FSD2653 Finnish National Election Study 2011 Codebook
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FSD2653 Finnish National Election Study 2011 Codebook FINNISH SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA ARCHIVE The bibliographic citation for this codebook: Finnish National Election Study 2011 [codebook]. Finnish Social Science Data Archive [pro- ducer and distributor], 2020. This codebook has been generated from the version 4.0 (28.10.2020) of the data. Finnish Social Science Data Archive FIN-33014 University of Tampere FSD User Services: asiakaspalvelu.fsd@uta.fi +358 40 190 1442 Aila Data Service Portal: https://services.fsd.uta.fi/ Finnish Social Science Data Archive http://www.fsd.uta.fi/en/ $ Koodikirjoitin.py v37 @ 2020-11-10 16:04:38.424000 $ To the reader This codebook is part of the data FSD2653 archived at the FSD (Finnish Social Science Data Archive).The dataset has been described in as much detail as possible in Finnish and English. Variable frequencies, variable and value labels, and missing values have been checked. If neces- sary, the data have been anonymised. The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication. The bibliographic citation suggested by the archive: Borg, Sami (University of Tampere) & Grönlund, Kimmo (Åbo Akademi Uni- versity): Finnish National Election Study 2011 [dataset]. Version 4.0 (2020-10- 28). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T- FSD2653 The user shall notify the archive of all publications where she or he has used the data. The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data. The codebook contains information on data content, structure and data collection, and includes a list of publications wholly or in part based on the data, according to publication informa- tion received by the FSD. The second part of the codebook contains information on variables: question texts, response options, and frequencies. The third part contains indexes. Variable distributions presented in this codebook have been generated from the SPSS files. Dis- tribution tables present variable values, frequencies (n), frequency percentages (%), and valid percentages (v. %) which take into account missing data. All distributions are unweighted. If the data contain weight variables, these will be found at the end of the variables list. In some cases frequency distributions have been substituted by descriptive statistics. Categorised responses to open-ended questions are not always included in the codebook. Distributions may contain missing data. The note "System missing (SYSMIS)" refers to missing observations (e.g. a re- spondent has not answered all questions) whereas "Missing (User missing)" refers to data the user has defined as missing. For example, the user may decide to code answer alternatives ’don’t want to say’ or ’can’t say’ as missing data. The codebook may contain attached files, the most common one being the questionnaire. Contents 1 Study description 1 1.1 Titles . .1 1.2 Subject description . .1 1.3 Structure and collection of the data . .4 1.4 Use of data . .5 2 Variables 13 3 Indexes 263 3.1 Variables in the order of occurrence . 263 3.2 Variables in alphabetical order . 286 A Questionnaires in Finnish 309 B Questionnaires in Swedish 347 C Abbreviations of Finnish Political Parties 385 i Chapter 1 Study description 1.1 Titles Titles and data version: Finnish National Election Study 2011 Titles and data version in Finnish: Eduskuntavaalitutkimus 2011 This codebook has been generated from the version 4.0 (28.10.2020) of the data. 1.2 Subject description Other material Website of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)1 Authoring entity Borg, Sami (University of Tampere. Finnish Social Science Data Archive) Grönlund, Kimmo (Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Institute) Following members of the election study consortium participated in questionnaire design: Åsa Bengtsson (Åbo Akademi University), Kimmo Elo (University of Turku), Anne Maria Holli (University of Helsinki), Tapio Häyhtiö (University of Turku. School of Economics), Lauri Karvonen (Åbo Akademi University), Mikko Mattila (University of Helsinki), Tom Moring (Swedish School of Social Science), Heikki Paloheimo (University of Tampere), Lauri Rapeli (University of Turku), Jarmo Rinne (University of Tampere), Kim Strandberg (Åbo Akademi University), Peter Söderlund (Åbo Akademi University) ja Hanna Wass (University of Helsinki). Copyright statement for the data In accordance with the agreement between FSD and the depositor. 1https://cses.org/ 1 1. Study description Depositor Borg, Sami (Finnish Social Science Data Archive) Date of deposit 21.6.2011 Keywords election campaigns; elections; Internet; parliamentary candidates; parliamentary elections; party identification; personality traits; political allegiance; political attitudes; political awareness; po- litical influence; political interest; political leaders; political participation; political support; trust; voting; voting advice applications Topic Classification Fields of Science Classification: Social sciences CESSDA Classification: Elections; Political behaviour and attitudes Series description The data belong to the series: Finnish National Election Studies Finnish National Election Studies are nationally representative surveys conducted in connection with parliamentary elections in Finland. Data have been collected by the Election Study Con- sortium from the year 2003 onwards. More information in the Finnish Election Study Portal. The data, collected through face-to-face interviews and self-administered questionnaires, allow study of changes in public opinion and democracy over time. Some modules are repeated but each study also contains questions on current issues. Main themes include political participa- tion, political attitudes, candidate and party choice, voting, and election campaigning. Abstract The survey focused on the 2011 parliamentary elections in Finland. Main themes included political participation, political attitudes, party support, candidate and party choice and vot- ing behaviour. Data were collected after the elections through face-to-face interviews and a self-administered drop-off questionnaire. The interview data contain Finland’s contribution to the international CSES study. The same CSES module was fielded in Finland in 2007 (see FSD2269). 2 1.2. Subject description First questions covered interest in politics, attention to media coverage of the elections (in- cluding social media), Internet use frequency, willingness to discuss politics with others, party identification and self-perceived social class. The respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with some statements relating to voting, democracy, holding referendums and tolerance of people with different values or views. Willingness to influence things by own activity (for instance, by participating in a demonstration or joining a consumer boycott) was charted. Fur- ther questions covered membership in a political party, participation in election campaign work and opinions on whom a MP should represent. The survey also carried a set of attitudinal state- ments on voting, politics, political parties, politicians and public political influence. For instance ’I have no say in what the government and parliament decide’ or ’By voting people can have a say how things are run’. The CSES module explored what issues had been important to the respondents in these elec- tions, what they thought were the most important political problems facing Finland and whether it made a difference who was in power or who people voted for. Views were probed on govern- ment performance, political parties, political leaders and whether any party or political leader represented R’s views well. The respondents were asked to place themselves, the parties and party leaders on a left-right axis. Questions also covered differences between parties, the extent to which the respondents had followed election campaigning, satisfaction with democracy in Finland and whether they felt close to any party. Voting behaviour was studied with questions on whether the respondents had voted, the candidate of which party they had voted for, whether they had considered voting for a candidate of any other party and if yes, which party, whether they had voted in the previous parliamentary elections and which party they voted for. Finally, the respondents’ factual knowledge was tested with a few questions. Non-voters were asked why they had not voted and how self-evident not voting had been to them. Those who had voted for the True Finns were asked to what extent a number of issues had influenced their decision to vote for a candidate of that party and what had been the main reason. All those who had voted were asked what had influenced their choice of party, to what extent various issues had influenced their candidate choice, whether they had voted for the same candidate before and when had they decided whom and which party to vote for. One question explored how the respondents wanted MPs to vote in Parliament in cases where there was a conflict of opinion between them, their party or their voters. One theme pertained to trust in government and other institutions, groups and people. The self-administered questionnaire surveyed what issues had been decisive for the respon- dents’ party choice in the elections, opinions on what kind of policies Finland should focus on