FSD2155 Finnish Local Government 2004: Sports Services 1999
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Hyyryläinen, Esa (University of Vaasa. Department of Public Management)
Abstract
The survey focused on the service provision, management and development policies of sports departments of Finnish municipalities. The respondents were heads of sports departments. Similar surveys were carried out in 1996 and 2002.
The respondents were asked what kind of activities and services the sport department provided, what kind of recreational areas and sports facilities and services there were in the municipality, which body organised them, and whether the municipality allocated funds for them. Staff numbers and duties were charted. Use of contracted-out services and decision-making in the sports administration were studied.
Views were probed on the impact of certain bodies (e.g. municipal council, municipal board, service users, sports clubs) on the sports services. The respondents were also asked how important various duties and responsibilities were in their position as the head of the sports department, and what had changed in the sports sector since 1994. State of the sports sector at the time of the survey, and development policies for the future were surveyed.
Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, job title or position, responsibility areas at work, work experience, education, and whether R lived in the municipality where she/he worked.
Keywords
contracting out; exercise; local government services; municipalities; open spaces and recreational areas; public services; sports facilities
Topic Classification
local government studies; sport sciences (FSD Topics Classification)
government, political systems and organisations; leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topics Classification)
Series Name
Restrictions
The data do not contain answers to the open-ended questions presented at the end of the questionnaire.
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Data Collector
University of Vaasa. Department of Public Management
Data Producer
Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
University of Vaasa. Department of Public Management
Collection Date
1999
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Geographic unit (Municipality)
Universe
Finnish municipalities (excluding the Åland Islands)
Sampling Procedure
Two-stage stratified sampling in selecting project municipalities.
The project municipalities were selected separately from those with less than 10000 inhabitants (28 municipalities) and from those with more than 10000 inhabitants (19 municipalities). The selection aimed to be representative within both groups in relation to all municipalities with the same population size. Large municipalities were over-represented because 70 % of the Finnish population lives in large municipalities. Representativeness criteria included regional location, age and education of the population, industry structure, municipal economy parameters, political situation and variables related to municipal policy. The selected municipalities form a small scale model of all Finnish municipalities. The Åland Islands municipalities were excluded because of special features resulting from Åland's autonomy.
The questionnaire was sent to the heads of sports services of the selected municipalities (N=47). 45 municipalities responded.
Collection Mode
Postal survey
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Response Rate
96%
Time Method
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file. Data available also in other file formats.
Data version
1.0 (4.12.2006)
Other Material
Questionnaire: pdf file in Finnish and Swedish
Related Studies
FSD2154 Finnish Local Government 2004 : Sports Services 1996
FSD2156 Finnish Local Government 2004 : Sports Services 2002
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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
Hyyryläinen, Esa: Finnish Local Government 2004: Sports Services 1999 [computer file]. FSD2155, version 1.0 (2006-12-04). Helsinki: Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities [producer]. Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2006.
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The archive must be informed of all publications where the data have been used.
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Related Publications
Hyyryläinen, Esa (2002). Palvelut, johtaminen ja kehittäminen kunnallisessa vapaa-aikatoimessa [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Kuntaliitto. KuntaSuomi 2004 -tutkimuksia; 35). http://www.kunnat.net/attachment.asp?path=1;29;348;31540;4980;5042;41659;51836 [viitattu 28.9.2006].
Mattila, Juha & Ikola-Norrbacka, Rinna (2004). Vaihtelevat vapaa-aikapalvelut. Tutkimus kuntien kirjasto-, kulttuuri-, nuoriso- ja liikuntapalveluista 1996-2002 [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Kuntaliitto. http://hosted.kuntaliitto.fi/intra/julkaisut/pdf/p041216133533D.pdf [viitattu 28.9.2006].
