Young People and Presidential Elections 2000

The data was collected between the first and second round of the Finnish presidential elections in 2000. The object of the survey was to study the interest of young people in politics and in the presidential elections, their opinions on the election campaign, voting, political parties, information sources on the election, and the person and tasks of the president. The respondents were asked how important different factors were when they made their decision to vote, did they vote in the elections, for whom and on what grounds. Those who had abstained were asked if it had been self-evident that they were not going to vote, and why they abstained. All respondents were asked whether they were going to vote in the second round of the elections and for whom. In conclusion, the respondents were asked how important certain things were in their lives: spending time with friends, spending time with family, leisure time hobbies, exercising, good income, etc. Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, vocational education, economic activity, occupational group, household composition, housing tenure, periods of unemployment, Internet use, and whether the respondent was going to vote in the forthcoming municipal elections.

本数据集的收集时间跨越了2000年芬兰总统选举的第一轮与第二轮之间。其研究目标旨在探究青年群体对政治及总统选举的兴趣，他们对选举活动的看法，投票行为，政党认知，选举相关信息来源，以及对于总统及其职责的看法。受访者被询问在做出投票决定时，不同因素的重要性如何，他们是否参与了选举，为谁投票及其依据。未参与投票的受访者被问及是否认为不投票是显而易见的决定，以及他们放弃投票的原因。所有受访者均被询问是否会在选举第二轮投票，以及他们将为谁投票。总结而言，受访者被问及在他们生活中某些事物的重要性：与朋友共度时光，与家人共度时光，休闲时间爱好，锻炼，良好的收入等。背景变量包括受访者的性别、出生年份、职业教育、经济活动、职业群体、家庭构成、住房状况、失业期间、互联网使用情况，以及受访者是否将在即将到来的市政选举中投票。