Aineiston nimi

Religion and the Finns 2006

Aineiston rinnakkainen nimi

ISSP 2006: Religion III: Finnish Pre-Test Data

Aineistonumero

FSD2229

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2229
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2229

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
• Blom, Raimo (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)
• Melin, Harri (University of Turku. Department of Sociology)

Muut tekijät

• Borg, Sami (University of Tampere. Finnish Social Science Data Archive)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey charts the religiosity of the Finns, their attitudes on religion, and their views on different religions and denominations. The dataset is the Finnish pre-test data for the ISSP 2008 survey.

First, the respondents were asked whether they thought all religious groups should have equal rights, whether religion influences politics too much, whether people who are prejudiced against some nationality should be allowed to express their views in public, and whether religious extremists should be allowed to hold public meetings, publish books or Internet pages, and express their views on the media. They were also asked whether they would accept a person from a different religion to marry their relative or to be a candidate of the political party they prefer. Further questions probed the respondents' attitudes towards different religions and denominations and whether practicing a religion helps people to find inner peace and happiness, to maintain good family relations, to gain comfort, to make friends, to meet the right kind of people, or to improve one's financial status. They were also presented with a set of attitudinal statements on the similarity between the purposes of different religions, on worshipping deceased ancestors, on the human ability to find perfect freedom from earthly suffering by his/her own strength, and on men's higher status in religious meetings and ceremonies.

Religiosity was charted by asking whether the respondents believed in life after death, Hell, Heaven, religious miracles, reincarnation, Nirvana, or the supernatural powers of deceased ancestors. They were also asked how often they thanked God or asked for something when praying, how people can find salvation (if it exists), how they would describe their own religiosity, how often they had felt the presence of a spiritual power, whether they had religious objects on display in their home, and how often they took part in the activities, organisations or services of a church. Further questions charted whether the respondents had made some personal sacrifice as an expression of their faith during the past year (e.g. fasting), how often they prayed, how religious or spiritual they considered themselves to be, and whether they belonged to a church or other religious group. Opinions on euthanasia and cloning humans were also canvassed.

Background variables included the respondent's year of birth, marital status, education, spouse's education, household composition, household size, occupational status, industry of employment, trade union membership, annual household income, annual personal income, type of accommodation, financial circumstances, province of residence, region of residence (NUTS3 and NUTS2), type of municipality, social class, political party preference, and left-right political self-placement.

Asiasanat

church; cloning; euthanasia; religion; religious behaviour; religious beliefs; religious communities; religious doctrines; religious experience; religious groups; religious practice; supernatural

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Humanities (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Religion and values (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• TNS Gallup Finland

Ajallinen kattavuus

2006

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2006-10-20 – 2006-10-24

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Finnish population aged 18-74 (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Multistage

The data were collected with the help of GallupChannel research system, which involves installing personal computers or Internet terminals in the respondents' homes. The fixed sample used with the GallupChannel is a result of multistage stratified sampling and it is representative of the target population. The dataset contains the responses of 1,346 persons.

Keruumenetelmä

Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: englanti ja suomi.

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Havaintojen ja muuttujien lukumäärä

136 muuttujaa ja 1346 havaintoa.

Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The variable indicating municipality has been removed from the data.

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

International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) & Blom, Raimo (University of Tampere) & Melin, Harri (University of Turku): Religion and the Finns 2006 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2006-11-13). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2229

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

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

Muu materiaali

Katso ladattavat tiedostot sivun ylälaidasta.

Description of the GallupChannel Data Collection System

Julkaisut aineistosta

Monikasvoinen kirkko. Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko vuosina 2004-2007 (2008). Kirkon tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja; 103. Tampere: Kirkon tutkimuskeskus.

Taira, Teemu (2014) Väärin uskottu? Ateismin uusi näkyvyys. Turku: Eetos.