Aineiston nimi

EVA Survey on Finnish Values and Attitudes 2011

Aineistonumero

FSD2628

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2628

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA)
• Yhdyskuntatutkimus

Sisällön kuvaus

The main themes of this survey were social welfare policy, taxation, political lobbying and influence, policies of the future government, candidate choice in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, and options for lengthening working lives in Finland.

First, the respondents were asked whether they agreed with a number of statements relating to political decision-making, climate change, political parties, politics, economic and fiscal policy, Finnish economy, working life, NATO membership, welfare, entrepreneurship, national identity, etc.

Opinions were charted on which tax rates (income tax, corporate tax, excise duty on alcoholic beverages, value-added tax rates etc) could be increased, kept at the same level or lowered. The respondents were also asked how they would rank Finland compared to other countries regarding a number of issues. The issues mentioned included, for instance, how well the political system, democracy and society on the whole work; material and mental well-being; the quality of education, social security and public services; Finland's image; economic competitiveness; equality; safety; income differences; amount of corruption.

The next set of questions probed views on how much certain bodies/operators (trade unions, employer organisations, public authorities, big businesses, the media, market forces, the EU, the EMU, lobby groups, voters etc) influenced political decisions in Finland and whether their influence was too great, appropriate or too low. Opinions were charted on what should be the focus areas for the future government (e.g. economy, employment, national debt, poverty, education, crime prevention, business environment, immigration).

One theme pertained to the forthcoming parliamentary elections. The respondents were asked how important certain aspects were for their candidate choice. The aspects mentioned included, for instance, the candidate image, party, charisma, expertise, values, image given on the Internet or in the social media, the candidate's gender, age, honesty, verbal skills. Opinions were charted on what would be good methods for lenghtening people's working lives (e.g. restricting access to early retirement, raising retirement age, abolishing conscription, measures to shorten unemployment periods, immigration, restricting access to unemployment benefits etc). The survey also investigated attitudes to Finland's EU membership, change of currency to euro, and whether the EMU membership was a benefit or disadvantage to Finland in the economic situation at that time.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age group, basic and vocational education, size and type of the municipality of residence, industry of employment, region, economic activity and occupational status, trade union membership, self-perceived social class and the candidate of which political party R would vote for if the parliamentary elections were held at that time.

Asiasanat

attitudes; economic policy; environment policy; fiscal policy; government policy; occupational life; parliamentary elections; political allegiance; politics; taxation; welfare policy

Tieteenala/Aihealue

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

Sarja

EVA Surveys on Finnish Values and Attitudes

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Yhdyskuntatutkimus

Tuottajat

• Finnish Business and Policy Forum

Ajallinen kattavuus

2011

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2011-01-21 – 2011-02-23

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

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

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Multistage

Random sampling from the Finnish population register (excluding the Åland Islands inhabitants). The sample was larger than in previous rounds, and less resources were allocated to follow-up procedures of non-respondents. Response rate cannot be given as there was no systematic follow-up. The sampling was stratified with one strata oversampling younger age groups.

The sample is representative of the Finnish population in terms of basic demographic characteristics, social class and region. In terms of education, the highly educated were slightly overrepresented.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: englanti ja suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Havaintojen ja muuttujien lukumäärä

187 muuttujaa ja 1918 havaintoa.

Datan versio

2.0

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

Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA) & Yhdyskuntatutkimus: EVA Survey on Finnish Values and Attitudes 2011 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-20). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2628

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

Haavisto, Ilkka & Kiljunen, Pentti (2011). Maailman paras maa. EVAn kansallinen arvo- ja asennetutkimus 2011 [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Taloustieto. http://www.eva.fi/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Maailman-paras-maa.pdf [viitattu 07.06.2011]

Julkaisut aineistosta

Haavisto, Ilkka & Kiljunen, Pentti (2011). Maailman paras maa. EVAn kansallinen arvo- ja asennetutkimus 2011 [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Taloustieto. http://www.eva.fi/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Maailman-paras-maa.pdf [viitattu 07.06.2011]

Suhonen, Pertti (2012). Mielipidekyselyt vaalijournalismissa. Teoksessa: Muutosvaalit 2011 (toim. Borg, Sami), 43-61. Helsinki: Oikeusministeriö. Oikeusministeriön julkaisu; OMSO 16/2012. Helsinki: Edita. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-259-172-2.

Saari, Juho (2012) Onnellisuuspolitiikka. Kohti sosiaalisesti kestävää Suomea. Julkaisuja 1/2012. Helsinki: Kalevi Sorsan säätiö.

Apunen, Matti & Haavisto, Ilkka & Kallio, Johanna & Kangas, Olli & Kiljunen, Pentti & Niemelä, Mikko & Pernaa, Ville (2013). Politiikan sekahaku. Mitkä asiat yhdistävät ja erottavat puolueita [verkkodokumentti]? EVA Raportti. Helsinki: Taloustieto. http://www.eva.fi/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Politiikan-sekahaku.pdf [viitattu 8.11.2013].

Kilpi-Jakonen, E. (2015). Explaining temporal trends and regional variation in attitudes towards foreign workers: group conflict theory and Finland 1990­2013. Research on Finnish Society, 8, 19­32.

Savolainen, Riikka (2015). Essays on Empirical Political Economics. Aalto University. Department of Economics. Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS, 171/2015. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-60-6575-5

Penttilä, Katariina (2017). Ympäristöhuolen muutos ja sukupuolittuneisuus Suomessa 1986 - 2013. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Sosiologian kandidaatin tutkielma.

Gustafsberg, Harri & Nyman, Markku (2018). Yksilöresilienssi ja yhteiskunnan turvallisuus. Tampere: Mentoritiimi.

Alpimaa, Markku (2020) Talouspoliittiset asennemuutokset Suomessa vuosina 1984-2020 EVA:n arvo- ja asennetutkimusten valossa. Turku: Turun yliopisto. Sosiologian pro gradu -tutkielma. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe20201223102803