Fears and Anxieties 1999

The survey studied fears and anxieties felt by the Finns relating to the turn of the millennium. The respondents were asked to assess the likelihood of ecological disasters, mounting up of religious fundamentalism, and outbreak of religious wars. They also estimated the potential for some human-inflicted catastrophe, such as the spreading of AIDS, or the Y2K-related failures. In addition, the prospects of ending wars, the return of Jesus, spreading of religious revivalism, and the reunion of Christian churches were canvassed. Background variables included the respondent's basic and vocational education, year of birth, gender, marital status, number of members in the household, economic activity, industry of employment, type of employer, weekly working hours, household annual gross income, trade union membership, self-reported social class, left-right political self-placement, which party R had voted for in the 1999 parliamentary elections and in the 1999 European Parliament elections, and which party R would vote for if the parliamentary elections were held at that time.

本研究调查了芬兰民众对千禧年转折点所感受到的恐惧与焦虑。受访者被要求评估生态灾难、宗教原教旨主义的加剧以及宗教战争的爆发可能性。他们还估计了某些由人类引起的灾难的可能性，例如艾滋病的蔓延或与千年虫相关的故障。此外，调查还探讨了结束战争、耶稣的回归、宗教复兴主义的传播以及基督教会重聚的前景。背景变量包括受访者的基本教育和职业教育、出生年份、性别、婚姻状况、家庭成员数量、经济活动、就业行业、雇主类型、每周工作时间、家庭年度总收入、工会会员资格、自我报告的社会阶层、左翼至右翼的政治自我定位、1999年议会选举和1999年欧洲议会选举中为哪一党派投票，以及如果当时举行议会选举，将为哪一党派投票。