Finnish Local Government Barometer 2008: Members of Municipal Councils

The survey charted the respondents' attitudes towards municipalities, municipal administration, service provision, and elections. First, the respondents were presented with a set of attitudinal statements on various Finnish municipalities, municipal self-government, consolidation of municipalities, privatising, and municipal decision-making. The respondents were also queried how adequate or inadequate different services (sports services, education, child day care, care of the elderly, etc.) in their municipalities were in terms of demand. They were also asked whether the responsibility for organising municipal services should be assumed by individual municipalities or jointly by several municipalities, and whether the private sector should provide municipal services more in the future. In addition, the respondents gave their opinions about various statements on municipal management and municipal elections. The statements probed views on topics such as advance polling stations, online voting, and the reduction of voting age. Background variables included the respondent's gender, party preference, municipality size, and regional council of municipality of residence.

本调查描绘了受访者对市镇、市政管理、服务提供以及选举的态度。首先，受访者被呈现一系列关于芬兰各市镇的倾向性陈述，包括市政自治、市镇合并、私有化以及市政决策。受访者还被问及，就其所在市镇内不同服务（如体育服务、教育、儿童日托、老年人护理等）的需求而言，这些服务的充足程度或不足程度。他们还被询问，组织市政服务的责任是否应由单个市镇承担，或应由多个市镇共同承担，以及私营部门是否应在未来更多地提供市政服务。此外，受访者还对市政管理和市政选举的各种陈述发表了意见。这些陈述探讨了诸如提前设立投票站、在线投票以及降低投票年龄等议题的观点。背景变量包括受访者的性别、政党偏好、市镇规模以及居住市镇的区域议会。