Summary information
Study title
EVA Survey on Finnish Values and Attitudes 2016
Creator
Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA)
Study number / PID
FSD3093 (FSD)
urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3093 (URN)
10.60686/t-fsd3093 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
EVA Surveys on Finnish Values and Attitudes
Since 1984, the Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA) has conducted surveys studying changes in Finnish attitudes, values, and perceptions of the present and the future. For related studies, see the Finnish EU Attitudes 1992-2012 series. Since 2013, EVA has not distinguished between national value and attitude surveys and EU attitude surveys. From 2018 onwards, the EVA Surveys on Finnish Values and Attitudes have been consistently biannual. The series aims at measuring and analysing citizens' views on Finnish society. The data allow a detailed empirical analysis and systematic follow-up...
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The main themes of the survey included differences between population groups, the so-called local labour agreements (increased freedom and flexibility for employers and employees to agree on the terms of employment locally), economic decline in Finland, globalisation, Finnish foreign policy, the EU and eurozone, and civic participation. First, the respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with a large number of statements relating to, for instance, political parties and the political system, globalisation, employment, trade unions and strikes, economic growth and markets, taxation, changes in society, immigration and refugees, Finland's foreign relations, terrorism, the EU and the eurozone, and NATO membership. The respondents were asked how strong they thought tensions/conflicts between different groups were (e.g. employers - employees, the rich - the poor, the highly-educated - the poorly-educated, native Finns - immigrants). Happiness with life was investigated. Relating to the discussion about increasing the flexibility of labour agreements, the respondents were asked where the agreements about various work-related issues, such as wages and working time, should be made (at the level of the workplace, at the union level or at the national level). Opinions on the barriers to the improvement of the Finnish economy were charted. The respondents' international connections and relations were examined by asking, for instance, whether the respondents had ever been abroad, whether they personally knew any foreigners living in Finland, and whether they spoke foreign languages. The potential future developments of the EU and the EMU that the respondents hoped to see happen in the following 10 years were surveyed (e.g. dissolution of the EU, Finland quitting the euro, the development of the EU into a federation). Relating to Finland's foreign policy, the respondents were asked how much weight should be given to different issues (e.g. fight against terrorism,...
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Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
08/01/2016 - 19/01/2016
Country
Finland
Time dimension
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Analysis unit
Individual
Universe
People aged between 18 and 70 living in Finland
Excludes: the Åland Islands
Sampling procedure
Probability: Multistage
Kind of data
Quantitative
Data collection mode
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)
Access
Publisher
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Publication year
2016
Terms of data access
The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.
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