Summary information

Study title

Finnish Voter Barometer March 1992

Creator

Gallup Finland

Study number / PID

FSD1033 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1033 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd1033 (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

The survey studied the attitudes of the Finns towards different political parties. The respondents were asked how favourably or negatively they viewed the Centre Party of Finland, the Finnish Social Democratic Party, the National Coalition Party, the Left Alliance and the Green League. Views on government and opposition performance were evaluated. The respondents assessed the significance of party leaders and other opinion leaders to the parties. Voting behaviour was studied by asking how tempting it would be for the respondents to vote for different parties, what parties they might vote for and if the elections were held now, how would they vote. In addition, the respondents were asked whether they took care of everyday shopping or cooking in the household. Background variables included the respondent's year of birth, marital status, household annual gross income, place of residence, occupational group, line of work, trade union membership, and mother tongue.

Social sciencesPolitical behaviour and attitudes

ElectionsMunicipal electionsPolitical attitudesPolitical behaviourPolitical partiesPolitical supportVoting behaviour

Data collection period

27/03/1992 - 31/03/1992

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

2001

Terms of data access

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

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