Summary information

Study title

Finnish Voter Barometer 1979

Creator

Gallup Finland

University of Helsinki. Department of Political Science

Study number / PID

FSD1006 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1006 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd1006 (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 variables describe the following: voting patterns, party affiliation, voting in the parliamentary elections, difficulty in choosing party and candidate, household's economical position, conceptions of economical situation in general, employment and government, attitude towards politics, opinions on parties, assessment of the agreement reached through collective bargaining, opinions on taxation, energy policy and protection of the environment, municipal elections, things that need developing in one's municipality, and membership in organisations. Some variables are connected with the interview situation and the social structure of the sample.

Social sciencesPolitical behaviour and attitudes

Elections (ELSST)Parliamentary elections (ELSST)Municipal electionsVoting (ELSST)Political behaviour (ELSST)Political attitudes (ELSST)

Data collection period

11/1979

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Finnish population aged 18 or over

Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

1999

Terms of data access

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

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