Summary information

Study title

EVA Survey on Finnish Values and Attitudes 1988

Creator

Centre for Finnish Business and Policy Studies (EVA)
Yhdyskuntatutkimus

Study number / PID

FSD1081 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1081 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd1081 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

EVA Surveys on Finnish Values and Attitudes

Since 1984, the Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA) has conducted surveys studying changes in Finnish attitudes, values, and perceptions of the present and the future. For related studies, see the Finnish EU Attitudes 1992-2012 series. Since 2013, EVA has not distinguished between national value and attitude surveys and EU attitude surveys. From 2018 onwards, the EVA Surveys on Finnish Values and Attitudes have been consistently biannual. The series aims at measuring and analysing citizens' views on Finnish society. The data allow a detailed empirical analysis and systematic follow-up...

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Abstract

The survey canvassed Finnish citizens' attitudes and values. Themes included education, upbringing, internationalisation, and attitudes towards entrepreneurship, privatisation, and structural change. The respondents' views on economic growth, environmental issues, technology, political system, and the exercise of power were also probed. Background variables included the respondent's sex, age, marital status, size of the place of residence, province of residence, occupational group, basic and vocational training, trade union membership, sector of occupation, participation in various organisations and associations, party for which R will vote in the next parliamentary elections, and social class.

Methodology

Data collection period

01/09/1988 - 02/11/1988

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Finnish population aged 18 - 70

Excludes: the Åland Islands

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2002

Terms of data access

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

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