Finnish Views on Mandatory Vaccination Survey 2021

The survey charted Finnish views on vaccines and mandatory vaccination in the spring of 2021. The data were collected as part of the citizen panel project, which is part of the Finnish Research Infrastructure for Public Opinion (FIRIPO). All respondents read an introductory text before starting the survey. The text summarised the situation regarding mandatory vaccinations in the context of the coronavirus pandemic (vaccination was not compulsory for anyone at the time of the survey) and presented the respondents with a fictional scenario where a different pandemic had broken out and a vaccine that had been tested according to the usual vaccine development and testing process and had been deemed safe and effective was widely available and used to combat the disease. The respondents were randomly divided into seven groups. Respondents belonging to the control group continued to the survey questions after reading the introductory text. The six other groups were presented varying additional information. The respondents in the six groups were told that either 70% or 90% vaccine coverage in the population would stop the spread of the new infectious disease, and they were given different reasons for implementing compulsory vaccination in the fictional pandemic situation. The different reasons included safeguarding economic stability, safeguarding the capacity of the health care system, and citizens' right to life and health. The survey examined the respondents' views on mandatory vaccination and vaccines in the context of the fictional situation described in the introduction. Questions charted how accepting the respondents would be towards mandatory vaccination, whether they would get vaccinated regardless of whether it was mandatory, and whether they thought that vaccines were safe and a good way to fight against different infectious diseases. Additionally, the respondents were asked whether they thought people could be generally trusted and whether they trusted various institutions and bodies, such as the Finnish government, universities and research institutes, and social media. The respondents' perceptions of their own health, their willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and their views on Finns' general willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19 were also surveyed. Background variables included the respondent's gender, mother tongue, survey language (Finnish or Swedish), age group, level of education, NUTS3 region of residence and statistical grouping of municipalities, children aged under 18 living in the household, and political interest.

本调查描绘了芬兰民众在2021年春季对疫苗接种及强制疫苗接种的观点。数据收集作为公民调查项目的一部分，该项目隶属于芬兰民意研究基础设施（FIRIPO）。所有受访者均在开始调查前阅读了介绍性文本。文本概述了在冠状病毒大流行背景下强制疫苗接种的情况（在调查时，对任何人而言疫苗接种并非强制性的），并向受访者呈现了一个虚构情景：一场根据常规疫苗研发和测试流程进行测试，并已被认定为安全有效的疫苗已广泛可用，并被用于对抗疾病。受访者被随机分为七个组。属于对照组的受访者阅读介绍性文本后继续进行问卷调查。其余六个组的受访者被提供了不同的额外信息。六个组的受访者被告知，若人群中的疫苗接种覆盖率分别为70%或90%，则可阻止新传染病的传播，并给出了在虚构大流行情况下实施强制疫苗接种的不同理由。这些理由包括保障经济稳定、保障医疗体系能力以及公民的生命和健康权利。调查考察了受访者在虚构情景下对强制疫苗接种和疫苗的看法。问题调查了受访者对强制疫苗接种的接受程度，无论是否强制，他们是否会接种疫苗，以及他们认为疫苗是否安全且是抗击不同传染病的有效方式。此外，还询问了受访者是否认为人们可以被普遍信任，以及他们是否信任各种机构，如芬兰政府、大学和研究机构、社交媒体。还调查了受访者对自己健康的认知、他们接种疫苗对抗COVID-19的意愿，以及他们对芬兰人普遍接种疫苗意愿的看法。背景变量包括受访者的性别、母语、调查语言（芬兰语或瑞典语）、年龄组、教育水平、居住的NUTS3区域和市政统计分组、18岁以下生活在家庭中的儿童数量，以及政治兴趣。