Study title

Tampere Afternoon Activity Project: Parents 2007

Dataset ID Number

FSD2393

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2393

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Häikiö, Liisa (City of Tampere. Development Unit for Welfare Services)
• Vänninmaja, Paula (City of Tampere. Development Unit for Welfare Services)

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Siponen, Katri
• Armila, Juuso
• Arvaja, Maija
• Hakkarainen, Tyyne
• Neuvonen, Laura
• Nieminen, Annika
• Ovaskainen, Susanna
• Paavola, Sanna
• Pääkkönen, Taru
• Seppänen, Katri
• Siekkinen, Essi
• Sihvonen, Eeva
• Simonen, Riina
• Säkkinen, Susa
• Viitala, Riikka
• Ylinen, Minna

Abstract

In the Tampere Afternoon Activity project (Harrastava Iltapäivä in Finnish) initiated in 2007, the city of Tampere organized voluntary afternoon club activities for pupils from the third grade to the ninth. The activities were organized in co-operation with various organizations, clubs, and churches. In this mid-evaluation, the realisation of the goals and practices of the project during the first phase of activity was assessed. The assessment of the project was carried out from the viewpoints of children, parents, school staff, and club leaders.

First, the parents were asked questions on their occupational status, their child's gender, and whether the child participated in the club activities. Opinions on the characteristics of the club (e.g. no fees) and its significance for children and young people were charted. The parents also assessed the organization of the club activities, the diversity of supply, and the effect of the project on their child's welfare. The parents whose child did not participate in the club activities were asked to give reasons for their child's non-participation. Further questions covered attitudes towards the snack provided by the school, and reasons for their child's potential refraining from eating the snack. The parents gave feedback on the club leaders and listed characteristics of a good club leader. Finally, the parents assessed information exchange related to the Afternoon Activity project and gave their opinions on what kind of afternoon activities they would like to see organized in schools in the future.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, occupational status, spouse's occupational status and child's gender.

Keywords

bullying; children; cooperation; educational environment; extracurricular activities; hobbies; organizations; parents; physical activities; schools; social exclusion

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Compulsory and pre-school education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social welfare policy (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

• City of Tampere. Development Unit for Welfare Services

Time Period Covered

2007 – 2008

Collection Dates

2007-11 – 2007-12

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Tampere

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Parents of the pupils in the Tampere Afternoon Activity Project pilot schools

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The parents who had given their e-mail addresses in the Tampere Afternoon Activity project enrolment form received an e-mail informing of the survey. 215 parents responded to the survey.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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

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Data Version

2.0

Related Datasets

FSD2390 Tampere Afternoon Activity Project: Club Leaders 2007

FSD2391 Tampere Afternoon Activity Project: School Staff 2007

FSD2392 Tampere Afternoon Activity Project: Children 2007

FSD2393 Tampere Afternoon Activity Project: Parents 2007

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

For reasons of privacy, the school variable q2 was removed from the data.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Häikiö, Liisa (City of Tampere) & Vänninmaja, Paula (City of Tampere): Tampere Afternoon Activity Project: Parents 2007 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2019-01-14). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2393

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Disclaimer

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Related Publications

Häikiö, Liisa & Vänninmaja, Paula & Evaluaatioseminaarin työryhmä (2008). Hyvinvointia harrastamalla. Tampereen kaupungin Harrastava iltapäivä -hankkeen väliarviointi [verkkodokumentti]. Tampere: Tampereen kaupunki. Hyvinvointipalvelujen kehittämisyksikkö. http://www.tampere.fi/tiedostot/5veAz98KJ/hip-hankkeen_raportti.pdf [viitattu 17.6.2009].