FSD1096 Follow-up on Municipal and European Parliamentary Elections 1996
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Moring, Tom (University of Helsinki)
Gallup Finland (Gallup Finland)
"Changes in Finnish TV Election Campaigns" project
Abstract
In the survey, Finnish voting behaviour in the 1996 municipal and European Parliament elections was studied. The respondents were first asked whether they voted in both elections. Those who had voted were asked whether they had voted in advance or on the actual election day, for whom did they vote in the European Parliament elections, how much did certain factors affect their choice of party, at what stage they had made their final decision for what party's candidate to vote, and from what information sources they received information to support their voting decision. Non-voters were asked the reason for their abstention. Election advertising was studied by asking all respondents whether they had seen advertisements of the parties or the candidates before the elections, and how would they assess election advertisements of various parties. All respondents were asked whether they had participated in any of the election campaign events of the candidates or parties/political groups, and if they were forced to vote, which party would be the least unpleasant alternative for them.
Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, marital status, basic and vocational education, type of municipality of residence, province of residence, economic activity, working hours, industry of employment, employer type, trade union membership, number of household members, age of the children, household ownership of certain domestic appliances, household annual gross income, and which party R would vote for if the municipal elections were held at that time.
Keywords
advertising; election campaigns; European Parliament elections; local government elections; political support; television advertising; voting; voting behaviour
Topic Classification
political studies (FSD Topics Classification)
elections; mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion (CESSDA Topics Classification)
Series Name
Follow-ups on Finnish National and Local Elections (GallupChannel)
Restrictions
The variable identifying postal code has been removed from the data.
Access to the data granted for scientific and teaching purposes; FSD's access application procedure.
Data Collector
Gallup Finland (Gallup Finland)
Data Producer
Gallup Finland (Gallup Finland)
Collection Date
25.10.1996 - 29.10.1996
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Individual
Universe
People aged 15 - 70 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)
Sampling Procedure
The information has been gathered through GallupChannel with personal computers and Internet terminals installed in peoples' homes. The sample has been carried out as a multistage stratified sample resulting in a fixed sample.
Collection Mode
Telepanel survey (Gallup Channel)
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Time Method
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file. Data available also in other file formats.
Data version
1 (1.2.2001)
Other Material
Information on the Gallup Channel research system
Citation Requirement
The source must be acknowledged in any publication based wholly or in part on the data.
Bibliographical Citation
Moring, Tom: Follow-up on Municipal and European Parliamentary Elections 1996 [computer file]. FSD1096, version 1 (2001-02-01). Espoo: Gallup Finland [data collection], 1996. ""Changes in Finnish TV Election Campaigns"" project [producer]. Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2001.
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
Moring, Tom (2006). Between Medialization and Tradition: Campaigning in Finland in a Longitudinal Perspective. In: Campaigning in Europe - Campaigning for Europe (ed. by Michaela Maier & Jens Techer), 81-100. Berlin: LIT Verlag.
