Study title

Follow-up on Finnish European Parliament Elections 1999

Dataset ID Number

FSD1043

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1043

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Moring, Tom (University of Helsinki)
• Gallup Finland

Abstract

The survey studied election advertising in the Finnish European Parliamentary elections, and factors affecting voting behaviour. The survey was conducted as part of the "Changes in Finnish TV Election Campaigns" project. The respondents were asked whether they had seen election advertisements and television advertising, and if they had, for which party. The respondents were asked to evaluate the advertisements. They were also asked if they had voted, and which party they had voted for in the European Parliamentary elections and in the previous parliamentary elections. In addition, the respondents were asked for which party's candidate they would vote if elections were held at the time of the survey, and at what stage the respondents had made the decision to vote. In this study, the aim was to canvass how important certain issues were in determining the respondents' voting decisions, and whether the voting decision was more determined by the candidate's party or the candidate him/herself. Information sources used to support the respondents' voting decisions were surveyed. Non-voters were asked the reason for abstaining.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age group, year of birth, marital status, mother tongue, basic education, vocational education, working hours, industry of employment, employer type, trade union membership, household composition, economic activity of the household head, number of children aged under 21, household gross income, the respondent's self-perceived social class, political left-right self-placement, and which political party the respondent had voted for in the elections.

Keywords

European Parliament elections; advertising; election campaigns; political support; voting; voting behaviour

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• International politics and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Elections (CESSDA 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

1999-06

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

Collection Mode

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

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Data Version

2.1

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The variable identifying municipality has been removed from the data.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Moring, Tom (University of Helsinki) & Gallup Finland: Follow-up on Finnish European Parliament Elections 1999 [dataset]. Version 2.1 (2006-08-04). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1043

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

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Related Publications

Suomen europarlamenttivaalit (2000). Toim. Pertti Pesonen. Tampere: Tampere University Press.

Carlson, Tom & Strandberg, Kim (2005). The 2004 European parliament Election on the Web. Finnish Actor Strategies and Voter Responses. Information Polity 10(3 & 4), 189-204.

Carlson, Tom & Strandberg, Kim (2007). The European Election on the Web in a Candidate-Centered system. The Case of Finland in The Internet and National Elections. A Comparative Study of Web Campaigning (Eds. Kluver, R. & Foot, K. & Schneider, S. & Jankowski, N.). London & New York: Routledge.

Carlson, Tom & Strandberg, Kim (2008). Riding the Web 2.0 Wave. Candidates on YouTube in the 2007 Finnish National Elections. Journal of Information Technology and Politics 5(2).

Carlson, Tom & Strandberg, Kim (2008). Plus ça change, plus ça reste le même? The evolution of Finnish Web campaigning 1996-2004. in Communicating Politics. Political Communication in the Nordic Countries (Eds. Strömbäck, Jesper & Ostern, Mark & Aalberg, Toril). Göteborg: Nordicom.

Carlson, Tom & Strandberg, Kim (2012). The Rise of Web Campaigning in Finland. in iPolitics. Citizens, Elections, and Governing in the New Media Era (Eds. Ramos, J. & Davies, R.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.