Study title

Parliamentary Elections 2007: Small Constituencies

Dataset ID Number

FSD2263

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2263

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Borg, Sami (University of Tampere. Finnish Social Science Data Archive)
• Paloheimo, Heikki (University of Tampere. Department of Political Science and International Relations)

Abstract

In this election survey, residents in small Finnish constituencies (Southern Savonia, North Karelia, and Lapland) were interviewed after the 2007 parliamentary elections. The same set of questions was also used in the face-to-face interview survey archived at the FSD (FSD2269 Parliamentary Elections 2007).

The respondents were first asked about whether they were interested in political matters, what their party preference was, and whether they had voted in general elections since the year 2000. They were also asked to name objectives which the recently elected members of parliament in their constituency should focus on, and to assess the performance of the previous government led by Matti Vanhanen. The respondents' views were charted by presenting them with a set of attitudinal statements on democracy, electoral alliances, whether the members of parliament from their constituency had a say in political decisions, personification of politics, voting, parties, and candidates.

In addition, the respondents were asked whether they had voted in the 2007 parliamentary elections, and if not, reasons for abstaining from voting. Those who had voted were asked which party's candidate they had voted for, what their voting decision was based on, and whether they considered the party or the candidate to be more important as regards voting. They were also asked whether they had voted for a candidate of their own gender, how old their candidate was, and whether they had voted for the same candidate before.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, marital status, education, occupational status, region of residence, constituency, and annual household gross income.

Keywords

constituencies; elections; parliamentary candidates; parliamentary elections; political attitudes; political participation; political support; voting

Topic Classification

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

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• TNS Gallup (Gallup Finland)

Data Producers

• Ministry of Justice

Time Period Covered

2007

Collection Dates

2007-03 – 2007-04

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Southern Savonia, North Karelia, Lapland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finnish people living in the constituencies of Southern Savonia, North Karelia and Lapland entitled to vote in the 2007 parliamentary elections

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

Quota sampling based on gender and age group within the research constituencies. 250 respondents from each constituency were interviewed.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

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: Finnish.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

2.0

Related Datasets

FSD2269 Finnish National Election Study 2007

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Variable indicating municipality has been removed from the data.

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

Borg, Sami (University of Tampere) & Paloheimo, Heikki (University of Tampere): Parliamentary Elections 2007: Small Constituencies [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-25). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2263

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.

Related Publications

Vaalit yleisödemokratiassa. Eduskuntavaalitutkimus 2007 (2009). Toim. Borg, Sami & Paloheimo, Heikki. Tampere: Tampere University Press.

Borg, Sami & Paloheimo, Heikki (2009). Vaalipiirin koon vaikutus vaaliosallistumiseen. Teoksessa: Vaalit yleisödemokratiassa. Eduskuntavaalitutkimus 2007 (toim. Borg, Sami & Paloheimo, Heikki), 243-278. Tampere: Tampere University Press.

Karvonen, Lauri (2014). Parties, Governments and Voters in Finland. Politics under Fundamental Societal Transformation. Colchester. ECPR Press