Finnish Energy Attitudes 2008
Results of a follow-up study concerning
Finnish attitudes towards energy
issues 1983-2008
Research report 15 June 2009
Background information on the research
The research introduced here is part of the 'Finnish attitudes
towards energy issues' follow-up research and its survey of 2008. The research
series has been used to clarify and follow people's attitudes towards questions
on energy policy for the past twenty six years (1983-2008). The wide and
comparable materials of the project enable the detailed empirical analysis and
systematic follow-up of public opinion.
The current research results are based on responses from 1,501 people in
total. 1,070 of the respondents represent the population of the whole country,
others (431 people) represent the population of the special target
municipalities of the research, i.e., Loviisa and Eurajoki. This time, the
sample in Loviisa was regionally wider because it included, in addition to
Loviisa, the residents of the other municipalities of Suur-Loviisa (Pernaja,
Ruotsinpyhtää, Liljendal) which will be established at the beginning of 2010. In
the time series study of people's attitudes during the whole follow-up period,
the total amount of respondents has been 34,184.
The material was gathered as a written survey from 28 October 2008 to 5
January 2009. It represents the population aged 18 to 70 on the central
demographic, economic and social, and regional factors. The research was
bilingual: the respondents could choose a Finnish or Swedish questionnaire
according to their mother tongue. The confidence interval of the results was 2
to 3 percentage points in either direction (depending on the distribution to be
studied). In the results based on the municipality, the marginal was from 5 to 8
percentage points.
The research was carried out by Yhdyskuntatutkimus Oy and ÅF-Consult Oy
(former ÅF-Enprima Oy) by order of Fortum Oyj (Fortum) and Teollisuuden Voima Oy
(TVO). The responsible researcher and the author of the report was Pentti
Kiljunen. Energiateollisuus ry - Finnish Energy Industries is responsible for
reporting the survey results.
The research series was initiated at the University of Tampere with financing
from Imatran Voima Oy in 1983. Its results have been published in eleven
university reports (Kunnallistieteen laitoksen raporttisarjat, Tampereen
yliopisto) and, after this, in many other publications and newsletters (for
example, reports by Yhdyskuntatutkimus Oy, Finergy, IVO and Fortum). Up to now,
the Finnish and English Internet reports have been published for ten research
years. The results of the follow-up survey have also been introduced in articles
and compilations that survey the development of the Finnish opinions (for
example, Suhonen, Pertti: Yleinen mielipide. Helsinki 1997).
As previously, the current research material is handed over to the Finnish
Social Science Data Archive (FSD, University of Tamper). FSD then provides the
material for research and teaching purposes. According to FSD's statistics on
use, the materials of the energy attitude research series have been one of the
most requested in the archive. They have been utilised and are utilised in
several academic research projects and theses in different universities.
Report and Web pages authored by
Pentti Kiljunen / PGraphics 2009
Further information - questions - comments?
For further information on the research, please contact:
Pekka Tiusanen, Manager, Communications
Finnish Energy
Industries
pekka.tiusanen at energia.fi, tel. - 358 0 5302 2107, + 358 50
552 1347
Pentti Kiljunen, Research Director
Yhdyskuntatutkimus
Oy
pentti.kiljunen at sci.fi, tel. + 358 3 3677 112, + 358 40 545 8011
Pekka Järvinen, Senior Adviser
ÅF-Consult
Ltd
pekka.jarvinen at afconsult.com, tel. + 358 40 348 5284
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