Finnish Opinions on Security Policy and National Defence 2014

The annual survey charted Finnish public opinion on foreign policy, defence policy, security, military alliances, military service, and international armed conflicts at the time of the survey. Opinions were charted on the success of foreign policy in the previous few years, funds allocated to the Defence Forces, whether Finland should resort to armed defence in case of any sort of attack, and how the global security situation would develop in the next five years. The respondents' readiness to participate in defending Finland in case of attack were queried. Views were probed on the current, conscription-based defence system and whether women should also participate in conscription. The respondents were asked whether Finland should form military alliances and whether Finland should apply for NATO membership. Concern caused by certain phenomena and issues was charted, such as the economic situation in Europe, global warming, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, international terrorism, cybercrime, situation in Ukraine, and religious extremist groups. Some questions pertained to issues affecting the safety and security of Finland. These included, among others, EU membership, potential NATO membership, Finland's participation in the EU defence and Finland's participation in international crisis management. Satisfaction with defence policy in the previous few years was investigated. Views were charted on Finnish military cooperation in the EU, with NATO and with other Nordic countries. Opinions were probed on the possibility of a military threat against Finland in the following 10 years as well as Finland's chances to defend itself against an enemy in conventional warfare. The respondents were asked to evaluate how much impact factors such as modern weapon systems, maintaining good relations to neighbouring countries and the amount of funding have on credible defence. Views were studied on Finland's preparedness for the prevention of various security threats, such as armed threat, infectious diseases and epidemics, environmental hazards, political pressure from other states, economic crisis, terrorism, and attacks against information systems and networks. Finally, the respondents were asked how well the EU and Finland had acted in the Ukraine crisis, and how Russia's actions affected/would affect Finland's security. Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, age, economic activity and occupational status, marital status, occupation of the household head, household composition, ages of children living at home, gross annual income of the household, newspaper reading habits, level of education, consumer durables in the household, type of accommodation, number of inhabitants in the municipality of residence, Internet use, and political party choice in the previous parliamentary elections.

本年度调查描绘了芬兰民众对于外交政策、国防政策、安全局势、军事同盟、兵役制度以及国际武装冲突等方面的观点。调查内容涵盖了对过去几年外交政策成效的评估、国防经费的分配、芬兰在遭受任何形式攻击时是否应诉诸武装防御、未来五年全球安全形势的发展趋势等议题。调查还就受访者参与保卫芬兰的准备情况进行了询问。对于现行基于征兵制的国防体系以及女性是否也应纳入征兵范围等问题，调查者进行了深入探究。调查者还探讨了芬兰是否应建立军事同盟以及是否应申请加入北约的问题。调查还记录了受访者对某些现象和问题所引发的担忧，如欧洲的经济形势、全球变暖、大规模杀伤性武器的扩散、国际恐怖主义、网络犯罪、乌克兰局势以及宗教极端主义组织等。部分问题涉及影响芬兰安全与安全的议题，包括欧盟成员资格、潜在的北约成员资格、芬兰在欧盟国防中的参与以及在国际危机管理中的参与。对过去几年国防政策的满意度也进行了调查。调查还描绘了芬兰在欧盟、北约以及其他北欧国家之间的军事合作观点。对于未来十年可能对芬兰构成的军事威胁以及芬兰在常规战争中对敌防御的可能性，调查者进行了探讨。受访者还被要求评估现代武器系统、与邻国保持良好关系以及经费投入等因素对可信国防的影响程度。调查还研究了芬兰预防各种安全威胁，如武装威胁、传染病与流行病、环境危害、来自其他国家的政治压力、经济危机、恐怖主义以及针对信息系统和网络攻击的预防准备情况。最后，受访者还被询问欧盟和芬兰在乌克兰危机中的表现，以及俄罗斯的行为对芬兰安全的影响及未来可能产生的影响。背景变量包括受访者的性别、年龄、经济活动与职业状况、婚姻状况、家庭负责人职业、家庭构成、居住在家中的子女年龄、家庭毛年收入、报纸阅读习惯、教育水平、家庭耐用消费品、居住类型、居住市镇人口数量、互联网使用情况以及上次议会选举中的政党选择等。