Study title

People's Images of the Rural Finland 2000

Dataset ID Number

FSD1210

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1210
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1210

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Rouhiainen, Vesa (University of Helsinki. Institute for Rural Research and Training, Mikkeli)

Abstract

The survey studied Finnish images of the countryside and the rural population and examined the differences between rural and urban areas. The respondents were asked whether they agreed or disagreed with various statements about rural life; they also named which characteristics form a part of the Finnish rural landscape at the time of the survey and which characteristics they hoped would be a part of it in 20 years. Characteristics and typical hobbies of persons living in rural and urban areas were analyzed. The respondents were asked what they thought about statements related to rural development and future.

Background variables included sex, age, marital status, number of children, number of inhabitants in the municipality, province, place of birth of the respondent and his/her parents, the amount of time the respondent had lived in his/her present municipality, type of accommodation, type of region (urban or rural), basic and vocational education, occupational group, sector of occupation, monthly gross income, trade union membership and political beliefs.

Keywords

future; image; personality traits; regional differences; rural areas; rural development; rural population; urban areas; urban population

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Agriculture and forestry (Fields of Science Classification)
• Community, urban and rural life (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Rouhiainen, Vesa (University of Helsinki. Institute for Rural Research and Training, Mikkeli)

Time Period Covered

2000

Collection Dates

2000-06-13 – 2000-08-31

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finnish-speaking persons living in Finland and aged between 15 and 75 (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

The target group of the survey consisted of 4,000 Finnish-speaking persons living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands), aged between 15 and 75. The target group was randomly selected by the Population Register Centre. There were 2,212 responses, which means the response rate was 55.3%. Of the respondents 43% were male and 57% female. 37% of the responses came from rural areas and 63% from urban areas. The age distribution corresponds to the national population age distribution. Provinces were represented according to their population size.

42% of the respondents had been born in an urban area and 58% in a rural area. Only 11% had city-born parents. 5% worked in the agriculture or forest sector, 17% in the industry or building sector, 21% in the private sector and 23% in the public sector. However, most respondents (34%) were not in paid employment.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

55.3

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

226 variables and 2225 cases.

Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Responses to question 39 and to open-ended questions have not been included. The variable identifying the municipality of residence has been removed from the data.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Rouhiainen, Vesa (University of Helsinki): People's Images of the Rural Finland 2000 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-08-08). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1210

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Rouhiainen, Vesa (2000). Suomalaisia mielikuvia maaseudusta. Maaseudun uusi aika 2000(3), 32-37.

Rouhiainen, Vesa (2001). Driving a Toyota in Adidas clothes: The Rural Image in Finland. In: Bright Summer Nights and Long Distances: Rural and Regional Development in the Nordic-Scottish Context (ed. Ingi Rúnar Edvardsson), 62-74. Akureyri: University of Akureyri.