FSD1142 Finnish Local Government Barometer 1994: Municipal Managers, Chairmen of Municipal Executive Boards
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Foundation for Municipal Development
Abstract
The survey studied the opinions of municipal leaders (municipal managers and chairpersons of municipal executive boards) on how to improve municipal finances. The respondents evaluated the acceptability of increasing local taxes, privatising municipal services, reducing governmental control, laying off/reducing municipal staff, etc. The respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with a number of statements relating to municipal finances, administration, services, taxation and democracy, the number and size of municipalities, and relations between the government and municipalities. One theme covered the preferred measures to cut municipal expenditure: should municipalities increase local taxes, cut services, or make citizens pay for the services. The respondents were asked which municipal services could be cut. Changes in municipal services over the past two years were charted.
The respondents were also asked which services presently provided by municipalities could be left to other bodies (i.e. governmental or non-governmental organisations, private enterprises, or citizens themselves). The survey carried a set of attitudinal questions about the consolidation of municipalities. The respondents rated the usefulness of certain national and regional bodies (e.g. various ministries, universities, Statistics Finland, The National Land Survey) to their municipality.
Background variables included the respondent's sex, status in municipal administration, municipality size, and province.
Keywords
consolidation of municipalities; local finance; local government; local taxation; municipal government; municipal managers; municipalities; public sector; public services; social economy; subsidies
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
11.8.1994 - 12.9.1994
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Individual
Universe
Managers of Finnish municipalities and chairpersons of municipal executive boards (excluding Swedish-speaking municipalities)
Sampling Procedure
Total study
Collection Mode
Postal survey
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Response Rate
86% [municipal managers], 63% [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
1.1 (12.8.2003)
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 1994: Municipal Managers, Chairmen of Municipal Executive Boards [computer file]. FSD1142, version 1.1 (2003-08-12). Espoo: Gallup Finland [data collection], 1994. Helsinki: Foundation for Municipal Development [producer]. Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2003.
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
Blomberg, Helena & Kroll, Christian (1999). Who wants to preserve the "Scandinavian welfare state"? Attitudes to welfare services among the citizens and local government elites in Finland 1992-96. In: The end of welfare state? Responses to state retrenchment (eds. Svallfors, S. & Taylor-Gooby, P.). London: Routledge. ESA studies in European Society.
Blomberg, Helena & Kroll, Christian (2003). Kuntalaiset, paikalliset päättäjät ja hyvinvointipalvelut 1990-luvulla. Teoksessa: Laman varjo ja nousun huuma (toim. Olli Kangas). Helsinki: Kansaneläkelaitos. Sosiaali- ja terveysturvan tutkimuksia; 72.
Kansalaismielipide ja kunnat: ilmapuntari 1994 (1994). Helsinki: Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiö. Polemia-sarja; 7.
