postal code has been removed from the data set.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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 1996 [dataset]. Version 3.0 (2018-07-17). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1032

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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