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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 Millennium Development Goals. The respondents were asked whether they considered development cooperation to be important, and why. The respondents who thought development cooperation was very or fairly important (q1 = 1 or 2, n=797) were asked why they considered it important. The question was open-ended but the responses have been classified into variables q2_1 - q2_21. Opinions on the most important goals, activities (e.g. education, health care, industry), and key geographical areas for Finnish development cooperation were charted. Familiarity with the UN Millennium Development Goals and views on the most important goals were surveyed. The respondents who were familiar with the UN Millennium Development Goals (q6 = 2, n= 219) were asked whether they can name one goal or more (q7_1 - q7_10). One topic pertained to the most important information sources on development cooperation issues. Some questions focused on development cooperation and its importance, the most important goals for Finland's development policy, and areas/activities in which Finland has something to give to developing countries. Views were probed on whether development cooperation increased international security, how Finland should support developing countries in climate change issues, and who should help developing countries to survive the global financial crisis (e.g. rich countries, EU countries, the private sector, every country should manage on its own). Some questions pertained to whether there was enough information available on development cooperation, development policy and developing countries, whether more information should be available on some topics, and how reliable public authorities, voluntary/civic organisations and the media were as sources of such information. The respondendents were asked to...