FSD2269 Finnish National Election Study 2007 Codebook FINNISH SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA ARCHIVE The bibliographic citation for this codebook: Finnish National Election Study 2007 [codebook]. Finnish Social Science Data Archive [pro- ducer and distributor], 2020. This codebook has been generated from the version 2.0 (12.7.2018) 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 15:59:46.201000 $ To the reader This codebook is part of the data FSD2269 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: Paloheimo, Heikki (University of Tampere): Finnish National Election Study 2007 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-12). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distrib- utor]. http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2269 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 215 3.1 Variables in the order of occurrence . 215 3.2 Variables in alphabetical order . 232 A Questionnaires in Finnish 247 B Questionnaires in Swedish 277 i Chapter 1 Study description 1.1 Titles Titles and data version: Finnish National Election Study 2007 Titles and data version in Finnish: Eduskuntavaalitutkimus 2007 Titles and data version in Swedish: Riksdagsvalundersökning 2007 This codebook has been generated from the version 2.0 (12.7.2018) of the data. 1.2 Subject description Other material The website of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) research project1 Authoring entity Paloheimo, Heikki (University of Tampere. Department of Political Science and International Relations) The members of the Political Participation and Modes of Democracy: Finland in a Compara- tive Perspective research group: Åsa Bengtsson (Åbo Akademi University), Sami Borg (Uni- versity of Tampere. Finnish Social Science Data Archive), Kimmo Grönlund (Åbo Akademi University, Vaasa), Lauri Karvonen (Åbo Akademi University), Mikko Mattila (University of Helsinki), Tom Moring (University of Helsinki), Kim Strandberg (Åbo Akademi University, Vaasa), Jan Sundberg (University of Helsinki), Hanna Wass (University of Helsinki) and Tuomo Turja (Taloustutkimus) and Risto Sänkiaho (University of Tampere). 1https://cses.org/ 1 1. Study description Copyright statement for the data In accordance with the agreement between FSD and the depositor. Depositor Paloheimo, Heikki (University of Tampere. Department of Political Science and International Relations) Date of deposit 20.6.2007 Keywords election campaigns; elections; Internet; parliamentary candidates; parliamentary elections; party identification; political allegiance; political attitudes; political awareness; political influence; political interest; political participation; political support; voting 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 consists of two parts which were collected after the 2007 parliamentary elections in Finland with the help of face-to-face interviews and a supplementary, self-administered ques- tionnaire. Swedish-speaking population is over-represented in the data. The interview data form 2 1.2. Subject description Finland’s contribution to the international Comparative Study of Electoral Systems program (CSES). The respondents were asked about their interest in politics and how much they had followed the elections in different media. Their views were canvassed on which group they primarily identified with, self-perceived social status, how stable their party preference was, and what they would be willing to do in order to promote the issues they considered important. Views on voting, participating in parliamentary elections, politics, politicians, and various institutions were queried with the help of attitudinal statements. The respondents were also asked questions about the Internet and the ways of using it as a means of political participation. Next, the respondents were asked whether they had held any municipal elected offices, and whether they were members of any political party. They were also asked to name objectives which the recently elected members of parliament in their constituency should focus on, and also to name the most important issues debated during the past parliamentary elections as well as the most severe social problems in Finland. The respondents were asked whether they thought voting makes any difference, and whether it makes any difference who is in power. They were also asked to assess the performance of the previous government led by Matti Vanhanen. In addition, the respondents were asked to place various political parties as well as Matti Vanhanen, Eero Heinäluoma, Jyrki Katainen, and themselves on the left-right axis. Some questions focused on how the parties had distinguished themselves from each other during the elections, to what extent the respondents had followed election campaigning, and how well democracy worked in Finland. In addition, the respondents were asked whether they had voted in the 2007 parliamentary elec- tions, which party they had voted or would have voted for, and whether there was a party in the past elections they would have never considered voting for. If the respondents had not voted, they were asked about their reasons for abstaining from voting. Those who had cast a vote were asked what their voting decision was based on, whether they had voted for a candidate of their own gender, how old their candidate was, and whether they had voted in the 2003 parliamen- tary elections. Finally, the respondents were presented with some questions measuring their knowledge of political issues. The supplementary, self-administered questionnaire charted the importance of issues and objec- tives debated during the elections for the respondents. The respondents were also presented with a set of attitudinal statements on redundancies, growing income disparity, and building a sixth nuclear power plant in Finland. In addition, they were asked about different sources where they had received information relevant to their voting decision, and presented with general questions and statements pertaining to voting, Finland’s international relations and politics. Membership in various groups was canvassed, as well as how often the respondents discussed political issues with other people and what they would think if it were possible to vote online on the issues debated in the Parliament. The respondents expressed their views on the significance of party leaders for