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The survey charted Finnish opinions on and knowledge of the country's development cooperation, its importance, content, objectives, and allocation. Some questions focused on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030). The data were collected as part of Taloustutkimus's national CAPI Omnibus study. The respondents were asked to name things that they believed were achieved by development aid, how important they regarded development cooperation to be, and to what extent they agreed with a number of statements relating to development cooperation (e.g. "With the help of development cooperation millions of people have access to a better standard of living"). Familiarity with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030) was surveyed as well as views on the most important Sustainable Development Goals. Views were charted on the significance of development cooperation in alleviating poverty and improving the lives of people in developing countries. Knowledge of the refugee crisis was studied by asking if the respondents knew which country had the most refugees per capita, and what proportion of refugees were living in other developing countries. Views were studied on whether development cooperation could prevent refugee crisis from happening by helping people in their own country, and how the respondents' believed this could be achieved (e.g. military intervention, humanitarian aid). With regard to development cooperation by Finland, opinions were studied on the importance of Finnish humanitarian aid, significance of Finland's achievements in development policy, the most important forms of development cooperation for Finland (e.g. bilateral, multilateral, cooperation through the EU). The respondents' factual knowledge was charted by asking how much the respondents thought Finland was going to spend on development cooperation in 2016 (as percentage of the GNI and in euros). The respondents were asked whether Finland should increase or decrease the amount...