Aineiston nimi

Voice of the Inhabitants 2007

Aineistonumero

FSD2295

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2295

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Ekholm, Peter (Think Tank e2)
• Jutila, Karina (Think Tank e2)
• Kiljunen, Pentti (Yhdyskuntatutkimus)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey focused on studying the possible causes of the declining voter turnout in municipal elections (local government elections) in Finland. First, the respondents were asked how interested they were in local affairs and local government policies, how actively did they follow local affairs and decision-making, and how well they knew what was happening. The respondents were also asked to grade their municipality of residence from different viewpoints (e.g. finances, services, employment situation, local democracy, citizen participation and influence). One question surveyed how much real power certain bodies, e.g. the mayor/municipal manager, top officials, municipal board, banks, trade unions, have in the municipality. Further questions covered information sources on local affairs and decision-making, and the sufficiency and quality of information received.

The respondents were asked to evaluate how effective certain ways of trying to influence decision-making were (e.g. voting in municipal elections, inhabitant surveys, local referendums, peaceful demonstrations, signing petitions, direct contacts to decision-makers). The respondents were also asked whether they felt they could influence decisions affecting their neighbourhood, municipality, Finland or the EU. Opinions on the causes of the decline in turnout were charted. Causes mentioned included distrust of politics and parties, protest against current policies, feeling that voting has no impact on policies, lack of choice because parties too similar etc. The respondents were asked whether they were stable or volatile voters, whether they had voted in the last Finnish parliamentary elections, local government elections, and European Parliament elections, and whether there had been changes in their voting activity.

Further questions covered the respondents' participation in civil and voluntary organisations and in local affairs. Opinions were probed on whether Internet voting would influence turnout, and which factors might increase or decrease citizen participation in local government. The respondents were also asked whether they held or had held any elected offices and to what extent they agreed with a number of statements relating to political parties and local government politics.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age group, number of inhabitants in the municipality, region of residence (NUTS3), basic and vocational education, type of neighbourhood, economic activity and occupational status, and what political party R would vote for if the Finnish parliamentary elections were held at that time.

Asiasanat

citizen participation; local government; local government elections; party identification; political awareness; political influence; political interest; voting

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Elections (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Kiljunen, Pentti (Yhdyskuntatutkimus)

Tuottajat

• Think Tank e2

Ajallinen kattavuus

2007

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2007-05-18 – 2007-07-05

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged 18-70 living in Finland (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Simple random

The sample of 2500 persons was drawn from Finland's population register.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

2.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

An open-ended question asking for comments has been removed from the data. The data do not include the responses to the open-ended question q23.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

Ekholm, Peter (Think Tank e2) & Jutila, Karina (Think Tank e2) & Kiljunen, Pentti (Yhdyskuntatutkimus): Voice of the Inhabitants 2007 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-12). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2295

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Ekholm, Peter & Jutila, Karina & Kiljunen, Pentti (2007). Kuullaanko kuntalaista -tutkimus 2007. Helsinki : Ajatuspaja e2. Raportti.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Ekholm, Peter & Jutila, Karina & Kiljunen, Pentti (2007). Kuullaanko kuntalaista -tutkimus 2007. Helsinki: Ajatuspaja e2. Raportti.