Aineiston nimi

Parliamentary Elections 2011: Candidate Responses to Helsingin Sanomat Candidate Selector

Aineistonumero

FSD2701

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2701

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Helsingin Sanomat

Sisällön kuvaus

The data consist of responses given by the 2011 Finnish Parliamentary election candidates to Helsingin Sanomat candidate selector / voting advice application by 6 April 2011 (n=1843).

The attitudinal questions were divided rougly into the following themes: pensions, economy, taxation, national defence, foreign affairs, domestic issues, municipalities and government composition after the elections. Some questions were asked about the increase in income inequality, adoption rights for same-sex couples, nuclear power and child benefit. For each question, the candidate would choose the alternative best describing their opinion, but they also had a chance to comment on their choice and prioritise the issue (high-medium-low).

Questions covering pensions charted the opinions on what should be done to the retirement age, how working careers should be extended and what should be done about the earning-related pension index. Views on economic issues were surveyed by asking how the respondent would cut government spending, should Finland support indebted EU countries financially and how, and what R thought of the currency transaction tax. Questions focusing on taxation included: which tax the respondent would be prepared to increase, which tax exemption to cut etc.

Regarding national defence, the respondent was asked how conscription should be carried out and whether Finland should apply for NATO membership. Opinions on foreign issues were surveyed by asking, for example, whether Finland should take a stance on human rights issues and democracy in its political dealings with China and Russia. The respondent's views on domestic issues were charted by asking about the perceptions on Finnish gun law, compulsory learning of the second official language (Swedish), immigration politics etc.

Questions concerning municipalities probed opinions on issues such as outsourcing, mergers and suitable number of municipalities. Finally, the candidate was asked to choose three parties that should be in the next coalition government.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's age, gender, level of education, party affiliation, electoral district and region.

Asiasanat

defence and state security policy; economic policy; electoral issues; foreign relations; parliamentary candidates; parliamentary elections; political behaviour; politicians; regional policy; social policy; taxation; voting advice applications

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Elections (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Kerääjät

• Helsingin Sanomat

Tuottajat

• Helsingin Sanomat

Ajallinen kattavuus

2011

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

spring 2011 ( 2011 )

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Parliamentary candidates in the 2011 parliamentary elections in Finland

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Lähdeaineistot

Helsingin Sanomien vaalikone: Eduskuntavaalit 2011 [Helsingin Sanomat Candidate Selector: Parliamentary elections 2011]

Otantamenetelmä

Total universe/Complete enumeration

There were 2315 parliamentary candidates in the 2011 elections, 1843 of whom answered the questions in Helsingin Sanomat candidate selector.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

88

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Datan versio

2.1

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

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Malliviittaus

Helsingin Sanomat: Parliamentary Elections 2011: Candidate Responses to Helsingin Sanomat Candidate Selector [dataset]. Version 2.1 (2016-08-29). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2701

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