Citizen Deliberation on the Swedish Language and Swedish-speaking Minority in Finland: Control Survey 2014

The study, which included three separate surveys as well as group deliberation sessions, charted Finnish opinions on the role of the Swedish language in Finland. This final survey in the study was used as a control and the results of the actual study were compared with it. The respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with a number of statements about Swedish and the Swedish-speaking population in Finland. The statements covered the status of Swedish in the Finnish society, compulsory Swedish at school, advantages of a bilingual society, and views on Swedish-speaking Finns. The control survey also included questions about political views, such as interest in politics, importance of different areas of politics, frequency of discussing political and social issues with other people, and civic engagement. The respondents were also asked how often they followed politics through media, how much they trusted different institutions, and what their opinions on democracy, voting, political system, and their own political knowledge and competence were. In addition, personal characteristics and social trust were surveyed. Finally, the respondents were asked whether they had Swedish-speaking relatives, friends or co-workers and how well they were able to speak Swedish. A number of questions investigating factual knowledge of the role of the Swedish language in Finland were presented. Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, region of residence, household composition, marital status, and type of municipality of residence.

本研究包含三项独立调研与多组小组讨论环节，旨在刻画芬兰民众对瑞典语（Swedish language）在芬兰境内地位的看法。其中本研究的最后一项调研作为对照调研，正式研究的结果将与之进行比对。
正式研究的受访者需针对一系列关于瑞典语及芬兰瑞典语使用者族群（Swedish-speaking population）的表述进行同意程度评级，所涉内容涵盖瑞典语在芬兰社会的地位、学校必修瑞典语课程、双语社会的优势，以及对芬兰瑞典语族群的看法。
该对照调研还包含政治立场相关问题：例如政治关注度、不同政治领域的重要性、与他人讨论政治与社会议题的频率、公民参与度；此外还询问了受访者通过媒体关注政治动态的频率、对各类公共机构的信任程度、对民主、投票、政治体系的看法，以及自身的政治知识与能力水平。
此外，本研究还收集了受访者的个人特征与社会信任度相关数据。最后，受访者被问及是否拥有瑞典语背景的亲属、朋友或同事，以及自身的瑞典语水平；研究还设置了一系列旨在考察受访者对瑞典语在芬兰境内作用的事实性认知的问题。
调研收集的背景变量包括受访者性别、出生年份、居住地区、家庭构成、婚姻状况，以及居住的市镇类型。