Study title

MP Candidates and Civil Defence 1999

Dataset ID Number

FSD1171

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1171

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI)

Abstract

The survey charted the views of Finnish MP candidates on, for example, Finnish neutrality policy, universal military service, armed defence in case of military attack, Finnish Defence Forces funding, and defence industries. In addition, the candidates were asked to state their personal views on parliamentary defence committees, international peacekeeping and crisis management, and the operations of voluntary civil defence organisations. Opinions on the tax-deductibility of donations made to civil defence purposes were also studied. Background variables included respondent's year of birth, gender, political party, constituency, prior MP candidacy or term of office, and other political positions of trust.

Keywords

defence; defence and state security policy; foreign policy; international cooperation; military expenditure; military power; military service; national security; parliamentary candidates

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Elites and leadership (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Conflict, security and peace (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Finnish Opinions on Security Policy and National Defence

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Gallup Finland

Data Producers

• Advisory Board for Defence Information

Time Period Covered

1999

Collection Dates

1999

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Candidates standing for the 1999 Finnish parliamentary elections

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

21 variables and 718 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI): MP Candidates and Civil Defence 1999 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2001-09-18). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1171

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