FSD1042 Follow-up on Parliamentary Elections 1999

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Study title

Follow-up on Parliamentary Elections 1999

Dataset ID Number

FSD1042

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1042

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

  • Moring, Tom (University of Helsinki)
  • Gallup Finland
  • "Changes in Finnish TV Election Campaigns" project

Abstract

The respondents were asked whether they had voted in the 1996 municipal elections and in the 1995 and 1999 parliamentary elections, and which party they had voted for. They were also asked whether they had voted in advance or on the election day in 1999. The survey charted what affected the respondents' choice in the parliamentary elections, and how important certain factual issues were when the respondents made their decisions to vote. Some questions dealt with which had affected the decision more, the party of the candidate or the candidate. The respondents were asked from what sources they had received additional information to support their voting decision, what campaign-related TV-commercials they had seen, and what they thought about the commercials. The respondents were asked whether they had participated in campaign rallies, whether they had visited the websites of the candidates or the parties, and whether they had contacted parties/candidates over the Internet. Furthermore, they were asked if they had used voting advice applications on the Internet. Those who had abstained were asked the reason for abstaining. The respondents were also asked to name a party they would vote if they were forced to do so, or to name the party that would be the least unpleasant choice. Furthermore, they were asked what cabinet coalition would be the best, and whether they were employed at the time of the survey.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, mother tongue, age, marital status, composition, size and income of the household, education, occupation, information on work, trade union membership, social class and place of residence, voting in elections, and position in a left-right scale. Background variables have been updated in August 1998.

Keywords

election campaigns; information sources; local government elections; parliamentary elections; party identification; political allegiance; political support; voting; voting advice applications; voting behaviour

Topic Classification

Series

Follow-ups on Finnish National and Local Elections (GallupChannel)

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

1999

Collection Dates

1999-03

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Population of Finland aged 15 or over (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Multistage

Three-stage stratified sample. More information on the GallupChannel at the address: http://www.fsd.uta.fi/english/data/background/gchannelge.html.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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

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Number of Cases and Variables

195 variables and 1232 cases.

Data Version

2.2

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The variable identifying municipality has been removed from the data set.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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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

Moring, Tom (University of Helsinki) & Gallup Finland & "Changes in Finnish TV Election Campaigns" project: Follow-up on Parliamentary Elections 1999 [dataset]. Version 2.2 (2006-08-07). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1042

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Disclaimer

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