Finnish Voter Barometers 1992-2005: Combined Data

This combined data includes surveys from 1992 to 2005. Survey themes include voting behaviour, opinions on the government and the parties, and attitudes towards national political issues. In addition, the respondents' economic expectations and political participation have often been studied, as well as their opinions on local politics, and the significance of the party leader to a party. Background variables have often included the social class of the respondent and the household head, economic activity of the household head, the respondent's education, age, mother tongue, gender, party membership, political views, trade union membership, and the household's annual income. There are also regional variables. Even though the variables are not always fully comparable from one survey to another, all kinds of comparisons over time are possible. The questions that have remained almost unchanged over the years cover the respondents' political view, their image of the parties, and how the government had succeeded in various tasks. The combined data also include plenty of questions that have not been asked every year, including the questions on the European Parliament elections and the choice of the members of the European Parliament, questions on election advertising and voting intentions, as well as questions on the characteristics of the members of the parliament, the EU constitution, and the focus of political attention.

本数据集整合了1992年至2005年期间的调查数据。调查主题涵盖投票行为、对政府及各党派的意见，以及对国家政治议题的态度。此外，受访者对经济前景的预期、政治参与度以及他们对地方政治的看法，以及党魁对一个政党的重要性，亦常被研究。背景变量通常包括受访者的社会阶层、户主职业、受访者的教育程度、年龄、母语、性别、党派成员资格、政治观点、工会成员资格以及家庭的年度收入。此外，还包括区域变量。尽管变量并非总是能够在不同调查之间完全可比，但各种时间序列比较仍是可行的。多年来几乎未发生变化的调查问题涉及受访者的政治观点、对政党的印象，以及政府在各项任务上的表现。此外，数据集还包括大量并非每年都会提出的问题，例如关于欧洲议会选举及其议员选择的问题、有关选举广告和投票意向的问题，以及对议会成员特征、欧盟宪法以及政治关注焦点的提问。