Summary information

Study title

Finnish Opinions on Security Policy and National Defence 2000: Autumn

Creator

Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI)

Study number / PID

FSD1173 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1173 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd1173 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Finnish Opinions on Security Policy and National Defence

The Finnish Opinions on Security Policy and National Defence series includes all surveys conducted by the Advisory Board for Defence Information (ABDI). Their focus is on security policy, foreign policy and national defence. The FSD collections cover data from 1992 onwards. The surveys contain a set of core questions repeated over the years.

Abstract

In the survey, Finnish citizens' views on, for example, participation in peace-keeping and peace enforcing operations, and how well the country has succeeded in its foreign policy. Views on Finland's participation in crisis management operations of the EU, military alliances, and Finnish Defence Forces funding were studied. Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, age, economic activity, education level, household gross income, number of household members, household composition, region and province of residence, which political party the respondent would vote for if the parliamentary elections were held at that time, and which party had voted for in the 1999 parliamentary elections.

Methodology

Data collection period

18/10/2000 - 16/11/2000

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Finns aged 15 or over

Excludes: the Åland Islands

Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2001

Terms of data access

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

Related publications

  • Alho, Olli T. (2002). Suomalaisten turvallisuuspoliittisten mielipiteiden kehitys 1990-luvulla. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. Yleisen valtio-opin kansainvälisen politiikan suuntautumisvaihtoehdon pro gradu ­tutkielma.