Study title

Finnish Youth Survey 2007

Dataset ID Number

FSD2293

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2293
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2293

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (Nuora)
• Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network

Abstract

The youth survey focused on Finnish young people's employment, education, future, social relationships, satisfaction with life, and relationship to society.

First, questions related to work were presented. The respondents were asked what they considered most important as regards work and working, whether they would like to work in the public or private sector, and what they considered the greatest obstacles to employment for young people. They were also presented with attitudinal statements on unemployment and working life. Some questions pertained to education policy. Compared to the previous Finnish Youth Surveys, there were new questions covering compulsory education age and youth education.

The respondents were asked to name the factors that influenced their choice of place of residence (e.g. the location of their school, proximity to nature). They also named the municipality or city in which they would like to live. Questions on society included topics such as foreigners living in Finland, basic income paid to all citizens, and one's own possibilities of influencing. There was also a new question on whether the voting age should be lowered.

Some questions pertained to future. The young people were asked how important they considered achieving various things (e.g. own family and children, own house, high standard of living) by the age of 35. The respondents also estimated the development of Finnish society in the future and their current social relationships. Finally, they assessed their satisfaction with life, financial situation, and health on a scale from 4 to 10.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's age, gender, mother tongue, level of education, economic activity, and the parents' level of education.

Keywords

adolescents; education; expectation; future; housing; interpersonal relations; labour and employment; satisfaction; social systems; unemployment; youth

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Employment (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Finnish Youth Surveys

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• TNS Gallup Finland

Data Producers

• Advisory Council for Youth Affairs
• Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network

Time Period Covered

2007

Collection Dates

2007-04

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Young people aged 15-29 living in Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

Random sampling from the population register with strata based on age, gender, mother tongue, and place of residence. 1,903 young people were interviewed, out of which 103 were Swedish-speaking.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish and English.

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Number of Cases and Variables

144 variables and 1903 cases.

Data Version

3.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The frequencies for variable q5_10 are lacking. The numbering of the variables in the dataset is been based on the telephone interview questionnaire, and therefore it slightly differs from the attached questionnaire.

The variables containing information on the respondents' municipalities and regions (NUTS3) of residence have been removed from the data.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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.

Bibliographical Citation

Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (Nuora) & Finnish Youth Research Society: Finnish Youth Survey 2007 [dataset]. Data version 3.0 (2018-07-12). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2293; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2293

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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 Materials

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Related Publications

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