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Table 5 The turnout percentages of the 2008 municipal election in different areas of Finland

From: Inverse probability weighting and doubly robust methods in correcting the effects of non-response in the reimbursed medication and self-reported turnout estimates in the ATH survey

 

True results

Reported by respondents in ATH

Area

True*

Self-reporting bias added#

Crude

95% CI§

Weighted

95% CI§

Continental Finland

61.3

70.7

78.2

(76.5

80.0)

72.9

(70.6

75.1)

Turku

58.6

68.8

77.3

(76.0

78.6)

72.9

(71.0

74.8)

Kainuu

53.7

65.2

71.9

(70.6

73.3)

68.5

(66.9

70.1)

Southern Oulu region

63.5

72.4

78.0

(75.8

80.3)

73.5

(70.8

76.1)

Oulu region

58.3

68.6

74.6

(72.8

76.5)

69.6

(67.3

71.8)

  1. *True turnout percent by the Election Unit at the Ministry of Justice of Finland.
  2. #Self-reporting bias added using Granberg and Holmberg [32]; 99% of the voters and 26% of the non-voters said that they voted.
  3. Crude turnout percent.
  4. Weighted turnout percent.
  5. §95% confidence interval.