Finnish Opinions on the Iraq War, March 2003

The survey studied Finnish attitudes towards the war against Iraq. The allied forces led by the United States had attacked Iraq a few days prior to the data collection. Respondents were asked whether they approve of the attack on Iraq and whether they had been able to obtain a reliable picture of the war from the media. Views were probed on the likely consequences of the Iraq war on EU foreign and security policy, the status of UN as an international peace keeper, the status of Nato as a military alliance, the status of US and Russia in international politics, the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians and the polarity between the Western and the Islamic world. Respondents assessed the foreign policy of Finland regarding the war. They were asked whether Finland should give humanitarian aid to Iraq, participate in its reconstruction, accept refugees, participate in peacekeeping operations in Iraq or forbid the export of arms to countries participating in the war. Background variables included the respondent's sex, age, region of residence, education, employment status, household composition, annual gross income of the household and party choice in the 2003 parliamentary elections.

本调查探究了芬兰民众对伊拉克战争的看法。在数据收集前的数日，以美国为首的联军已对伊拉克发动攻击。受访者被询问是否支持对伊拉克的攻击，以及他们是否能够从媒体中获得关于战争的可靠信息。调查还探讨了伊拉克战争可能对欧盟外交与安全政策、联合国作为国际和平维护者的地位、北约作为军事联盟的地位、美国和俄罗斯在国际政治中的地位、以色列与巴勒斯坦之间的冲突以及西方与伊斯兰世界的极性所带来的影响。受访者对芬兰关于伊拉克战争的外交政策进行了评估。他们被问及芬兰是否应该向伊拉克提供人道主义援助、参与其重建、接受难民、参与在伊拉克的维和行动或禁止向参与战争的国家出口武器。背景变量包括受访者的性别、年龄、居住地区、教育程度、就业状况、家庭构成、家庭的年度总收入以及2003年议会选举中的政党选择。