Finnish Opinions on Security Policy and National Defence 2002

The survey studied Finnish public opinion on foreign policy, security and military alliances. Respondents assessed how well Finland has managed its foreign policy and relations with a number of other countries. One theme pertained to military alliance: should Finland join an alliance, alliance preferred, should Finland join the Nato if the Baltic countries also join. Attitudes towards armed defence of the country and opinions on increasing the military tasks of the EU were charted. Opinions on defence expenditure, the conscript army versus the professional army and Finland's participation in peace-keeping operations led by the UN, Nato or EU were surveyed. Respondents evaluated whether the world will become more insecure in the next few years and to what extent a number of factors will affect Finland's security (e.g. EU enlargement, situation in Russia or Iraq, use of nuclear power in Russia, state of the environment, Finland's EU membership, international terrorism, US war against terrorism, Nato enlargement to the Baltic countries). Background variables included, among others, the respondent's sex, age group, main economic activity, employment, marital status, education, type of accommodation, type of neighbourhood, region of residence, household type and composition, household income, party preference, party choice in the 1999 parliamentary elections, ownership of mobile phone, Internet use, location and frequency of Internet use.

本调查探究了芬兰公众对于外交政策、安全和军事同盟的看法。受访者对芬兰在外交政策及与其他国家关系管理方面的表现进行了评估。其中，一个主题涉及军事同盟：芬兰是否应加入同盟，所倾向的同盟类型，若波罗的海国家亦加入，芬兰是否应加入北约。对国家武装防御的态度以及对欧盟军事任务增加的意见被记录在案。受访者还对国防开支、征兵制军队与职业军队的对比，以及芬兰参与由联合国、北约或欧盟领导的维和行动的看法进行了调查。受访者还对未来几年世界是否会变得更加不安全以及诸多因素将如何影响芬兰的安全（例如，欧盟扩大、俄罗斯或伊拉克局势、俄罗斯核能的使用、环境状况、芬兰的欧盟成员国身份、国际恐怖主义、美国反恐战争、北约对波罗的海国家的扩大）进行了评估。背景变量包括受访者的性别、年龄组、主要经济活动、就业状况、婚姻状况、教育程度、住宿类型、社区类型、居住地区、家庭类型与构成、家庭收入、政党偏好、1999年议会选举中的政党选择、手机拥有情况、互联网使用情况、互联网使用地点与频率等。