Politics and Young People 1995

The survey charted young adults' attitudes towards politics, their opinions on the principal matters in politics, and their views on the current political questions. The respondents' interest in politics was queried, as well as their trust in decision-makers' ability to solve young people's problems. Some questions covered how firm the respondents considered their political views and party preference to be. They were also presented with a set of attitudinal statements on topics such as voting, political parties, the Government, political system in Finland, politicians, joining the EU, development aid, refugees, immigrants, leadership, democracy, large-scale enterprises, welfare state, social benefits, traditional Finnish values, law, and unemployment. In addition, the respondents were given a list of various things (e.g. Finnishness, scientific achievements of the Finns, Finnish social security and health care system) and asked to choose which items on the list make them feel proud about Finland. Background variables included the respondent's municipality of residence, gender, age, marital status, education level, socio-economic status, and spells of unemployment during the past two years. Those who were employed were asked about their occupational status, students were asked about their educational institution, and those who were unemployed were in turn asked about the duration of unemployment during the past two years and occupational status before unemployment. Additional background variables included how citizens should relate to elections and voting, whether R were going to use the right to vote in the future, which party R would vote for in parliamentary elections, and which party R voted for in the 1992 municipal elections.

本调查描绘了年轻成年人对政治的态度，他们对政治主要议题的看法，以及对当前政治问题的观点。调查内容涵盖受访者对政治的兴趣及其对决策者解决年轻人问题的能力的信任度。部分问题涉及受访者对其政治观点和政党偏好的坚定程度。受访者还面对一系列关于投票、政党、政府、芬兰政治体系、政治家、加入欧盟、发展援助、难民、移民、领导力、民主、大型企业、福利国家、社会福利、传统芬兰价值观、法律和失业等主题的态度陈述。此外，受访者还被提供了一份包含各种事项（例如芬兰特性、芬兰人的科学成就、芬兰社会保障和医疗体系）的清单，并要求他们选择哪些事项让他们为芬兰感到自豪。背景变量包括受访者的居住地市镇、性别、年龄、婚姻状况、教育水平、社会经济状况以及过去两年的失业期。对于有工作的受访者，询问其职业状态，对于学生，询问其教育机构，而对于失业者，则进一步询问过去两年的失业时长以及失业前的职业状态。附加背景变量还包括公民应如何与选举和投票相关联、受访者是否打算在未来使用投票权、在议会选举中受访者将投票给哪个政党，以及受访者1992年市镇选举中投票给了哪个政党。