Study title

European Parliamentary Elections 2014: Candidate Responses to Helsingin Sanomat Candidate Selector

Dataset ID Number

FSD3030

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3030

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Mäkinen, Esa (Helsingin Sanomat. Data journalism)

Abstract

This dataset consists of responses by Finnish candidates in the 2014 European Parliament election to a voting advice application maintained by the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. The candidates were presented with thirty attitudinal statements which they evaluated on a five-point Likert scale. These statements concerned, for instance, EU membership and the Union's usefulness for Finland, immigration, economy, and values.

Background variables included party, age and education.

Keywords

European Parliament; European Parliament candidates; European Parliament elections; elections; parliamentary candidates; political attitudes; voting advice applications

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Helsingin Sanomat

Time Period Covered

2014

Collection Dates

2014-04 – 2014-05

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finland's candidates in the 2014 European Parliament election

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

All Finnish candidates in the 2014 European Parliament election were sent a request to provide their responses for the voting advice application.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

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.

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Data Version

2.0

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

Mäkinen, Esa (Helsingin Sanomat): European Parliamentary Elections 2014: Candidate Responses to Helsingin Sanomat Candidate Selector [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-08-16). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3030

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

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