Study title

Finnish Attitudes towards Alcohol 2012

Dataset ID Number

FSD2847

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2847

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• SOSTE Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health

Abstract

The survey charted Finnish attitudes towards alcohol consumption and various alcohol political measures with the help of 14 questions.

Questions covered, for example, views on the level of alcohol consumption in Finland, attitudes of Finns towards alcohol use, alcohol duty, sale of alcohol, drink driving limit, alcohol advertising, participation of alcohol industry in preparing alcohol-related laws and acts, and insecurity caused by the behaviour of drunk people.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, age, education, economic activity and occupational status, household composition, economic activity and occupational status of the household head, employment status, household size, gross annual income of the household, party choice in the previous parliamentary elections as well as region and major region of residence.

Keywords

advertising; alcohol use; alcoholism; drinking behaviour; drinking offences

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Drug abuse, alcohol and smoking (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Finnish Attitudes towards Alcohol

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• TNS Gallup Finland

Time Period Covered

2012

Collection Dates

2012-04

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finnish people aged 15 - 79 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Multistage

Multistage stratified sampling. The survey was conducted as TNS Gallup's telephone omnibus survey. The sample received from the Population Register Centre was divided into quotas according to the respondents' age, gender and municipality of residence. In every household, the person who met the conditions established by the quotas (i.e. gender and age) was interviewed. Half of the interview calls were made to mobile phone numbers. Altogether 1,003 people responded.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

2.0

Weighting

There is a weight variable w1 in the data that weights the data to represent the population of continental Finland in terms of age, gender and region.

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

SOSTE Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health: Finnish Attitudes towards Alcohol 2012 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-26). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2847

Deposit Requirement

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

Special Terms and Conditions for Access

Users of the data shall send the Suomen sosiaali ja terveys ry (SOSTE) a copy of all reports, theses, articles, other publications or material based on or using the data. If printed, to the mail address: SOSTE Suomen sosiaali ja terveys ry, Tutkimus, Yliopistonkatu 5, 00100 HELSINKI, FINLAND. If electronic, to the e-mail address: tutkimus@soste.fi.

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

Suomalaisten alkoholiasenteet 2012 (2012) SOSTE Suomen sosiaali ja terveys ry. Helsinki: SOSTE.