Summary information

Study title

Finnish Voter Barometer January 1999

Creator

Gallup Finland

Study number / PID

FSD1038 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1038 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd1038 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Finnish Voter Barometers

The Finnish Voter Barometer surveys are commissioned by the major parties in the Parliament. In election years, other sponsors have also been involved. Up till 1988, the surveys were planned by Gallup Finland (TNS Gallup Ltd, Kantar) and the Department of Political and Economic Studies at the University of Helsinki in collaboration with the political parties. After 1988, the planning has been in the hands of Gallup Finland and the parties. From 1973 to 1990, the annual voter barometers were collected mainly with face-to-face interviews using structured questionnaires, 1000-2000...

Abstract

In the survey, the Finns' attitudes towards the various political parties were under observation. The respondents were asked how favourably or negatively they view the Centre Party of Finland, the Finnish Social Democratic Party, the National Coalition Party, the Left Alliance, and the Green League. In addition, a host of attributes were listed, and the respondents were asked to which party they could be applied. The respondents were also asked how well or badly the government has succeeded in its tasks, and what party they would like to see to win the parliamentary elections. Voting behaviour was studied by asking what party or group they would vote for if the elections were held now, what would be the second best choice, and for whom did they vote in the 1995 parliamentary elections and in the 1996 municipal elections. The respondents were also asked which is more important, the party or the candidate, when making the voting decision in the forthcoming parliamentary elections of March 1999, whether they were going to vote in advance or on the election day, and how sure they were of their choice. In addition, the respondents were asked whether they took care of buying groceries or cooking in the household. Background variables included the respondent's year of birth, marital status, annual income before taxes, place of residence, professional group, field of activities, membership in a trade union, and mother tongue.

Social sciencesPolitical behaviour and attitudes

ElectionsMunicipal electionsParliamentary electionsVotingPolitical behaviourPolitical attitudesPolitical parties

Data collection period

27/01/1999 - 31/01/1999

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Population of Finland aged 15-70 years

Excludes: the Åland Islands

Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2000

Terms of data access

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

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