Aineiston nimi

Finnish Views on Democracy and Political Issues 2017: Swedish-Speaking Finns

Aineistonumero

FSD3227

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3227

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Lindell, Marina (Åbo Akademi University. Faculty of Social Sciences, Business and Economics)
• Taloustutkimus

Sisällön kuvaus

The study charted Swedish-speaking Finns' views on democracy, society and safety in Finland. The public opinion survey was part of the "Fate of Democracy" project led by think tank Magma. The study contained attitudinal statements that the respondents were asked to evaluate on a scale ranging from "Strongly agree" to "Strongly disagree". The themes of the survey included safety, Finland's EU membership, multiculturalism and minorities, and trust in democracy and traditional media.

First, the respondents' opinions regarding elections and the functionality of democracy were charted with questions pertaining to issues such as whether voters in parliamentary elections can truly impact politics, and if Finnish matters would be tended to better if decision-making was left to independent experts instead of politicians and citizens. It was also asked if the ability to make citizens' initiatives had improved democracy in Finland. Some questions pertained to cyber threats, terrorism and Russia, as well as the extent of the respondents' trust in "traditional" media rather than social media, for instance. The study also canvassed attitudes with regard to foreign and security policy, e.g. with questions concerning Nordic cooperation, NATO and the European Union. The final questions covered matters related to multiculturalism, corruption, language policy, and safety, and the respondents' attitudes toward immigrants and asylum seekers were examined.

Background variables included gender, age (categorised), education level and type of municipality of residence.

Asiasanat

corruption; cybercrime; defence and state security policy; democracy; immigration; mass media; minority groups; minority language users; political attitudes; representative democracy; terrorist threats; voting

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Migration (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Information society (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Media (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• International politics and organisations (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Conflict, security and peace (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Taloustutkimus

Ajallinen kattavuus

2017

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2017-02-07 – 2017-03-08

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Swedish-speaking persons aged 18 - 79 residing in Finland (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Quota

Taloustutkimus collected a survey sample representative of the Swedish-speaking population in Finland (n=500) in February and March 2017. The survey was conducted via computer-assisted telephone interviewing. The sample was picked from the population register.

Keruumenetelmä

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Havaintojen ja muuttujien lukumäärä

39 muuttujaa ja 500 havaintoa.

Datan versio

1.0

Katso myös

FSD3192 Finnish Views on Democracy and Political Issues 2017

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

Variable bv7 in the data includes more response alternatives than the questionnaire. Typing errors found in the questionnaire were not copied in the archived data.

To prevent identification, the following variables indicating postal codes and municipalities of residence were removed from the data: [samno], [postinumero], [kuntakoodi], [kunta].

An additional 'region of residence' variable was removed from the data as well as some rare mother tongues with no responses.

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

Lindell, Marina (Åbo Akademi University) & Taloustutkimus: Finnish Views on Democracy and Political Issues 2017: Swedish-Speaking Finns [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2018-06-15). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3227

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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Varaumat

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

Julkaisut aineistosta

Demokratins öde (2017) Toim. Forsgård, Nils Erik. Helsinki: Förlaget M