FSD_NO FSD study number Type Numeric FSD_VR FSD edition number Type Numeric FSD_PRO FSD processing level 1 A (see codebook) 2 B (see codebook) 3 C (dataset has not been checked at FSD) FSD_ID FSD case id Type Numeric 1 of 210
A1 Face-to-face interview number Type Numeric A2 Interviewer id Type Numeric A3 Interviewer gender 1 Male 2 Female A4_1 Date of the interview: month Type Numeric A4_2 Date of the interview: day Type Numeric 2 of 210
K1 How interested are you in politics? 1 Very interested 2 Somewhat interested 3 Not very interested 4 Not at all interested (spontaneous) K2_1 How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections from different media outlets? Television debates and party leader interviews 1 A great deal of attention 2 A fair amount of attention 3 Only a little 4 Paid no attention at all (SPONTANEOUS) K2_2 How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections from different media outlets? Television news and current affairs programmes 1 A great deal of attention 2 A fair amount of attention 3 Only a little 4 Paid no attention at all (SPONTANEOUS) 3 of 210
K2_3 How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections from different media outlets? Television entertainment programmes featuring politicians 1 A great deal of attention 2 A fair amount of attention 3 Only a little 4 Paid no attention at all (SPONTANEOUS) K2_4 How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections from different media outlets? Radio programmes 1 A great deal of attention 2 A fair amount of attention 3 Only a little 4 Paid no attention at all (SPONTANEOUS) K2_5 How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections from different media outlets? Newspaper articles 1 A great deal of attention 2 A fair amount of attention 3 Only a little 4 Paid no attention at all (SPONTANEOUS) 4 of 210
K2_6 How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections from different media outlets? Web news covering elections 1 A great deal of attention 2 A fair amount of attention 3 Only a little 4 Paid no attention at all (SPONTANEOUS) K2_7 How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections from different media outlets? Web sites of the candidates and political parties 1 A great deal of attention 2 A fair amount of attention 3 Only a little 4 Paid no attention at all (SPONTANEOUS) K2_8 How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections from different media outlets? Online diaries and blogs 1 A great deal of attention 2 A fair amount of attention 3 Only a little 4 Paid no attention at all (SPONTANEOUS) 5 of 210
K2_9 How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections from different media outlets? Candidate selectors on the Internet 1 A great deal of attention 2 A fair amount of attention 3 Only a little 4 Paid no attention at all (SPONTANEOUS) K2_10 How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections from different media outlets? Television advertisements 1 A great deal of attention 2 A fair amount of attention 3 Only a little 4 Paid no attention at all (SPONTANEOUS) K2_11 How much attention did you pay to media coverage of the parliamentary elections from different media outlets? Newspaper advertisements 1 A great deal of attention 2 A fair amount of attention 3 Only a little 4 Paid no attention at all (SPONTANEOUS) 6 of 210
K3 How stable is your political party identification? 1 Completely stable 2 Fairly stable 3 Not very stable 4 Not at all stable (SPONTANEOUS) K4 Which of the following groups would you say you belong to? 1 Finns in general 2 Finnish-speaking Finns 3 Swedish-speaking Finns 4 Other ethnic or linguistic group (SPONTANEOUS) K5 Which social class would you say you belong to? 1 Working class 2 Lower middle class 3 Middle class 4 Upper middle class 5 Upper class 6 No class 7 Can't say 7 of 210
K6 How many different political parties have you voted for in parliamentary elections so far? 1 Have always voted for candidates of one party 2 Have voted for candidates of two or three different parties 3 Have voted for candidates of four or more parties 4 Have never voted (SPONTANEOUS) K7_1 Before the last parliamentary election, four general elections had been organised in Finland in the 21st century. In which of these elections did you vote? Parliamentary elections in 2003 1 Did not vote 2 Voted 3 No right to vote (no franchise) 4 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) K7_2 Before the last parliamentary election, four general elections had been organised in Finland in the 21st century. In which of these elections did you vote? European parliament elections in 2004 1 Did not vote 2 Voted 3 No right to vote (no franchise) 4 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) 8 of 210
K7_3 Before the last parliamentary election, four general elections had been organised in Finland in the 21st century. In which of these elections did you vote? Municipal elections (local elections) in 2004 1 Did not vote 2 Voted 3 No right to vote (no franchise) 4 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) K7_4 Before the last parliamentary election, four general elections had been organised in Finland in the 21st century. In which of these elections did you vote? Presidential elections in 2006, first round 1 Did not vote 2 Voted 3 No right to vote (no franchise) 4 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) K7_5 Before the last parliamentary election, four general elections had been organised in Finland in the 21st century. In which of these elections did you vote? Presidential elections in 2006, second round 1 Did not vote 2 Voted 3 No right to vote (no franchise) 4 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) 9 of 210
K8_1 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? I think voting is a civic duty 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K8_2 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? It is people's own business whether they want to use their right to vote or not 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K8_3 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Democracy may have its problems but it is better than any other form of government 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree 10 of 210
K8_4 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Important national issues should more often be decided in a referendum 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K8_5 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? To support representative democracy, public debates on policy issues should be organised for ordinary people 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K8_6 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? I myself would like to attend public debates organised for ordinary people 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree 11 of 210
K8_7 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? It is important to me that my party has a real chance of getting a candidate elected to Parliament in my constituency 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K8_8 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? It is important to me that my candidate has a real chance of getting elected to Parliament 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K8_9 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? The MPs of my constituency do not have enough say in what the Government and Parliament decide 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree 12 of 210
K8_10 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Electoral alliances should not be allowed in parliamentary elections 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K9_1 Several forms of social engagement are listed below. Which of the following have you done in the last four years, or could do, if you felt very strongly about an issue? Write a letter to the editor 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say K9_2 Several forms of social engagement are listed below. Which of the following have you done in the last four years, or could do, if you felt very strongly about an issue? Contact political decision-makers on an issue 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say 13 of 210
K9_3 Several forms of social engagement are listed below. Which of the following have you done in the last four years, or could do, if you felt very strongly about an issue? Sign a petition 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say K9_4 Several forms of social engagement are listed below. Which of the following have you done in the last four years, or could do, if you felt very strongly about an issue? Involve myself in the activities of a political party 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say K9_5 Several forms of social engagement are listed below. Which of the following have you done in the last four years, or could do, if you felt very strongly about an issue? Involve myself in the activities of some other voluntary/civic organisation 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say 14 of 210
K9_6 Several forms of social engagement are listed below. Which of the following have you done in the last four years, or could do, if you felt very strongly about an issue? Try to enhance environmental protection through my consumer choices 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say K9_7 Several forms of social engagement are listed below. Which of the following have you done in the last four years, or could do, if you felt very strongly about an issue? Try to influence political or social issues through my consumer choices 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say K9_8 Several forms of social engagement are listed below. Which of the following have you done in the last four years, or could do, if you felt very strongly about an issue? Join a consumer boycott 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say 15 of 210
K9_9 Several forms of social engagement are listed below. Which of the following have you done in the last four years, or could do, if you felt very strongly about an issue? Participate in peaceful demonstrations 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say K9_10 Several forms of social engagement are listed below. Which of the following have you done in the last four years, or could do, if you felt very strongly about an issue? Demonstrate civil disobedience by participating in illegal, nonviolent activities 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say K9_11 Several forms of social engagement are listed below. Which of the following have you done in the last four years, or could do, if you felt very strongly about an issue? Participate in the kind of demonstrations that have previously involved violence 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say 16 of 210
K9_12 Several forms of social engagement are listed below. Which of the following have you done in the last four years, or could do, if you felt very strongly about an issue? Use violence to reach political goals 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say K10_1 The internet and e-mail have opened new avenues for political activity and information seeking. Which of the following things have you done online in the past four year, or might do in the future? Sign a petition 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say K10_2 The internet and e-mail have opened new avenues for political activity and information seeking. Which of the following things have you done online in the past four year, or might do in the future? Contact political decisionmakers 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say 17 of 210
K10_3 The internet and e-mail have opened new avenues for political activity and information seeking. Which of the following things have you done online in the past four year, or might do in the future? Discuss politics 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say K10_4 The internet and e-mail have opened new avenues for political activity and information seeking. Which of the following things have you done online in the past four year, or might do in the future? Discuss other issues 1 Have done over the past four years 2 Have not done but might do 3 Would not do under any circumstances 4 Can't say K11 How often do you use the Internet? 1 Daily 2 A few times a week 3 About once a week 4 Occasionally 5 Not at all 18 of 210
K12 Are you at present or have you ever been an elected official in a municipal body? 1 Yes, at present 2 Not at present but have been previously 3 No, have never been 4 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) K13 Are you a member of any political party? 1 Yes 2 No but have been previously 3 Have never been a member of any party K14 Have you ever participated in the work of the support group of a candidate in parliamentary elections? 1 Yes, in these elections 2 Not in these elections but have previously 3 No, never K16_1 What kind of goals should members of parliament primarily promote? 1 Goals set by their own party 2 Goals they themselves see as most important 3 Goals important to their constituency 19 of 210
4 Goals of their voters (SPONTANEOUS) K16_2 What kind of goals should members of parliament secondarily promote? 1 Goals set by their own party 2 Goals they themselves see as most important 3 Goals important to their constituency 4 Goals of their voters (SPONTANEOUS) K17_1 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Voting is the only way in which ordinary people can have a say about how things are run 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K17_2 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Those elected to Parliament soon lose touch with problems of ordinary people 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 20 of 210
4 Strongly disagree K17_3 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Politicians are not interested in the opinions of ordinary people 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K17_4 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? I have no say in what the government and parliament decide 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K17_5 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Through political parties, citizens' opinions will be taken into consideration in decision-making 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 21 of 210
4 Strongly disagree K17_6 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Political parties are only interested in people's votes, not in their opinions 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K17_7 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Sometimes politics seems so complicated that I can't really understand what is going on 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K17_8 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? By voting people can have a say in how things are run 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 22 of 210
4 Strongly disagree K17_9 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? It doesn't really matter which parties form the government, policy decisions will be the same 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K17_10 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Electoral alliances between parties are good because they make it easier for small parties to reach parliament 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K17_11 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? The coalition government should consist of either right-wing or left-wing parties 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 23 of 210
4 Strongly disagree K17_12 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Parties should have announced clearly during the election campaign which parties they are willing to form a coalition government with 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree K17_13 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Personalisation of politics is mainly a good thing 1 Strongly agree 2 Agree 3 Disagree 4 Strongly disagree Q1AL_1 What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -1 (Classified) Type Numeric 24 of 210
Q1AL_2 What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -2 (Classified) Type Numeric Q1AL_3 What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -3 (Classified) 1 Pensioner issues/pensions 2 Taxation of pensioners, subsistence 3 Health care resources/labour shortage/working conditions 4 Social and health care in general 5 Wage level in health care 6 Care of the elderly 7 Status of family caregivers, home care 8 Mental health care 9 Employment/unemployment 10 Special issues of labour policy 11 Circumstances of and support for families with children 12 Education 13 Taxation/tax policy 14 Amending individual taxes, tax deductions 15 Maintaining welfare/the welfare state, social policy 16 Special issues of welfare/social policy 17 Low income/poverty issues 18 Growth of income disparity 19 Social security 25 of 210
20 Circumstances of students 21 Raising student grants/subsistence of students 22 Energy policy 23 Nuclear power 24 Climate/climate change, natural disasters 25 Nature conservation/environmental issues 26 Traffic policy 27 Housing policy, rents 28 Regional policy 29 Municipal policy/issues 30 Agricultural issues 31 Entrepreneur issues, prerequisites for entrepreneurship 32 Fairer wages 33 Worker issues, worker welfare 34 Equality 35 Circumstances/issues of minorities/special groups 36 Immigration policy 37 Finnishness, Finland for the Finns 38 Economy/economic policy 39 Development of Finland in general 40 NATO 41 Foreign and security policy 42 The EU 43 Peace 44 Swedish language 45 Government coalition and who will be prime minister 46 Other issues connected to elections and voting 47 Values, morals 996 Something else 26 of 210
997 Refused to say 998 Can't say 999 Missing Q1AL_4 What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -4 (Classified) 1 Pensioner issues/pensions 2 Taxation of pensioners, subsistence 3 Health care resources/labour shortage/working conditions 4 Social and health care in general 5 Wage level in health care 6 Care of the elderly 7 Status of family caregivers, home care 8 Mental health care 9 Employment/unemployment 10 Special issues of labour policy 11 Circumstances of and support for families with children 12 Education 13 Taxation/tax policy 14 Amending individual taxes, tax deductions 15 Maintaining welfare/the welfare state, social policy 16 Special issues of welfare/social policy 17 Low income/poverty issues 18 Growth of income disparity 19 Social security 20 Circumstances of students 21 Raising student grants/subsistence of students 27 of 210
22 Energy policy 23 Nuclear power 24 Climate/climate change, natural disasters 25 Nature conservation/environmental issues 26 Traffic policy 27 Housing policy, rents 28 Regional policy 29 Municipal policy/issues 30 Agricultural issues 31 Entrepreneur issues, prerequisites for entrepreneurship 32 Fairer wages 33 Worker issues, worker welfare 34 Equality 35 Circumstances/issues of minorities/special groups 36 Immigration policy 37 Finnishness, Finland for the Finns 38 Economy/economic policy 39 Development of Finland in general 40 NATO 41 Foreign and security policy 42 The EU 43 Peace 44 Swedish language 45 Government coalition and who will be prime minister 46 Other issues connected to elections and voting 47 Values, morals 996 Something else 997 Refused to say 998 Can't say 28 of 210
999 Missing Q1AL_5 What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -5 (Classified) 1 Pensioner issues/pensions 2 Taxation of pensioners, subsistence 3 Health care resources/labour shortage/working conditions 4 Social and health care in general 5 Wage level in health care 6 Care of the elderly 7 Status of family caregivers, home care 8 Mental health care 9 Employment/unemployment 10 Special issues of labour policy 11 Circumstances of and support for families with children 12 Education 13 Taxation/tax policy 14 Amending individual taxes, tax deductions 15 Maintaining welfare/the welfare state, social policy 16 Special issues of welfare/social policy 17 Low income/poverty issues 18 Growth of income disparity 19 Social security 20 Circumstances of students 21 Raising student grants/subsistence of students 22 Energy policy 23 Nuclear power 29 of 210
24 Climate/climate change, natural disasters 25 Nature conservation/environmental issues 26 Traffic policy 27 Housing policy, rents 28 Regional policy 29 Municipal policy/issues 30 Agricultural issues 31 Entrepreneur issues, prerequisites for entrepreneurship 32 Fairer wages 33 Worker issues, worker welfare 34 Equality 35 Circumstances/issues of minorities/special groups 36 Immigration policy 37 Finnishness, Finland for the Finns 38 Economy/economic policy 39 Development of Finland in general 40 NATO 41 Foreign and security policy 42 The EU 43 Peace 44 Swedish language 45 Government coalition and who will be prime minister 46 Other issues connected to elections and voting 47 Values, morals 996 Something else 997 Refused to say 998 Can't say 999 Missing 30 of 210
Q1AL_6 What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -6 (Classified) 1 Pensioner issues/pensions 2 Taxation of pensioners, subsistence 3 Health care resources/labour shortage/working conditions 4 Social and health care in general 5 Wage level in health care 6 Care of the elderly 7 Status of family caregivers, home care 8 Mental health care 9 Employment/unemployment 10 Special issues of labour policy 11 Circumstances of and support for families with children 12 Education 13 Taxation/tax policy 14 Amending individual taxes, tax deductions 15 Maintaining welfare/the welfare state, social policy 16 Special issues of welfare/social policy 17 Low income/poverty issues 18 Growth of income disparity 19 Social security 20 Circumstances of students 21 Raising student grants/subsistence of students 22 Energy policy 23 Nuclear power 24 Climate/climate change, natural disasters 25 Nature conservation/environmental issues 31 of 210
26 Traffic policy 27 Housing policy, rents 28 Regional policy 29 Municipal policy/issues 30 Agricultural issues 31 Entrepreneur issues, prerequisites for entrepreneurship 32 Fairer wages 33 Worker issues, worker welfare 34 Equality 35 Circumstances/issues of minorities/special groups 36 Immigration policy 37 Finnishness, Finland for the Finns 38 Economy/economic policy 39 Development of Finland in general 40 NATO 41 Foreign and security policy 42 The EU 43 Peace 44 Swedish language 45 Government coalition and who will be prime minister 46 Other issues connected to elections and voting 47 Values, morals 996 Something else 997 Refused to say 998 Can't say 999 Missing 32 of 210
Q1AL_7 What has been the most important issue to you personally in this election? -7 (Classified) 1 Pensioner issues/pensions 2 Taxation of pensioners, subsistence 3 Health care resources/labour shortage/working conditions 4 Social and health care in general 5 Wage level in health care 6 Care of the elderly 7 Status of family caregivers, home care 8 Mental health care 9 Employment/unemployment 10 Special issues of labour policy 11 Circumstances of and support for families with children 12 Education 13 Taxation/tax policy 14 Amending individual taxes, tax deductions 15 Maintaining welfare/the welfare state, social policy 16 Special issues of welfare/social policy 17 Low income/poverty issues 18 Growth of income disparity 19 Social security 20 Circumstances of students 21 Raising student grants/subsistence of students 22 Energy policy 23 Nuclear power 24 Climate/climate change, natural disasters 25 Nature conservation/environmental issues 33 of 210
26 Traffic policy 27 Housing policy, rents 28 Regional policy 29 Municipal policy/issues 30 Agricultural issues 31 Entrepreneur issues, prerequisites for entrepreneurship 32 Fairer wages 33 Worker issues, worker welfare 34 Equality 35 Circumstances/issues of minorities/special groups 36 Immigration policy 37 Finnishness, Finland for the Finns 38 Economy/economic policy 39 Development of Finland in general 40 NATO 41 Foreign and security policy 42 The EU 43 Peace 44 Swedish language 45 Government coalition and who will be prime minister 46 Other issues connected to elections and voting 47 Values, morals 996 Something else 997 Refused to say 998 Can't say 999 Missing 34 of 210
Q1BL_1 What has been the second most important issue to you personally in this election? -1 (Classified) Type Numeric Q1BL_2 What has been the second most important issue to you personally in this election? -2 (Classified) Type Numeric Q1BL_3 What has been the second most important issue to you personally in this election? -3 (Classified) 1 Pensioner issues/pensions 2 Taxation of pensioners, subsistence 3 Health care resources/labour shortage/working conditions 4 Social and health care in general 5 Wage level in health care 6 Care of the elderly 7 Status of family caregivers, home care 8 Mental health care 9 Employment/unemployment 10 Special issues of labour policy 11 Circumstances of and support for families with children 12 Education 13 Taxation/tax policy 35 of 210
14 Amending individual taxes, tax deductions 15 Maintaining welfare/the welfare state, social policy 16 Special issues of welfare/social policy 17 Low income/poverty issues 18 Growth of income disparity 19 Social security 20 Circumstances of students 21 Raising student grants/subsistence of students 22 Energy policy 23 Nuclear power 24 Climate/climate change, natural disasters 25 Nature conservation/environmental issues 26 Traffic policy 27 Housing policy, rents 28 Regional policy 29 Municipal policy/issues 30 Agricultural issues 31 Entrepreneur issues, prerequisites for entrepreneurship 32 Fairer wages 33 Worker issues, worker welfare 34 Equality 35 Circumstances/issues of minorities/special groups 36 Immigration policy 37 Finnishness, Finland for the Finns 38 Economy/economic policy 39 Development of Finland in general 40 NATO 41 Foreign and security policy 42 The EU 43 Peace 36 of 210
44 Swedish language 45 Government coalition and who will be prime minister 46 Other issues connected to elections and voting 47 Values, morals 996 Something else 997 Refused to say 998 Can't say 999 Missing Q1BL_4 What has been the second most important issue to you personally in this election? -4 (Classified) 1 Pensioner issues/pensions 2 Taxation of pensioners, subsistence 3 Health care resources/labour shortage/working conditions 4 Social and health care in general 5 Wage level in health care 6 Care of the elderly 7 Status of family caregivers, home care 8 Mental health care 9 Employment/unemployment 10 Special issues of labour policy 11 Circumstances of and support for families with children 12 Education 13 Taxation/tax policy 14 Amending individual taxes, tax deductions 15 Maintaining welfare/the welfare state, social policy 37 of 210
16 Special issues of welfare/social policy 17 Low income/poverty issues 18 Growth of income disparity 19 Social security 20 Circumstances of students 21 Raising student grants/subsistence of students 22 Energy policy 23 Nuclear power 24 Climate/climate change, natural disasters 25 Nature conservation/environmental issues 26 Traffic policy 27 Housing policy, rents 28 Regional policy 29 Municipal policy/issues 30 Agricultural issues 31 Entrepreneur issues, prerequisites for entrepreneurship 32 Fairer wages 33 Worker issues, worker welfare 34 Equality 35 Circumstances/issues of minorities/special groups 36 Immigration policy 37 Finnishness, Finland for the Finns 38 Economy/economic policy 39 Development of Finland in general 40 NATO 41 Foreign and security policy 42 The EU 43 Peace 44 Swedish language 38 of 210
45 Government coalition and who will be prime minister 46 Other issues connected to elections and voting 47 Values, morals 996 Something else 997 Refused to say 998 Can't say 999 Missing Q2AL_1 What do you think is the most important political problem facing Finland today? -1 (Classified) Type Numeric Q2AL_2 What do you think is the most important political problem facing Finland today? -2 (Classified) Type Numeric Q2AL_3 What do you think is the most important political problem facing Finland today? -3 (Classified) 1 Foreign and security policy, international relations, development aid 2 Europe policy, the EU 3 NATO membership 4 Peace 39 of 210
5 Functioning of democracy, democracy 6 Politicians' actions/competence/impeccability 7 Economic development, economic globalization 8 Employment, unemployment 9 Status of entrepreneurs, prerequisites for entrepreneurship 10 Health care, general 12 Education and know-how 13 Poverty, low income issues, inequality, social exclusion 14 Housing situation, homelessness, housing prices 15 Equality 16 Taxation and national economy 17 Status of municipalities, municipal economy 18 Regional policy, regional development, regional inequality 19 Nature conservation, environmental issues, ecological lifestyle 20 Elderly issues, care of the elderly 21 Youth issues 22 Issues of families with children 24 Single parent issues 25 Employee issues, subsistence 26 Agriculture, agricultural issues 27 Criminality, insecurity, the preservation of law and order 28 Selfishness, values, the lack or preservation of morals 29 Immigrants, foreigner issues, multiculturality: positive attitude 30 Nuclear power 32 Alcohol, drugs, other intoxicants 34 Independence 40 of 210
35 Social security, the conservation of welfare, the support for special groups 36 Welfare services and securing of services in general 37 Shortage of nurses, nurse salaries, the shortage of doctors 38 Pensioner issues/pensions 39 Status of young people and students 40 Special issues of employment opportunities and workplaces (e.g. age racism, burn out, insecurity) 41 Retirement, baby boomers, aging 42 Enery policy, energy prices 43 Correct allocation of political decisions 44 Climate change, natural disasters 45 Immigrants/refugees: neutral attitude 46 Immigrants/refugees: negative attitude 49 Some other issue 997 Refused to say 998 Can't say 999 Missing Q2AL_4 What do you think is the most important political problem facing Finland today? -4 (Classified) 1 Foreign and security policy, international relations, development aid 2 Europe policy, the EU 3 NATO membership 4 Peace 5 Functioning of democracy, democracy 6 Politicians' actions/competence/impeccability 41 of 210
7 Economic development, economic globalization 8 Employment, unemployment 9 Status of entrepreneurs, prerequisites for entrepreneurship 10 Health care, general 12 Education and know-how 13 Poverty, low income issues, inequality, social exclusion 14 Housing situation, homelessness, housing prices 15 Equality 16 Taxation and national economy 17 Status of municipalities, municipal economy 18 Regional policy, regional development, regional inequality 19 Nature conservation, environmental issues, ecological lifestyle 20 Elderly issues, care of the elderly 21 Youth issues 22 Issues of families with children 24 Single parent issues 25 Employee issues, subsistence 26 Agriculture, agricultural issues 27 Criminality, insecurity, the preservation of law and order 28 Selfishness, values, the lack or preservation of morals 29 Immigrants, foreigner issues, multiculturality: positive attitude 30 Nuclear power 32 Alcohol, drugs, other intoxicants 34 Independence 35 Social security, the conservation of welfare, the support for special groups 42 of 210
36 Welfare services and securing of services in general 37 Shortage of nurses, nurse salaries, the shortage of doctors 38 Pensioner issues/pensions 39 Status of young people and students 40 Special issues of employment opportunities and workplaces (e.g. age racism, burn out, insecurity) 41 Retirement, baby boomers, aging 42 Enery policy, energy prices 43 Correct allocation of political decisions 44 Climate change, natural disasters 45 Immigrants/refugees: neutral attitude 46 Immigrants/refugees: negative attitude 49 Some other issue 997 Refused to say 998 Can't say 999 Missing Q2AL_5 What do you think is the most important political problem facing Finland today? -5 (Classified) 1 Foreign and security policy, international relations, development aid 2 Europe policy, the EU 3 NATO membership 4 Peace 5 Functioning of democracy, democracy 6 Politicians' actions/competence/impeccability 7 Economic development, economic globalization 8 Employment, unemployment 43 of 210
9 Status of entrepreneurs, prerequisites for entrepreneurship 10 Health care, general 12 Education and know-how 13 Poverty, low income issues, inequality, social exclusion 14 Housing situation, homelessness, housing prices 15 Equality 16 Taxation and national economy 17 Status of municipalities, municipal economy 18 Regional policy, regional development, regional inequality 19 Nature conservation, environmental issues, ecological lifestyle 20 Elderly issues, care of the elderly 21 Youth issues 22 Issues of families with children 24 Single parent issues 25 Employee issues, subsistence 26 Agriculture, agricultural issues 27 Criminality, insecurity, the preservation of law and order 28 Selfishness, values, the lack or preservation of morals 29 Immigrants, foreigner issues, multiculturality: positive attitude 30 Nuclear power 32 Alcohol, drugs, other intoxicants 34 Independence 35 Social security, the conservation of welfare, the support for special groups 36 Welfare services and securing of services in general 44 of 210
37 Shortage of nurses, nurse salaries, the shortage of doctors 38 Pensioner issues/pensions 39 Status of young people and students 40 Special issues of employment opportunities and workplaces (e.g. age racism, burn out, insecurity) 41 Retirement, baby boomers, aging 42 Enery policy, energy prices 43 Correct allocation of political decisions 44 Climate change, natural disasters 45 Immigrants/refugees: neutral attitude 46 Immigrants/refugees: negative attitude 49 Some other issue 997 Refused to say 998 Can't say 999 Missing Q2BL_1 What do you think is the second most important political problem facing Finland today? -1 (Classified) Type Numeric Q2BL_2 What do you think is the second most important political problem facing Finland today? -2 (Classified) Type Numeric 45 of 210
Q2BL_3 What do you think is the second most important political problem facing Finland today? -3 (Classified) 1 Foreign and security policy, international relations, development aid 2 Europe policy, the EU 3 NATO membership 4 Peace 5 Functioning of democracy, democracy 6 Politicians' actions/competence/impeccability 7 Economic development, economic globalization 8 Employment, unemployment 9 Status of entrepreneurs, prerequisites for entrepreneurship 10 Health care, general 12 Education and know-how 13 Poverty, low income issues, inequality, social exclusion 14 Housing situation, homelessness, housing prices 15 Equality 16 Taxation and national economy 17 Status of municipalities, municipal economy 18 Regional policy, regional development, regional inequality 19 Nature conservation, environmental issues, ecological lifestyle 20 Elderly issues, care of the elderly 21 Youth issues 22 Issues of families with children 24 Single parent issues 25 Employee issues, subsistence 46 of 210
26 Agriculture, agricultural issues 27 Criminality, insecurity, the preservation of law and order 28 Selfishness, values, the lack or preservation of morals 29 Immigrants, foreigner issues, multiculturality: positive attitude 30 Nuclear power 32 Alcohol, drugs, other intoxicants 34 Independence 35 Social security, the conservation of welfare, the support for special groups 36 Welfare services and securing of services in general 37 Shortage of nurses, nurse salaries, the shortage of doctors 38 Pensioner issues/pensions 39 Status of young people and students 40 Special issues of employment opportunities and workplaces (e.g. age racism, burn out, insecurity) 41 Retirement, baby boomers, aging 42 Enery policy, energy prices 43 Correct allocation of political decisions 44 Climate change, natural disasters 45 Immigrants/refugees: neutral attitude 46 Immigrants/refugees: negative attitude 49 Some other issue 997 Refused to say 998 Can't say 999 Missing 47 of 210
Q2BL_4 What do you think is the second most important political problem facing Finland today? -4 (Classified) 1 Foreign and security policy, international relations, development aid 2 Europe policy, the EU 3 NATO membership 4 Peace 5 Functioning of democracy, democracy 6 Politicians' actions/competence/impeccability 7 Economic development, economic globalization 8 Employment, unemployment 9 Status of entrepreneurs, prerequisites for entrepreneurship 10 Health care, general 12 Education and know-how 13 Poverty, low income issues, inequality, social exclusion 14 Housing situation, homelessness, housing prices 15 Equality 16 Taxation and national economy 17 Status of municipalities, municipal economy 18 Regional policy, regional development, regional inequality 19 Nature conservation, environmental issues, ecological lifestyle 20 Elderly issues, care of the elderly 21 Youth issues 22 Issues of families with children 24 Single parent issues 25 Employee issues, subsistence 48 of 210
26 Agriculture, agricultural issues 27 Criminality, insecurity, the preservation of law and order 28 Selfishness, values, the lack or preservation of morals 29 Immigrants, foreigner issues, multiculturality: positive attitude 30 Nuclear power 32 Alcohol, drugs, other intoxicants 34 Independence 35 Social security, the conservation of welfare, the support for special groups 36 Welfare services and securing of services in general 37 Shortage of nurses, nurse salaries, the shortage of doctors 38 Pensioner issues/pensions 39 Status of young people and students 40 Special issues of employment opportunities and workplaces (e.g. age racism, burn out, insecurity) 41 Retirement, baby boomers, aging 42 Enery policy, energy prices 43 Correct allocation of political decisions 44 Climate change, natural disasters 45 Immigrants/refugees: neutral attitude 46 Immigrants/refugees: negative attitude 49 Some other issue 997 Refused to say 998 Can't say 999 Missing 49 of 210
Q3A Thinking of the most important political problem facing Finland, which political party do you think is best in dealing with it? 1 KESK (Centre Party of Finland) 2 SDP (Social Democratic Party of Finland) 3 KOK (National Coalition Party) 4 VAS (Left Alliance) 5 VIHR (Green League) 6 RKP (Swedish People's Party in Finland) 7 KD (Christian Democrats in Finland) 8 PS (True Finns) 9 The Finnish Workers' Party 10 The Independence Party 11 Liberals 12 Forces for Change in Finland 13 For the Poor 14 Joint Responsibility Party 15 The Finnish Patriotic Movement 16 Finnish People's Blue-Whites 17 The Communist Party of Finland 18 Finnish Senior Citizens' Party 19 For Peace and Socialism-Communist Workers' Party 96 None of the parties 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) 99 Missing 50 of 210
Q3B Thinking of the second most important political problem facing Finland, which political party do you think is best in dealing with it? 1 KESK (Centre Party of Finland) 2 SDP (Social Democratic Party of Finland) 3 KOK (National Coalition Party) 4 VAS (Left Alliance) 5 VIHR (Green League) 6 RKP (Swedish People's Party in Finland) 7 KD (Christian Democrats in Finland) 8 PS (True Finns) 9 The Finnish Workers' Party 10 The Independence Party 11 Liberals 12 Forces for Change in Finland 13 For the Poor 14 Joint Responsibility Party 15 The Finnish Patriotic Movement 16 Finnish People's Blue-Whites 17 The Communist Party of Finland 18 Finnish Senior Citizens' Party 19 For Peace and Socialism-Communist Workers' Party 96 None of the parties 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) 99 Missing 51 of 210
Q4 Some people say that it doesn't make any difference who is in power. Others say that it makes a big difference who is in power. How much difference would you say it makes? 1 It doesn't make any difference who is in power 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 It makes a big difference who is in power 7 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 8 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) 9 Missing Q5 Some people say that no matter who people vote for, it won't make any difference to what happens. Others say that who people vote for can make a big difference to what happens. What would you say? 1 Who people vote for won't make any difference 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 Who people vote for can make a big difference 7 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 8 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS)) 9 Missing Q6 Thinking about the general performance of the government under Matti Vanhanen over the past four years, how good or bad a job has it done? 52 of 210
1 Very good job 2 Good job 3 Bad job 4 Very bad job 7 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 8 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) 9 Missing Q7 Would you say that any of the parties in Finland represent your views reasonably well? 1 Yes 2 No 7 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 8 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) 9 Missing Q7A Which party represents your views best? 1 KESK (Centre Party of Finland) 2 SDP (Social Democratic Party of Finland) 3 KOK (National Coalition Party) 4 VAS (Left Alliance) 5 VIHR (Green League) 6 RKP (Swedish People's Party in Finland) 7 KD (Christian Democrats in Finland) 8 PS (True Finns) 9 The Finnish Workers' Party 53 of 210
10 The Independence Party 11 Liberals 12 Forces for Change in Finland 13 For the Poor 14 Joint Responsibility Party 15 The Finnish Patriotic Movement 16 Finnish People's Blue-Whites 17 The Communist Party of Finland 18 Finnish Senior Citizens' Party 19 For Peace and Socialism-Communist Workers' Party 96 Cast an invalid ballot 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) 99 Missing Q8 Regardless of how you feel about the parties, would you say any of the individual party leaders represent your views reasonably well? 1 Yes 2 No 7 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 8 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) 9 Missing Q8A Which party leader represents your views best? 1 Centre Party of Finland (Matti Vanhanen) 54 of 210
2 Social Democratic Party of Finland (Eero Heinäluoma) 3 National Coalition Party (Jyrki Katainen) 4 Left Alliance (Martti Korhonen) 5 Green League (Tarja Cronberg) 6 Swedish People's Party in Finland (Stefan Wallin) 7 Christian Democrats (Päivi Räsänen) 8 True Finns (Timo Soini) 9 The Finnish Workers' Party (Juhani Tanski) 10 The Independence Party (Antti Pesonen) 11 Liberals (Ilkka Innamaa) 12 Forces for Change In Finland (Reijo Katajaranta) 13 For the Poor (Terttu Savola) 14 Joint Responsibility Party (Taisto Vaetoja) 15 The Finnish Patriotic Movement (Matti Järviharju) 16 Finnish People's Blue-Whites (Olavi Mäenpää) 17 The Communist Party of Finland (Yrjö Hakanen) 18 Finnish Senior Citizens' Party (Esko A. Repo) 19 For Peace and Socialism-Communist Workers' Party (Hannu Harju) 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Can't say (SPONTANEOUS) 99 Missing Q9A How do you feel about the following political parties? Evaluate each party on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is that you don't like the party at all, and 10 is that you like the party very much. Also mention if you have never heard of the party, or if you feel that you have insufficient information to evaluate the party. Centre Party of Finland (KESK) 0 Strongly dislike 1 1 55 of 210
2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 Strongly like 96 Haven't heard of the party 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Don't know enough about/don't know where to rate 99 Missing Q9B How do you feel about the following political parties? Evaluate each party on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is that you don't like the party at all, and 10 is that you like the party very much. Also mention if you have never heard of the party, or if you feel that you have insufficient information to evaluate the party. Finnish Social Democratic Party (SDP) 0 Strongly dislike 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 Strongly like 56 of 210
96 Haven't heard of the party 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Don't know enough about/don't know where to rate 99 Missing Q9C How do you feel about the following political parties? Evaluate each party on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is that you don't like the party at all, and 10 is that you like the party very much. Also mention if you have never heard of the party, or if you feel that you have insufficient information to evaluate the party. National Coalition Party (KOK) 0 Strongly dislike 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 Strongly like 96 Haven't heard of the party 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Don't know enough about/don't know where to rate 99 Missing Q9D How do you feel about the following political parties? Evaluate each party on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is that you don't like the party at all, and 10 is that you like the party very much. Also mention if you have never heard of the party, or if you feel that you have insufficient information to evaluate the party. Left Alliance (VAS) 57 of 210
0 Strongly dislike 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 Strongly like 96 Haven't heard of the party 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Don't know enough about/don't know where to rate 99 Missing Q9E How do you feel about the following political parties? Evaluate each party on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is that you don't like the party at all, and 10 is that you like the party very much. Also mention if you have never heard of the party, or if you feel that you have insufficient information to evaluate the party. Green League (VIHR) 0 Strongly dislike 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 58 of 210
10 Strongly like 96 Haven't heard of the party 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Don't know enough about/don't know where to rate 99 Missing Q9F How do you feel about the following political parties? Evaluate each party on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is that you don't like the party at all, and 10 is that you like the party very much. Also mention if you have never heard of the party, or if you feel that you have insufficient information to evaluate the party. Swedish People's Party in Finland (RKP) 0 Strongly dislike 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 Strongly like 96 Haven't heard of the party 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Don't know enough about/don't know where to rate 99 Missing Q9G How do you feel about the following political parties? Evaluate each party on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is that 59 of 210
you don't like the party at all, and 10 is that you like the party very much. Also mention if you have never heard of the party, or if you feel that you have insufficient information to evaluate the party. Christian Democrats (KD) 0 Strongly dislike 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 Strongly like 96 Haven't heard of the party 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Don't know enough about/don't know where to rate 99 Missing Q9H How do you feel about the following political parties? Evaluate each party on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is that you don't like the party at all, and 10 is that you like the party very much. Also mention if you have never heard of the party, or if you feel that you have insufficient information to evaluate the party. True Finns (PS) 0 Strongly dislike 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 60 of 210
8 8 9 9 10 Strongly like 96 Haven't heard of the party 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Don't know enough about/don't know where to rate 99 Missing Q10A How do you feel about the leaders of political parties? Place each party leader on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is that you don't like the party leader at all, and 10 is that you like the party leader very much. Matti Vanhanen (KESK) 0 Strongly dislike 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 Strongly like 96 Haven't heard of the party leader 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Don't know enough about/don't know where to rate 99 Missing 61 of 210
Q10B How do you feel about the leaders of political parties? Place each party leader on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is that you don't like the party leader at all, and 10 is that you like the party leader very much. Eero Heinäluoma (SDP) 0 Strongly dislike 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 Strongly like 96 Haven't heard of the party leader 97 Refused to say (SPONTANEOUS) 98 Don't know enough about/don't know where to rate 99 Missing Q10C How do you feel about the leaders of political parties? Place each party leader on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is that you don't like the party leader at all, and 10 is that you like the party leader very much. Jyrki Katainen (KOK) 0 Strongly dislike 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 62 of 210