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[fsd_no] FSD study number

[fsd_vr] FSD edition number

[fsd_id] FSD case id

[q1] How interested are you in politics?

[q2] How closely did you follow the election campaign?

[q3_1] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Family members, parents, or relatives

[q3_2] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Work and study colleagues

[q3_3] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Other friends and aquintances

[q3_4] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Newspaper articles

[q3_5] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Election advertisements in newspapers

[q3_6] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: News and current affairs programmes on the radio

[q3_7] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Election programmes on the radio

[q3_8] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Election advertisements on the radio

[q3_9] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: News and current affairs programmes on the television

[q3_10] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Election programmes on the television

[q3_11] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Election advertisements on the television

[q3_12] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Entertainment programmes featuring politicians on the television

[q3_13] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Candidate selectors on the Internet

[q3_14] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Web pages of parties or candidates

[q3_15] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Election events of parties or candidates

[q3_16] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: News pages on the Internet (e.g. YLE, HBL, MTV3)

[q3_17] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Blogs or diaries on the Internet

[q3_18] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Books, magazines and other written sources

[q3_19] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: Election campaigns of non-governmental/civic organisations and interest groups

[q3_20] How much information did you receive from the following sources during the election campaign: SMS (text messages)

[q4] Do you feel yourself a little closer to one of the political parties than the others?

[q5] Which party?

[q5_opf] Other party, please specify (open-ended question)

[q6] Do you feel very close to this party, somewhat close, or not very close?

[q7] Which group do you identify with primarily?

[q8] Swedish-speaking Finns have nowadays functional autonomy in areas such as the school and church. Should this autonomy be extended or not?

[q9] Should Åland become independent, integrated into the rest of Finland, or left as it is?

[q10] Thinking about the general performance of the Government under Matti Vanhanen over the past four years, how well or poorly did it perform its tasks?

[q11] And how well do you think the Government attended to Swedish-speaking Finns' interests?

[q12] Which social class do you consider you belong to?

[q13_1] Voting is a civic duty

[q13_2] It is people's own business whether they want to use their right to vote or not

[q13_3] Democracy may have its problems but it is better than any other form of government

[q13_4] Important national issues should more often be decided in a referendum

[q13_5] To aid representative democracy, public debates on policy issues should be organised for ordinary people

[q13_6] I myself would like to attend public debates organised for ordinary people

[q13_7] It is important to me that my party has a real chance of getting a candidate elected to Parliament in my electoral district

[q13_8] It is important to me that my candidate has a real chance of getting elected to Parliament

[q13_9] The MPs of my electoral district do not have enough say in what the Government and Parliament decide

[q13_10] Electoral alliances should not be allowed in parliamentary elections

[q13_11] Members of Parliament would help our country more if they stopped talking and started concentrating on solving real problems

[q13_12] What making compromises in politics really means is selling one's principles

[q13_13] Things would be better in Finland if successful corporate managers made the decisions

[q13_14] Things would be better in Finland if independent experts made the decisions instead of politicians and citizens

[q13_15] The Finnish Government would function better if it were managed like an enterprise

[q13_16] Political parties ought to be banned in politics

[q13_17] There ought to be an upper limit to political campaign expenditure

[q13_18] Direct contacts between interest groups and Members of Parliament ought to be banned

[q13_19] What Finland needs are strong leaders who can restore law and order

[q13_20] Refugees and immigrants should be entitled to the same social security benefits as Finns, even if they did not have Finnish citizenship

[q14_1] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Write a letter to the editor

[q14_2] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Contact political decision-makers on an important issue

[q14_3] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Sign a petition

[q14_4] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Involve myself in the activities of a political party

[q14_5] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Involve myself in the activities of some other voluntary/civic organisation

[q14_6] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Try to enhance environmental protection through my consumer habits

[q14_7] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Try to influence political or social issues through my consumer habits

[q14_8] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Join a boycott or a payment or buying strike

[q14_9] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Participate in peaceful demonstrations

[q14_10] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Demonstrate civil disobedience by participating in illegal, non-violent activities

[q14_11] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Participate in the kind of demonstrations that have previously involved violence

[q14_12] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following: Use violence to reach political goals

[q15_1] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following on the Internet: Sign a petition

[q15_2] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following on the Internet: Contact political decision-makers on an important issue

[q15_3] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following on the Internet: Discuss politics

[q15_4] Have you done during the past four years or feel you might do any of the following on the Internet: Discuss other issues

[q16] How often do you use the Internet?

[q17_1] How important are the following issues to you: Improving the circumstances of the poor

[q17_2] How important are the following issues to you: Fighting crime

[q17_3] How important are the following issues to you: Safeguarding good public services

[q17_4] How important are the following issues to you: Increasing health care resources

[q17_5] How important are the following issues to you: Lowering taxes

[q17_6] How important are the following issues to you: Reducing regional disparity

[q17_7] How important are the following issues to you: Promoting entrepreneurship

[q17_8] How important are the following issues to you: Strengthening traditional values and morals

[q17_9] How important are the following issues to you: Safeguarding the independence of municipalities

[q17_10] How important are the following issues to you: Opposing municipal mergers

[q17_11] How important are the following issues to you: Promoting Finnish interests in the EU

[q17_12] How important are the following issues to you: Promoting European Union integration

[q17_13] How important are the following issues to you: Having a say in which parties will form the coalition government

[q17_14] How important are the following issues to you: Having a say in who will be elected as Prime Minister

[q17_15] How important are the following issues to you: Improving the circumstances of ethnic minorities

[q17_16] How important are the following issues to you: Improving the circumstances of sexual minorities

[q17_17] How important are the following issues to you: Fighting climate change

[q17_18] How important are the following issues to you: Other environmental protection issues

[q17_19] How important are the following issues to you: Reducing unemployment

[q17_20] How important are the following issues to you: Improving the circumstances of the elderly

[q17_21] How important are the following issues to you: Improving the circumstances of young people and families with children

[q17_22] How important are the following issues to you: Improving the circumstances of students

[q17_23] How important are the following issues to you: Safeguarding public service in Swedish

[q17_24] How important are the following issues to you: Promoting equality between the sexes

[q18_1] Voting is the only way in which ordinary people can influence political decision-making

[q18_2] Those elected to Parliament soon lose touch with problems of ordinary people

[q18_3] Politicians are not interested in the opinions of ordinary people

[q18_4] I have no say in what the Government and Parliament decide

[q18_5] Through political parties, citizens' opinions will be taken into consideration in decision-making

[q18_6] Political parties are only interested in people's votes, not in their opinions

[q18_7] Sometimes politics seems so complicated that I can't really understand what is going on

[q18_8] By voting people can have a say how things are run

[q18_9] It doesn't really matter which parties form the Government, policy decisions will be the same

[q18_10] Electoral alliances between parties are good because they make it easier for small parties to reach Parliament

[q18_11] The coalition government should consist of either right-wing or left-wing parties

[q18_12] Parties should have announced during the election campaign with which parties they are willing to form the coalition government

[q18_13] Personalisation of politics is mainly a good thing

[q19] Would you say that any of the parties in Finland represent your views reasonably well?

[q20] Which party represents your views best?

[q20_opf] Other party, please specify (open-ended question)

[q21_1] What is your attitude towards the following parties: Centre Party of Finland (KESK)

[q21_2] What is your attitude towards the following parties: Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)

[q21_3] What is your attitude towards the following parties: National Coalition Party (KOK)

[q21_4] What is your attitude towards the following parties: Left Alliance (VAS)

[q21_5] What is your attitude towards the following parties: Green League (VIHR)

[q21_6] What is your attitude towards the following parties: Swedish People's Party in Finland (RKP)

[q21_7] What is your attitude towards the following parties: Christian Democrats (KD)

[q21_8] What is your attitude towards the following parties: True Finns (PS)

[q22_1] In politics people sometimes talk of the left and the right. Where would you place the following parties on such a scale: Centre Party of Finland (KESK)

[q22_2] In politics people sometimes talk of the left and the right. Where would you place the following parties on such a scale: Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)

[q22_3] In politics people sometimes talk of the left and the right. Where would you place the following parties on such a scale: National Coalition Party (KOK)

[q22_4] In politics people sometimes talk of the left and the right. Where would you place the following parties on such a scale: Left Alliance (VAS)

[q22_5] In politics people sometimes talk of the left and the right. Where would you place the following parties on such a scale: Green League (VIHR)

[q22_6] In politics people sometimes talk of the left and the right. Where would you place the following parties on such a scale: Swedish People's Party in Finland (RKP)

[q22_7] In politics people sometimes talk of the left and the right. Where would you place the following parties on such a scale: Christian Democrats (KD)

[q22_8] In politics people sometimes talk of the left and the right. Where would you place the following parties on such a scale: True Finns (PS)

[q23] Where would you place yourself on this left-right scale?

[q24] During the election campaign, would you say that there were differences between parties?

[q25] How satisfied are you with the functioning of democracy in Finland?

[q26] Have you ever participated in the work of the support group of a candidate in parliamentary elections?

[q27] Are you at present or have you ever been an elected official in a municipal body (e.g. a council or board)?

[q28] If you voted, did you vote in advance or on the actual election day?

[q29] Which party did you vote for?

[q29_opf] Other party, please specify (open-ended question)

[q30] Did you consider voting for a candidate of any other party?

[q31] If you considered voting for a candidate of any other party, which party/parties?

[q31_opf1] If you considered voting for a candidate of any other party, which party/parties (open-ended question): Centre Party of Finland (KESK)

[q31_opf2] If you considered voting for a candidate of any other party, which party/parties (open-ended question): Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)

[q31_opf3] If you considered voting for a candidate of any other party, which party/parties (open-ended question): National Coalition Party (KOK)

[q31_opf4] If you considered voting for a candidate of any other party, which party/parties (open-ended question): Left Alliance (VAS)

[q31_opf5] If you considered voting for a candidate of any other party, which party/parties (open-ended question): Green League (VIHR)

[q31_opf6] If you considered voting for a candidate of any other party, which party/parties (open-ended question): Swedish People's Party in Finland (RKP)

[q31_opf7] If you considered voting for a candidate of any other party, which party/parties (open-ended question): Christian Democrats in Finland (KD)

[q31_opf8] If you considered voting for a candidate of any other party, which party/parties (open-ended question): True Finns (PS)

[q31_opf9] If you considered voting for a candidate of any other party, which party/parties (open-ended question): Other party, please specify

[q32] Which one was more important for you when you voted, party or candidate?

[q33_1] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Performance of the party's representatives in election programmes on television

[q33_2] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Party looks after the interests of the occupational group I belong to

[q33_3] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Good party leader

[q33_4] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: I am a stable supporter of this party

[q33_5] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Party has good policy on many current issues

[q33_6] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Party has competent people to form policies

[q33_7] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Performance of the party during the past parliamentary term

[q33_8] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Successful election campaign of the party

[q33_9] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Party had a good chance of winning one or more seats to Parliament in my electoral district

[q33_10] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Recommendations from voluntary/civic organisations and interest groups

[q33_11] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: In my opinion, the leader of this party is the best candidate to become Prime Minister

[q33_12] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Desire to influence which parties will be in the coalition government

[q33_13] To what exent did the following influence your choice of party in these elections: Party safeguards Swedish interests

[q34] How easy or difficult was it to choose the party you voted for?

[q35] How easy or difficult was it to find a suitable candidate?

[q36] When did you decide on the party you voted for?

[q37] When did you decide on the candidate you voted for?

[q38] How many different political parties have you voted for in parliamentary elections so far?

[q39_1] If you did not vote in these elections, what were the reasons for it: Difficult to find a suitable party

[q39_2] If you did not vote in these elections, what were the reasons for it: Difficult to find a suitable candidate

[q39_3] If you did not vote in these elections, what were the reasons for it: Could not vote because of job

[q39_4] If you did not vote in these elections, what were the reasons for it: Could not vote because of travel

[q39_5] If you did not vote in these elections, what were the reasons for it: Could not vote because of illness or advanced age

[q39_6] If you did not vote in these elections, what were the reasons for it: Did not remember to vote

[q39_7] If you did not vote in these elections, what were the reasons for it: Simply could not be bothered to vote

[q39_8] If you did not vote in these elections, what were the reasons for it: Do not profit in any way from voting

[q39_9] If you did not vote in these elections, what were the reasons for it: One vote makes no difference to the outcome of an election

[q39_10] If you did not vote in these elections, what were the reasons for it: Distrust of politicians and politics in general

[q39_11] If you did not vote in these elections, what were the reasons for it: Wanted to protest against politics and politicians

[q39_12] If you did not vote in these elections, what were the reasons for it: Not interested in politics and do not care whether I vote or not

[q39_13] If you did not vote in these elections, what were the reasons for it: The parties or candidates I would have preferred had no chance of winning a seat to Parliament in my electoral district

[q40] How self-evident was it to you that you were not going to vote?

[q41] Did you vote four years ago in the 2003 parliamentary elections?

[q42] Which party did you vote for in the 2003 parliamentary elections?

[q42_opf] Other party, please specify (open-ended question)

[q43] How satisfied are you with your financial situation?

[q44] How satisfied are you with your life in general?

[q45] How often do you try to get service in Swedish?

[q46_1] Membership and participation in the activities of: Sports and outdoors club, including hunting and fishing clubs/associations

[q46_2] Membership and participation in the activities of: Cultural and leisure organisation

[q46_3] Membership and participation in the activities of: Village or neighbourhood association

[q46_4] Membership and participation in the activities of: Trade union

[q46_5] Membership and participation in the activities of: Employer or other business organisation/association

[q46_6] Membership and participation in the activities of: Agricultural and producer association

[q46_7] Membership and participation in the activities of: Other professional association

[q46_8] Membership and participation in the activities of: Humanitarian, human rights, minority or immigrant organisation

[q46_9] Membership and participation in the activities of: Environmental, peace or animal rights organisation

[q46_10] Membership and participation in the activities of: Religious organisation or congregation

[q46_11] Membership and participation in the activities of: Political party

[q46_12] Membership and participation in the activities of: Some other voluntary/civic organisation

[q47_1] It is important that Swedish-speaking Finns hold together against all Finnish.

[q47_2] Swedish-speaking Finns should actively demand service in their mother tongue.

[q47_3] Swedish People's Party in Finland will first and foremost be a language party.

[q47_4] In order to be able to influence, Swedish People's Party in Finland must tone down Swedish and try to win Finnish votes.

[q47_5] Swedish People's Party in Finland should aim at always participating in the Government regardless of what the other Government parties are.

[q47_6] It is necessary to have Swedish-speaking Finns in all parties.

[q48] How well can you speak Finnish?

[q49] In how many municipalities have you lived during your life?

[q50] When you choose which candidate to vote, you choose among...

[q51] Respondent's year of birth

[q52] Respondent's gender

[q53] Respondent's education

[q54] Respondent's marital status

[q55] Respondent's employment status

[q56] Respondent's occupational group (or former occupational group if retired)

[q57] Type of employer

[q58] Household gross income

[q59] How many people live in your household?

[q60] How many of them are aged 18 or over?

[q61] How many of them are children or young people aged 7-17?

[q62] How many of them are children aged 0-6?

[q63] How religious are you?

[q64] Do you belong to any church or religious community?

[q64_opf] Other church or religious community, please specify (open-ended question)

[q65] What is your mother tongue?

[q65_opf] Other language, please specify (open-ended question)

[q66] What language(s) do you use at home?

[q67] Type of neighbourhood

[q68] What language is mostly used in your local community?

[q69] What language is mostly used in your place of work or study?

[q70] What is or was your child's/children's school language? (If you have children under school age, please indicate the supposed school language)

[q70_opf] Other, please specify (open-ended question)

[q71] Do you read Swedish or Finnish newspapers?

[q72] Vilken kommun bor Du i?

[q73_1] Electoral district

[q73_2] Did you live in your present electoral district at the time of the 2003 parliamentary elections?

[q74] Housing tenure

[q75] Date

[svar] Postal response or online response?

[bv1] Region of residence (2008)