Finnish Local Government Barometer 1993: Inhabitants

The Local government barometer 1993 probed citizens' opinions on different means of improving the financial state of Finnish municipalities. The respondents were asked, for example, how efficient and appropriate it would be to raise municipal taxes, cut down or privatise services, increase loans, collect service fees, sell public property, stall investments, promote consolidations of municipalities or municipal co-operation, denounce or lay off employees, cut down employee wages, reduce the number of elected officials, introduce profit responsibility into civil service departments and organisations, increase or decrease state control, and increase citizen influence on municipal matters. Respondents were, furthermore, monitored on attitudes towards the fixed-term contracts of senior civil servants and municipal / city managers, electoral system, consolidation of municipalities, work efficiency of municipal employees, municipal self-government, the impact of the EU membership on one's home municipality, foreigners and refugees, and turning public service organisations into public utilities. They were also asked to describe their political views and attitudes towards the EU membership. The respondents were asked how much money their families should have in order to manage barely, manage reasonably well, and extremely well. Background variables included respondent's gender, age, basic education, vocational education, marital status, household's gross income, age structure, number of household members, occupational group of the head of the household, type of neighbourhood, municipality of residence, and the province of residence.

《1993年地方政府晴雨表》旨在探究公民对于改善芬兰市镇财政状况的多种途径的看法。受访者被询问，例如，提高市政税收、削减或私有化服务、增加贷款、收取服务费用、出售公共财产、推迟投资、推动市镇合并或合作、谴责或裁员、降低员工工资、减少选举官员人数、将盈利责任引入公共服务部门和组织、增加或减少国家控制、以及增加公民对市政事务的影响力等举措的效率和适宜性。此外，受访者还就高级公务员和市政/城市管理者的短期合同、选举制度、市镇合并、市政员工的劳动效率、市政自治、欧盟成员国身份对其家乡市镇的影响、外国人和难民、以及将公共服务机构转变为公共事业等态度进行了监测。他们还被要求描述自己的政治观点和对待欧盟成员国身份的态度。受访者还被询问他们的家庭应拥有多少资金才能勉强维持生计、合理地过得很好，以及极其出色地生活。背景变量包括受访者的性别、年龄、基础教育、职业教育、婚姻状况、家庭总收入、年龄结构、家庭成员数量、家庭首脑的职业群体、邻里类型、居住市镇以及居住省份。