FSD1106 Finnish Local Government Barometer 1998: Municipal Managers, Chairmen of Municipal Executive Boards
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Foundation for Municipal Development
Abstract
The survey studied opinions of municipal managers and chairmen of municipal executive boards on how to improve municipal finances. The respondents evaluated how acceptable it would be to increase local taxes, privatise municipal services or lay off/reduce municipal staff. The respondents were presented with several statements concerning citizens' inequality, municipal administration, finances and services, and asked whether they agree or not. Their opinions on how to balance their municipality's budget and which employee groups could be laid off were probed. In view of forthcoming elections, the respondents were asked to assess the members of parliament of their electoral district. One question examined which parties offer a good chance to influence municipal issues.
Background variables included the respondents' sex, status, municipality size, and region of the municipality.
Keywords
local finance; local government; members of parliament; municipal government; municipal managers; municipalities; public sector; public services
Topic Classification
local government studies; political studies (FSD Topics Classification)
elites and leadership; government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topics Classification)
Series Name
Finnish Local Government Barometers
Restrictions
Access to the data granted for scientific and teaching purposes. FSD's access application procedure. Restricted access.
Data Collector
Gallup Finland
Data Producer
Foundation for Municipal Development
Collection Date
1.9.1998 - 2.10.1998
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Individual
Universe
Managers of Finnish municipalities and chairmen of municipal executive boards (excluding Swedish-speaking municipalities)
Sampling Procedure
Total study
Collection Mode
Postal survey
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Response Rate
78% [municipal managers], 59% [chairmen of municipal boards]
Time Method
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file. Data available also in other file formats.
Data version
1.0 (29.3.2001)
Other Material
Questionnaire: pdf file in Finnish
Citation Requirement
The source must be acknowledged in any publication based wholly or in part on the data.
Bibliographical Citation
Finnish Local Government Barometer 1998: Municipal Managers, Chairmen of Municipal Executive Boards [computer file]. FSD1106, version 1.0 (2001-03-29). Espoo: Gallup Finland [data collection], 1998. Foundation for Municipal Development [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.
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Kansalaismielipide ja kunnat: ilmapuntari 1998 (1998). Helsinki: Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiö. Polemia-sarja; 31.
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