Study title

Youth Consumer Cultures in Information Society 2001

Dataset ID Number

FSD2041

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2041

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Autio, Minna (University of Helsinki. Department of Economics and Management)
• Wilska, Terhi-Anna (Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Marketing)

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network
• Participating universities

Abstract

The study is part of the Sustainable Development and the Information Society -programme (KESTY) of the Finnish Ministry of the Environment. It charted the opinions of young people (aged between 16 and 20) on consumption, information society, communications technology and the environmental impacts of consumption. The respondents were also asked about their income and use of money. For example, they were asked how much money they earned themselves and how much they were able to save or spend on leisure activities. Financial support from parents and their influence on the respondents' consumer decisions were probed.

One theme covered mobile phones and information society. The respondents were asked to state how many mobile phones they had had so far and how actively they used their phone and its extra services (e.g. logos, ringtones and call transfers). Views on information technology and the development of information society were charted with a set of attitudinal statements.

Perceptions of the relationship between environment and consumption were investigated. The respondents were asked whether they bought organic, fair trade, eco-label or second-hand products and whether environmental aspects played an important role in their consumer choices and habits. General environmental attitudes were studied with a number of statements. Consumer durables in the respondents' households (e.g. car, digital camera, television, mobile phone) and the use of different chargeable services (movies, trips abroad, concerts, etc.) were examined.

Background variables included respondent's gender, age, location of residence, household composition, total number of siblings and number of siblings living at home, number of household members and father and mother's level of education and occupations.

Keywords

Internet; consumer choices; consumers; consumption; environment; environmental awareness; income; information and communications technology; information society; mobile communication; money; sustainability; youth

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Natural sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Information society (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Consumption and consumer behaviour (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

• Autio, Minna (University of Helsinki. Department of Economics and Management)
• Wilska, Terhi-Anna (Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Marketing)

Data Producers

• Ministry of the Environment

Time Period Covered

2001

Collection Dates

2001-04-01 – 2001-05-31

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Young people aged about 16 - 20 studying in Finnish upper secondary schools

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

314 variables and 637 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data do not include responses to open-ended questions. The variable identifying individual schools was replaced by a school type variable. The dataset is missing an accompanying question in variable Q55 that charted the respondent's own service use.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Autio, Minna (University of Helsinki) & Wilska, Terhi-Anna (Turku School of Economics and Business Administration): Youth Consumer Cultures in Information Society 2001 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2005-05-30). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2041

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Related Publications

Wilska, Terhi-Anna & Virtanen, Taru (2002). Tyylittelyä ja tiukkaa taloutta: nuorten kulutuksen ja toimeentulon kehitys 1960-luvulta nykypäivään. Teoksessa: Nuorisopolitiikka Suomessa 1960-luvulta 2000-luvulle. (toim. Heikki Silvennoinen). Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusverkosto & Nuorisoasiainneuvottelukunta & Opetusministeriö. Julkaisuja / Nuorisotutkimusseura; 29 & Julkaisuja / Nuora; 25.

Wilska, Terhi-Anna (2002). Laiteniilot ja perässähiihtäjät. Nuorten kulutustyylit ja teknologiasuuntautuminen. Teoksessa: Autio, Minna & Eresmaa, Ilppo & Heinonen, Visa & Koljonen, Virpi & Paju, Petri & Wilska, Terhi-Anna: Pakko riittää. Näkökulmia nuorten maksuhäiriöihin ja kulutukseen. Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusverkosto/Nuorisotutkimusseura. Julkaisuja / Nuorisotutkimusseura; 24.

Wilska, Terhi-Anna (2002). Young Consumers in Today's Finland. Teoksessa: Tendenser i Unges Forbrugeradfaerd og ungdomskultur - betydningen for forbrugerinformation målrettet unge. Copenhagen: Nordisk Ministerråd. TemaNord 2002:537.

Wilska, Terhi-Anna (2003). Mobile Phone Use as part of Young People´s Consumption Styles. Journal of Consumer Policy, Vol. 26:441-463.

Wilska, Terhi-Anna (2002). Uusi teknologia nuorten taloudessa. Teoksessa: Tieteellisen sosiologian puolesta (toim. Toivonen T). Turku: Turun kauppakorkeakoulu. Publications of The Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. Serie KR: 2002-3.

Autio, Minna & Wilska, Terhi-Anna (2003). Vihertävät tytöt ja vastuuttomat pojat - nuorten kuluttajien ympäristöasenteet. Nuorisotutkimus 21(2), 3-18.

Autio, Minna & Wilska, Terhi-Anna (2005). Young People in Knowledge Society - Possibilities to Fulfil Ecological Goals. Progress in Industrial Ecology. An International Journal 2(3/4), 403-426.

Autio, Minna & Heinonen, Visa (2002). Nuorten kulutuksen moraali ja moraalitalous. Teoksessa: Autio, Minna & Eresmaa, Ilppo & Heinonen, Visa & Koljonen, Virpi & Paju, Petri & Wilska, Terhi-Anna: Pakko riittää. Näkökulmia nuorten maksuhäiriöihin ja kulutukseen, 204-231. Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusverkosto/Nuorisotutkimusseura. Julkaisuja; 24.

Autio, Minna (2004). Kohti runsauden sukupolvea Teoksessa: Ihanne ja todellisuus: näkökulmia kulutuksen muutokseen (toim. Kirsti Alhqvist & Anu Raijas). Helsinki: Tilastokeskus.

Hyrynsalmi, Sami & Arho Suominen &Timo Knuutila: Young mobile users: radical and individual - not, Telematics and Informatics. Elsevier, In Press.

Anita Gajurel, Jarno Kankaanranta, Arho Suominen: Analyzing Mobile Phone Use: The Adoption of Technologies and Services by Young People. In: The 21st International Conference on Management of Technology (IAMOT 2012), 1 -12, International Association for Management of Technology, 2012

Vartiainen, Pauliina (2016). 6-20-vuotiaiden nuorten kännykän käyttö vuonna 2001. Oulu: Oulun yliopisto. Matemaattisten tieteiden laitos. Tilastotieteen kandidaatintutkielma.