Summary information

Study title

Finnish Attitudes towards Alcohol 2012

Creator

SOSTE Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health

Study number / PID

FSD2847 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2847 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd2847 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Finnish Attitudes towards Alcohol

Finnish Attitudes towards Alcohol surveys, conducted every two years by SOSTE Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health, chart the opinions of Finns aged 15-79 on alcohol use and alcohol policy. Until 2010, the surveys were carried out by the Finnish Centre for Health and Welfare (Tekry ry). The first survey was conducted in 2006. Views have been studied on, among others, Finnish drinking culture, alcohol taxation, drink drive limits, alcohol advertising, and regulation of alcohol purchase and consumption. The data are collected by telephone interviews. The FSD collections cover data...

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Abstract

The survey charted Finnish attitudes towards alcohol consumption and various alcohol political measures with the help of 14 questions. Questions covered, for example, views on the level of alcohol consumption in Finland, attitudes of Finns towards alcohol use, alcohol duty, sale of alcohol, drink driving limit, alcohol advertising, participation of alcohol industry in preparing alcohol-related laws and acts, and insecurity caused by the behaviour of drunk people. Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, age, education, economic activity and occupational status, household composition, economic activity and occupational status of the household head, employment status, household size, gross annual income of the household, party choice in the previous parliamentary elections as well as region and major region of residence.

Methodology

Data collection period

04/2012

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Finnish people aged 15 - 79 living in Finland

Excludes: the Åland Islands

Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Telephone interview

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2014

Terms of data access

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