Finnish County Election Study 2022

The survey charted Finns' opinions on the 2022 county elections and wellbeing services counties. The survey examined respondents' political participation, political attitudes, party allegiance, candidate and party choices and voting behaviour. The data also includes questions on future prospects of Finland. The county elections survey was carried out by the Finnish election study consortium, a consortium of election and democracy researchers from several universities. First, the respondent was asked about their interest in politics and their satisfaction with the functioning of democracy in Finland. Then, the respondent was asked how much he/she followed the county elections through different media and how often respondent discussed politics with other people. The respondents' opinions on voting, democracy, and forms of political decision-making were surveyed. Satisfaction with the political system was assessed by asking how much the respondent trusts various institutions, such as the government, political parties, the municipal council, the media, the Finnish institute for health and welfare and the regional state administrative agency. Next, the respondent's opinions were surveyed using a variety of statements related to county elections and local democracy. Respondents were also asked to rank in order of importance whom the county councillor should primarily represent. The respondent was also asked about access to information on county elections. The next topic was political parties. Respondents were asked for their opinion on different political parties, and if they felt close to any political party. Respondents were also asked to place themselves on the left-right axis and on the value-liberal-conservative scale. The future direction of Finland was explored through attitudinal questions on issues such as multiculturalism, Christian values, climate change, government regulation and taxation. Next, respondents were asked about voting in county elections. Respondents were asked about not voting and the obviousness of not voting. Those who voted in the elections were asked in more detail about the party candidate they voted for, whether the candidate was a resident of their county area and at what point they made their voting decision. Finally, questions were asked about wellbeing services counties. Respondents were asked whether public money should be spent more, the same or less on health care than at present. In addition, a number of questions were asked on issues such as the services provided by the wellbeing services counties and by their own municipality, taxation and user charges. Background variables included, among others, the respondent's year of birth, gender, education, marital status, wellbeing services county, occupational status, employer type, mother tongue, languages used at home, type of municipality of residence, type of dwelling, gross annual household income, number of people in the household, number of children, membership of an ethnic minority group, preferred method of accessing health services and party affiliation.

该调查旨在了解芬兰民众对2022年县级选举及福利服务县的看法，考察了受访者的政治参与情况、政治态度、政党忠诚度、候选人与政党选择及投票行为。数据还包含关于芬兰未来前景的问题。
该县级选举调查由芬兰选举研究联盟（Finnish election study consortium）实施，该联盟由来自多所大学的选举与民主研究人员组成。首先，受访者被问及对政治的兴趣以及对芬兰民主运作的满意度。随后，受访者被问及通过不同媒体对县级选举的关注程度，以及与他人讨论政治的频率。调查还收集了受访者对投票、民主及政治决策形式的看法。
对政治体系的满意度通过询问受访者对各类机构的信任程度来评估，这些机构包括政府、政党、市议会、媒体、芬兰卫生与福利研究所（Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare）及地区国家行政机构。接下来，通过一系列与县级选举及地方民主相关的陈述，调查了受访者的看法。受访者还被要求按重要性排序，指出县议员应主要代表哪些群体，并被问及获取县级选举信息的途径。
下一个主题是政党：受访者被问及对不同政党的看法，以及是否对某一政党有亲近感，还需在左右政治光谱及价值观的自由-保守维度上对自己进行定位。通过关于多元文化主义、基督教价值观、气候变化、政府监管及税收等议题的态度问题，探究了芬兰的未来方向。
随后，受访者被问及县级选举中的投票情况，包括未投票的情况及未投票的原因是否明确。对于已投票的受访者，调查更详细地询问了他们所投票的政党候选人、该候选人是否为其所在县的居民，以及做出投票决定的时间点。
最后，调查涉及福利服务县的相关问题：受访者被问及公共资金在医疗保健上的投入应比当前更多、持平还是更少；此外，还询问了一系列关于福利服务县及受访者所在市/镇（municipality）提供的服务、税收及用户收费等问题。
背景变量包括（但不限于）受访者的出生年份、性别、教育程度、婚姻状况、所属福利服务县、职业状况、雇主类型、母语、家庭使用语言、居住的市/镇类型、住房类型、家庭年总收入、家庭人口数、子女数量、少数民族群体成员身份、首选的医疗服务获取方式及政党归属。