FSD2099 Finnish Youth Survey 2005
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Ministry of Education. The Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (NUORA)
The Finnish Youth Research Society. The Finnish Youth Research Network
Abstract
The main themes of this youth indicator survey were young Finns' attitudes to occupational life, future expectations, sources of money, spending behaviour, financial support received from parents, attitudes to immigrants, and general values. At first, respondents were asked to what extent they agree or disagree with statements relating to commitment to a job or company, unemployment, salary, importance of education in occupational life, etc. Intentions to work or study abroad, set up own business, or start a family were charted. Finnish primary and lower secondary education was evaluated.
Some questions focused on the respondent's economic situation and consumer habits: sources of money, financial support given by parents, amount of money spent on certain things (hobbies, make-up, travelling, etc.). Young people's views on foreigners, different immigrant groups and cultural tolerance were surveyed. Willingness to marry or befriend an immigrant, and willingness to have a person from certain immigrant groups as the next door neighbour were studied. Respondents were asked whether they have friends who are immigrants or of immigrant origin.
Respondents' values were charted by asking how important they considered the following to be: exciting life, self-respect, national security and traditions, religion, equality, social relations, work, own health, own appearance, etc. Satisfaction with life was surveyed. Respondents were also asked how important it was to have, among other things, own family and children, close friends, permanent job, high standard of living, status, high salary, experience in politics, good physical condition by the time they were 35 years old.
Background variables included the respondent's year of birth, household composition, vocational education, main activity, institution of study if a student, type of employment contract, mother tongue, gender, province of residence, municipality type and parents' level of education.
Keywords
attitudes; cultural interaction; expectations; immigrants; multiculturalism; occupational life; parents; personal finance management; purchasing; satisfaction; shopping; tolerance; values; youth
Topic Classification
sociology; youth studies (FSD Topics Classification)
consumption/consumer behaviour; labour and employment; social behaviour and attitudes; youth (CESSDA Topics Classification)
Series Name
Restrictions
Municipality and major region variables have been removed from the archived data.
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Data Collector
TNS Gallup Finland
Data Producer
Ministry of Education. The Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (NUORA)
The Finnish Youth Research Society. The Finnish Youth Research Network
Collection Date
March 2005
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Individual
Universe
Young people aged 15-29 living in Finland
Sampling Procedure
Random sampling from the population register with quotas based on age, gender, mother tongue and place of residence. 1900 Finnish-speaking and 100 Swedish-speaking young people were interviewed.
Collection Mode
Telephone interview
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Time Method
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file. Data available also in other file formats.
Number of cases and variables
2000 cases and 176 variables
Data version
1.1 (20.10.2005)
Other Material
See downloadable files at the top of the page
Citation Requirement
The source must be acknowledged in any publication based wholly or in part on the data. The bibliographic citation may be in the form required by the publication, or in the form suggested by the archive.
Bibliographical Citation
Finnish Youth Survey 2005 [computer file]. FSD2099, version 1.1 (2005-10-20). Espoo: TNS Gallup Finland [data collection], 2005. Helsinki: Ministry of Education. The Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (NUORA) & Helsinki: The Finnish Youth Research Society. The Finnish Youth Research Network [producers]. 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.
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