FSD2499 Knowledge of Politics and Society 2008 Codebook FINNISH SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA ARCHIVE The bibliographic citation for this codebook: Knowledge of Politics and Society 2008 [codebook]. Finnish Social Science Data Archive [pro- ducer and distributor], 2018. This codebook has been generated from the version 3.0 (19.7.2018) 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 v36 @ 2020-03-05 10:26:06.698000 $ To the reader This codebook is part of the data FSD2499 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: Elo, Kimmo (University of Turku) & Rapeli, Lauri (University of Turku): Knowl- edge of Politics and Society 2008 [dataset]. Version 3.0 (2018-07-19). Finnish So- cial Science Data Archive [distributor]. http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2499 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 . .3 1.4 Use of data . .4 2 Variables 7 3 Indexes 155 3.1 Variables in the order of occurrence . 155 3.2 Variables in alphabetical order . 172 A Questionnaire in Finnish 189 i Chapter 1 Study description 1.1 Titles Titles and data version: Knowledge of Politics and Society 2008 Titles and data version in Finnish: Yhteiskuntatutkimus 2008 This codebook has been generated from the version 3.0 (19.7.2018) of the data. 1.2 Subject description Authoring entity Elo, Kimmo (University of Turku. Department of Political Science) Rapeli, Lauri (University of Turku. Department of Political Science) Copyright statement for the data In accordance with the agreement between FSD and the depositor. Depositor Elo, Kimmo (University of Turku. Department of Political Science) Date of deposit 24.11.2009 1 1. Study description Keywords Internet use; mass media use; political awareness; political interest; political participation; po- litical systems; voting Topic Classification Fields of Science Classification: Social sciences Other Classification: Government, political systems and organisations; Political behaviour and attitudes Series description The data belong to the series: Individual datasets Individual datasets that do not belong to any series. Abstract The survey charted political knowledge of the Finns, focusing on basic political concepts, the political systems of Finland and the EU, and Finnish national economy. Opinions on politics and democracy were also surveyed. The data were collected as part of the research project "Knowledge of Politics in International Comparison 2007-2010" at the University of Turku. The same questions were presented in other surveys conducted by the project: FSD2343 Knowledge of Politics and Society 2008: Turku Region Upper Secondary Schools 2007-2008 and FSD2344 Knowledge of Politics and Society 2008: Turku Region Vocational Institutions 2007-2008. The Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education and Culture provided funding for the project. First, opinions on politics were charted. The respondents were asked how interested they were in politics, how much information they had received from various sources (e.g. from educa- tional institutes at different levels, friends, home) to understand social and political issues, how close they felt to specific political parties or civic/voluntary organisations and on what grounds they made their party/candidate choice in elections. Further questions covered the perceived importance of voting in different elections, the respondent’s political and civic participation and participation methods. The respondents also rated how important they held a number of sources to be for obtaining political and social information (e.g. television, radio, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, events, contacts with decision-makers, personal communication). Tele- vision, radio, newspaper and Internet use was charted as well as reasons for using the Internet. Next, political knowledge and knowledge of the Finnish political system were studied. The respondents were asked to assess the level of their own political and social knowledge. A num- ber of questions explored knowledge on what the concepts of politics, democracy and politi- cal left and right entail. The respondents also graded the functionality of Finnish democracy and placed themselves on the left-right axis. Further questions investigated factual knowledge 2 1.3. Structure and collection of the data on Finnish constitution, proportional electoral system, electoral districts, functions of political parties, functions and powers of Parliament and the Prime Minister, parties represented in the coalition government and Parliament, elections, national incomes policy negotiations, etc. Knowledge on EU issues was charted by asking the respondents when Finland had become a member state, which countries were members in the EU or belonged to the euro zone, powers of the EU, to which EU institution representatives were elected by direct vote, how many votes Finland had in the Council of Ministers, how many members Finland had in the European Parliament, what were powers of the Parliament and the length of the electoral period. Knowledge on Finnish national economy was explored through questions on local taxation, state budget, impact of inflation on purchasing power, and state income tax. The categorised variables ending in letter l contain the distributions of correct answers to ques- tions examining the respondents’ knowledge. Background variables included the respondent’s gender, year of birth, municipality of residence, education, field of study if had university edu- cation, marital status, number of children, type of neighbourhood, economic activity and occu- pational status, type of employer, annual gross income of the household, and mother tongue. 1.3 Structure and collection of the data Country: Finland Geographic coverage: Finland Analysis or observation unit type: Individual Universe: Finnish citizens aged 18 or over living in Finland, excluding the Åland Islands Collection date: February 2008 – March 2008 Data collector(s): Taloustutkimus Mode of data collection: Face-to-face interview Type of research instrument: Structured questionnaire Time period covered: 2008 Time method of the data collection: Cross-section Number of variables and cases: The data contain 345 variables and 1020 cases. Sampling procedure: Probability: Stratified Quota sampling based on age, gender and municipality of residence. Interviews were conducted by using the starting point method. Five interviews were conducted from each randomly selected starting address. 3 1. Study description 1.4 Use of data Related publications Elo, Kimmo (2009). Asking Factual Knowledge Questions. Reliability in Web-based, Passive Sampling Surveys. Social Science Computer Review OnlineFirst, published on August 20, 2009. doi:10.1177/0894439309339306 Elo, Kimmo (2009). Kiinnostuksesta se kaikki lähtee... Havaintoja äänestysikää lähestyvien nuorten politiikkatietämyksestä. Kasvatus 40(1), 36-48. Elo, Kimmo (2009). Poliittinen tietämys ja puolueiden tulevaisuus. Teoksessa: Puolueiden tule- vaisuus (toim. Rauli Mickelsson), 65-95. Helsinki: Oikeusministeriö. - (Oikeusministeriön julka- isuja 2009: 6) Elo, Kimmo & Rapeli, Lauri (2008). Suomalaisten politiikkatietämys. Helsinki: Edita Prima. Oikeusministeriön julkaisuja 2008:6. Elo, Kimmo & Rapeli, Lauri