Study title

Members of Municipal Councils and Municipal Boards 2009

Dataset ID Number

FSD2925

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2925

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Piipponen, Sirkka-Liisa (Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities)

Abstract

The dataset contains survey and register data regarding the members of municipal councils and municipal boards in 2009. The dataset includes data collected both from municipal secretaries and the election data system of the Ministry of Justice.

The survey data chart the following information on the members of municipal councils and municipal boards: whether the elected official had been a candidate in municipal elections in 2008 and what their political party had been, position in the council or the board, previous experience of municipal positions of responsibility, and employer sector. Further, data on council chairpersons included whether they were chairpersons for the first time or had previous experience.

Register data comprise the following variables: whether the elected official had been an MP or a member of the European Parliament and whether he/she had been selected in the municipal council in the municipal elections, number of votes received in the elections, comparative index assigned in the elections, electoral district, and number of years in the council.

Background variables included, among others, membership of a municipal council or a municipal board, name of the municipality, gender, year of birth, mother tongue, and nationality.

Keywords

councillors; elected officials; local government; local government elections; public administration

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities

Time Period Covered

2009

Collection Dates

2009-01-13 – 2010-02

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Members of Finnish municipal councils and municipal boards (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Data Sources

Election data system of the Ministry of Justice

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Electronic survey was sent to be filled in by municipal secretaries in all Finnish municipalities. The survey data was combined with data from the election data system of the Ministry of Justice. The dataset comprises data about 10,412 members of municipal councils and 3,026 members of municipal boards.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: E-mail

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

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

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD3593 Members of Municipal Councils and Municipal Boards 2017

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Variables containing information on the respondents' names, titles/occupations, dates of birth, and candidate numbers have been removed from the data.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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

Piipponen, Sirkka-Liisa (Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities): Members of Municipal Councils and Municipal Boards 2009 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2016-05-30). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2925

Deposit Requirement

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

Kuntademokratian ja -johtamisen tila valtuustokaudella 2009-2012 (2013). Toim. Piipponen, Sirkka-Liisa & Pekola-Sjöblom, Marianne. Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. Acta; 252.

Pikkala, Sari (2011). Parasta naisille? Kuntaliitokset ja naisten edustus kuntien johdossa. Helsinki: Kuntaliitto. Paras-ARTTU-ohjelman tutkimuksia no 7.

Tietoa Manner-Suomen kuntien hallituksista ja kuntajohtajista 2009-2012 (2011) [verkkodokumentti] Helsinki: Kuntaliitto. http://shop.kunnat.net/product_details.php?p=2621 [viitattu 1.6.2016].

Meriläinen, Jaakko and Tukiainen, Janne, Primary Effect in Open-List Election. VATT Institute for Economic Research Working Papers No. 79.

Meriläinen, Jaakko & Tukiainen, Janne (2021) The Advantage of Incumbents in Coalitional Bargaining. Aboa Centre for Economics. Discussion paper No. 137. Turku.