Aineiston nimi

Young People and Local Democracy 2004: Active Participants

Aineistonumero

FSD2049

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2049
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2049

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (Nuora)
• Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network
• Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey charted perceptions of politics and interest groups among young people who are involved in these groups. Interest groups refer here to groups operating at a local level and trying to promote youth's interests and needs. Respondents' attitude to local government policy and politics were studied with attitudinal statements. Some questions focused on inequality, immigrants and ways and channels of political influence. Respondents were asked to what extent characterisations such as local citizen and member of global community apply to them. They were asked to assess how much power different bodies have, for example, municipal council and the media. Attitudes to organisations and associations and their activities as well as taking measures such as municipal initiatives were studied. Respondents were also asked whether they would vote in the 2004 municipal elections and whether they would like to stand as a candidate in municipal elections. In case respondents themselves were politically active, their trust in, for example, friends, other citizens and international non-governmental organisations was examined.

When asking about respondents' interest groups, questions pertained to the type of the group, way of electing its members, founder of the group and its goal of action. Respondents were also asked to what extent their group uses different ways of action, for example, the right of initiative and Internet sites which enable youth to contact interest groups or influence them. Reasons for joining the group and participation in different training events and seminars were surveyed. Respondents' opinions on the role of adults in the group were charted. They were also asked how much and what sort of things they have learnt in their interest group, for example, political skills and desire to be involved in a political party.

Background variables included respondent's gender, age, educational institution (pupils and students) and economic activity (others).

Asiasanat

citizen participation; groups; local government policy; political action; political participation; politics; social influence; young people; youth

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Youth (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Ministry of Education. Advisory Council for Youth Affairs
• Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network
• Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities

Tuottajat

• Advisory Council for Youth Affairs
• Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network
• Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities

Ajallinen kattavuus

2004

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2004

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Young people are who involved in youth councils, or other municipal representative or organisational groups which promote youth's interests and needs.

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Purposive

The list of youth councils and equivalent institutions was charted with the help of contact persons, Nuoret Vaikuttajat r.y (an umbrella organisation) and basic service surveys organised by the Ministry of Education. There were approximately 200 youth interest groups. Personal information and addresses of about 140 groups were acquired, two to three persons in each of them. 340 young people were reached and 180 questionnaires were returned, but nine of them had to be rejected. Some of the answers were received through other research contacts.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

53

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Datan versio

1.0

Katso myös

FSD2048 Young People and Local Democracy 2004

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

Answers to open questions in the data are missing. The data includes only the variable of the most important matter of the question 6 ("Priority of matters in the municipality") and year of birth has been replaced with an age variable..

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (Nuora) & Finnish Youth Research Society & Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities: Young People and Local Democracy 2004: Active Participants [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2005-03-11). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2049; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2049

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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Varaumat

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

Julkaisut aineistosta

Nuorten ääni ja kunnantalon heikko kaiku: nuoret kunnallisessa demokratiassa ja paikallisissa vaikuttajaryhmissä (2004). Toim. Kari Paakkunainen. Helsinki: Opetusministeriö & Suomen kuntaliitto & Nuorisotutkimusverkosto & Nuorisoasian neuvottelukunta. Nuorisoasian neuvottelukunta, julkaisuja; 29 & Nuorisotutkimusverkosto/Nuorisotutkimusseura, julkaisuja; 46.