Finnish National Election Study 2011: Telephone Interviews among Swedish-speaking Voters

This survey charted the political views of eligible voters in the 2011 Finnish parliamentary elections. The data was collected in both Finnish and Swedish. This dataset contains the interviews in Swedish (see FSD2673 for the data on Finnish-speaking population). Questions in the interview are for the most part the same in both datasets; the questions about language policy differ somewhat and there are added questions about language for Swedish-speakers. The data is also available in Swedish. The respondents' interest in politics and frequency of discussing political and societal matters were first investigated. Views were probed on whether one political party felt closer than the others and how close this party felt. The respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with several statements relating to Finnish politics and society (e.g. whether important national issues should be decided in a referendum more often and whether the second official language should be an obligatory subject at school). Perceptions on the performance of the government and trust in different institutions and persons (e.g. the president, politicians, police) were examined. The final set of questions focused on the respondents' voting habits in the latest parliamentary elections. They were asked whether they had voted, when they had voted, to which party their candidate belonged, whether the party or candidate was more important when voting and how much certain reasons affected party choice. The Swedish-speaking respondents were further asked whether the Swedish People's Party in Finland should foremost be a party with a language agenda, how often they attempted to receive service in Swedish, whether language played any role when voting and whether service in Swedish or a short distance to public services was more important. Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, year of birth, highest level of education, religiosity, economic activity and occupational status, household composition, economic activity, financial circumstances of family, language spoken at home, proficiency in Finnish, language spoken at work or studies, and region (NUTS3).

本调查针对2011年芬兰议会选举的合格选民开展政治观点调研。调研数据以芬兰语与瑞典语两种语言采集。本数据集收录瑞典语访谈数据（芬兰语受访者数据详见FSD2673）。两份数据集的访谈问题大部分内容一致，但语言政策相关问题存在一定差异，且额外增设了针对瑞典语使用者的语言相关问题。该数据集亦提供瑞典语版本。调研首先对受访者的政治兴趣以及讨论政治与社会议题的频率展开考察。随后探究了受访者是否认为某一政党相较其他政党更具亲近感，以及该亲近感的具体程度。受访者需就多项涉及芬兰政治与社会的表述表明同意程度，例如：重要国家议题是否应更频繁地通过全民公投决定，第二官方语言是否应成为学校必修课程。调研同时考察了受访者对政府履职表现的评价，以及对不同公共机构与群体（如总统、政客、警方）的信任程度。最后一组问题围绕受访者在最近一次议会选举中的投票习惯展开：受访者需回答是否参与了投票、投票时间、所支持候选人所属政党，投票时更看重政党还是候选人，以及特定因素对其政党选择的影响程度。瑞典语受访者还需额外回答：芬兰瑞典人民党是否应优先以语言议题为核心议程，他们尝试获取瑞典语服务的频率，投票时语言是否发挥了作用，以及瑞典语服务还是公共服务的便捷性对其而言更为重要。本数据集的背景变量涵盖受访者性别、出生年份、最高受教育程度、宗教信仰情况、经济活动与职业状况、家庭构成、家庭经济状况、居家使用语言、芬兰语掌握水平、工作或学习中使用的语言，以及NUTS3级行政区。