EU Membership Referendum in Finland 1994

The survey studied Finnish political participation and attitudes to the EU membership referendum pre- and post-referendum. Other questions examined what respondents thought of referendums on the whole, what were their political leanings and attitudes to different groups (e.g. refugees, police, certain nationalities). Respondents stated their views on e.g. exercising influence by voting, decision-makers' attitudes to voters, the need to supervise industry and commerce, immigration, equality between men and women and income disparity. They were asked about maintaining the traditional Finnish values, scaling down the public sector, restricting women's right to abortion and increasing the price of alcoholic beverages. Some questions dealt with the level of confidence in politicians, the position of Finnish parties on the left-right axis and the most important objectives of political activity. The survey queried how often respondents read about political and foreign affairs in the newspaper, watched news or current affairs programmes on the television or listened to Finnish Broadcasting Company's (YLE) radio news. Respondents were asked whether the media had affected their opinion of Finland's EU membership, how important the membership was to them and would they have preferred to leave the decision to the government and parliament. The opinions of the respondents' friends and relatives on EU membership were examined. Respondents were asked how interested and how well informed they were of EU issues, what was their stand on Finland's membership and did they intend to vote in the referendum. Respondents' views on the consequences of EU membership on various matters, e.g. Finland's environment, economic life, employment, agriculture, social security, equality, military security, national independence and living conditions were also surveyed. The final themes explored opinions about Finland's foreign policy, policy of neutrality, armed defence, armed forces financing and EU's effect on Finland's security situation. Background variables included knowledge of foreign languages, income, education, gender and region of residence.

本研究调查了芬兰的政治参与程度以及对于欧盟成员国公投的态度，对比了公投前后的情况。调查内容还包括受访者对公投的整体看法、他们的政治倾向以及对不同群体（如难民、警察、特定国籍的人）的态度。受访者就通过投票行使影响力、决策者对选民的态度、监督工商业的必要性、移民、男女平等以及收入差距等问题发表了意见。他们还被问及维持传统芬兰价值观、缩减公共部门规模、限制女性堕胎权利以及提高酒精饮料价格等问题。部分问题涉及对政治家的信任程度、芬兰政党在左右政治轴上的位置以及政治活动最重要的目标。调查还询问了受访者阅读报纸政治和外交新闻的频率、观看电视新闻或时事节目以及收听芬兰广播公司（YLE）的广播新闻的情况。受访者还被问及媒体是否影响了他们对芬兰欧盟成员国的看法、成员国对他们的重要性以及他们是否更愿意将决定权交给政府和议会。调查还探讨了受访者朋友和亲戚对欧盟成员国的看法。受访者被问及他们对欧盟问题的兴趣程度以及信息掌握情况、他们对芬兰成员国立场的看法以及是否打算在公投中投票。调查还调查了受访者对欧盟成员国在芬兰环境、经济生活、就业、农业、社会保障、平等、军事安全、国家独立和生活条件等方面影响后果的看法。最后，研究探讨了关于芬兰外交政策、中立政策、武装防御、武装力量资金以及欧盟对芬兰安全形势影响的问题。背景变量包括外语知识、收入、教育程度、性别和居住地区。