FSD1048 Young People and Presidential Elections 2000
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Nurmela, Sakari (Gallup Finland)
Pehkonen, Juhani (Gallup Finland)
Abstract
The data was collected between the first and second round of the Finnish presidential elections in 2000. The object of the survey was to study the interest of young people in politics and in the presidential elections, their opinions on the election campaign, voting, political parties, information sources on the election, and the person and tasks of the president. The respondents were asked how important different factors were when they made their decision to vote, did they vote in the elections, for whom and on what grounds. Those who had abstained were asked if it had been self-evident that they were not going to vote, and why they abstained. All respondents were asked whether they were going to vote in the second round of the elections and for whom. In conclusion, the respondents were asked how important certain things were in their lives: spending time with friends, spending time with family, leisure time hobbies, exercising, good income, etc.
Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, vocational education, economic activity, occupational group, household composition, housing tenure, periods of unemployment, Internet use, and whether the respondent was going to vote in the forthcoming municipal elections.
Keywords
election campaigns; information sources; presidential candidates; presidential elections; values; voting; voting behaviour; youth
Topic Classification
political studies; youth studies (FSD Topics Classification)
elections; mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion; youth (CESSDA Topics Classification)
Restrictions
The variable identifying municipality has been removed. The data set does not contain answers to the open-ended question 2.
Access to the data granted for scientific and teaching purposes; FSD's access application procedure.
Data Collector
Gallup Finland (Gallup Finland)
Data Producer
Ministry of Education. Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (Ministry of Education)
Collection Date
February 2000
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Person
Universe
Young people aged 18-30 living in Finland
Sampling Procedure
Random sample
Collection Mode
Telephone interview
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Time Method
Cross-sectional study
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file. Data available also in other file formats.
Number of cases and variables
1003 cases and 123 variables
Data version
2.1 (13.6.2005)
Other Material
See downloadable files at the top of the page
Questionnaire: pdf file in Finnish
Related Studies
FSD1027 Youth and Parliamentary Elections 1999
FSD1028 Young People and European Parliament Elections 1999
Citation Requirement
The source must be acknowledged in any publication based wholly or in part on the data.
Bibliographical Citation
Nurmela, Sakari & Pehkonen, Juhani: Young People and Presidential Elections 2000 [computer file]. FSD1048, version 2.1 (2005-06-13). Espoo: Gallup Finland [data collection], 2000. Helsinki: Ministry of Education. Advisory Council for Youth Affairs [producer], 2000. Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2005.
Depositing Requirements
The archive must be informed of all publications where the data have been used.
Disclaimer
The depositor and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.
Related Publications
Nurmela, Sakari & Pehkonen, Juhani (2000). Presidentinvaalit ja nuoret 2000: raportti 18-30-vuotiaiden osallistumisesta vuoden 2000 presidentinvaaleihin. Helsinki: Nuorisoasiain neuvottelukunta.
