FSD2430 EVA Survey on Finnish Values and Attitudes 2009
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Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA)
Yhdyskuntatutkimus
Abstract
The survey charted Finnish attitudes and values. The respondents were presented with a series of attitudinal statements covering occupational life, work-life balance, social welfare, environmental issues, influencing, decision-making, political life, economy, globalisation, and political power. Confidence in various actors in society, such as the Parliament, the legal system, the police, various media, the social security system, he education system, and civic organisations was surveyed.
The respondents' views were charted on equality in society and inequities related to income distribution and health, origin and ethnicity, and different generations, age groups, and regions. They were also asked to give their opinions on the importance of various factors (e.g. regulation of world economy, excesses of the American market economy system, mistakes made by the current and previous governments, actions of the media, the market system as such) in causing the current economic depression and unemployment. The respondents also assessed the state of the economy and employment at the time of the survey as well as after one, two and five years.
Further questions probed the respondents' attitudes towards the current Finnish market economy. Views were charted on the freedom of enterprise, competition, sociality, speculation, enterprises exercising a monopoly, the power of the economy, the appreciation of work, the power of the trade unions, hard capitalism, paternalistic socialism, and domestic ownership. In addition, satisfaction with income level, relationships, work, possibilities to influence in society, life in general, municipal welfare services, and the functioning of the economy in everyday life was investigated. Finally, the respondents were asked about their attitudes towards EU membership and replacing the Finnish mark with euro, and whether EMU membership and euro had benefited or harmed Finland in the economic crisis of 2009.
Background variables included the respondent's gender, age group, size of municipality of residence, education, and industry of employment.
Keywords
attitudes; entrepreneurs; environmental quality; equal rights of men and women; European Union; identity; institutions; internationalism; market economy; single European currency; social systems; trust; values
Topic Classification
political studies; sociology (FSD Topics Classification)
cultural and national identity; mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion; social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topics Classification)
Series Name
EVA Surveys on Finnish Values and Attitudes
Restrictions
Access to the data granted for scientific and teaching purposes. FSD's access application procedure.
Data Collector
Yhdyskuntatutkimus
Data Producer
Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA)
Collection Date
2.1.2009 - 4.2.2009
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Individual
Universe
People aged aged between 18 and 70 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)
Sampling Procedure
Simple random sampling
Finnish-speaking persons received a questionnaire in Finnish and Swedish-speaking in Swedish. The number of adequately completed questionnaires was 2,346. The data are representative. Most important demographic, social and regional distributions of the sample corresponded relatively accurately with those of the whole population. Distortion was mostly perceived in the age structure. Older respondents returned the questionnaire somewhat more often than younger ones.
Collection Mode
Postal survey
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Time Method
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file. Data available also in other file formats.
Number of cases and variables
2346 cases and 183 variables
Data version
1.3 (10.4.2013)
Other Material
See downloadable files at the top of the page
Questionnaire: pdf file in Finnish and Swedish
Citation Requirement
The source must be acknowledged in any publication based wholly or in part on the data. The bibliographic citation may be in the form required by the publication, or in the form suggested by the archive.
Bibliographical Citation
EVA Survey on Finnish Values and Attitudes 2009 [computer file]. FSD2430, version 1.3 (2013-04-10). Lempäälä: Yhdyskuntatutkimus [data collection], 2009. Helsinki: Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA) [producer]. Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2013.
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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