FSD1126 Fears and Anxieties 1999
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Research Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Abstract
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.
Keywords
anxiety; disasters; fear; future; natural disasters; nuclear war; religious beliefs; religious conflict
Topic Classification
futurology; social policy; social psychology; sociology; theology (FSD Topics Classification)
religion and values (CESSDA Topics Classification)
Restrictions
The variables identifying municipality and postal code have been removed from the data.
Access to the data granted for scientific and teaching purposes; FSD's access application procedure.
Data Collector
Gallup Finland
Data Producer
Research Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Collection Date
15.9.1999 - 25.9.1999
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Individual
Universe
People aged 15 - 70 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)
Sampling Procedure
Multistage stratified sampling
The data have been collected via GallupChannel, that is, by using Internet terminals installed in respondents' homes. The sample was formed with a multistage stratified sampling resulting in a fixed sample. Number of respondents 1,031.
Collection Mode
Telepanel survey (Gallup Channel)
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Time Method
Cross-sectional study
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file. Data available also in other file formats.
Number of cases and variables
1031 cases and 54 variables
Data version
1.1 (13.6.2005)
Other Material
See downloadable files at the top of the page
Information on the GallupChannel research system
Related Studies
FSD1138 Visions of the Turn of the Millennium 1997
Citation Requirement
The source must be acknowledged in any publication based wholly or in part on the data.
Bibliographical Citation
Fears and Anxieties 1999 [computer file]. FSD1126, version 1.1 (2005-06-13). Espoo: Gallup Finland [data collection], 1999. Tampere: Research Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland [producer]. Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2005.
Depositing Requirements
The archive must be informed of all publications where the data have been used.
Disclaimer
The depositor and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.
Related Publications
Malkki, Leena (2002). Apocalypse: not in Finland: millenarianism and expectations on the eve of the year 2000. Teoksessa: Millennial Violence: Past, Present and Future (ed. Jeffrey Kaplan). Lontoo: Frank Cass.
Malkki, Leena (2002). Apocalypse: not in Finland: millenarianism and expectations on the eve of the year 2000. Terrorism and Political Violence 14(1), 187-210.
