Study title

Finnish Youth Survey Autumn 1999

Dataset ID Number

FSD2529

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2529

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

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

Abstract

The main themes of the Finnish Youth Survey Autumn 1999 were cultural services and the Internet. The young people responding to the survey were presented with questions on for example their attitudes towards various cultural services and drug abuse. In addition, a target population of Finnish adults aged between 30 and 64 were asked about their use of cultural services.

First, the respondents were presented with questions on cultural services. They were asked how much various things (e.g. youth work, libraries, or theatrical activities) should be invested in, if there were more latitude in the Finnish economy. Views on Finnish cultural life, graffiti, and the price and quality of cultural services were queried. The respondents also indicated how much they thought various services should cost.

The significance of cultural services in the respondents' lives was surveyed. Questions charted the importance of art museums, rock concerts, and American movies on the TV in view of spending leisure time. The respondents were also queried about how different cultural services helped them to cope at their work or studies. In addition, they were asked how often they had attended different cultural events or institutions, for example opera or sports events, in the past year.

The rest of the questions were only targeted at young people, and they were related to the use and availability of drugs. The young people were presented with a set of attitudinal statements for example on the punishability of drug use and access to drugs. They gave their views on how likely they considered that young people would try drugs if offered them. They were also asked to what extent different reasons affected the negative attitude towards drugs shown by young people who do not use drugs.

Background variables included the respondent's age, gender, region of residence, education, and economic activity.

Keywords

adolescents; attitudes; cultural activities; illegal drugs; leisure time; satisfaction; time budgets; values

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Cultural activities and participation (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Drug abuse, alcohol and smoking (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

• Statistics Finland

Data Producers

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

Time Period Covered

1999

Collection Dates

1999-08-16 – 1999-08-27

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finnish-speaking young people who live in Finland, aged between 15 and 64 (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

Finnish Youth Survey Autumn 1999 was conducted in connection with the Labour Force Survey of Statistics Finland. The sample of the Labour Force Survey is drawn twice a year as a stratified random sample from the Statistics Finland population database, which is based on the central population register. The survey is a panel survey in which one person is interviewed five times. The interviews are conducted every three months apart from the fourth interview, which is conducted six months after the third interview. The first and last interviews are 15 months apart. The sample in each month consists approximately of 12,000 persons, which is, on average, every 300th person from the population. The sample consists of five rotation groups which have joined the survey in different months.

The control groups have been drawn by including each case in a single rotation group or by picking a determined number of respondents using systematic sampling. The control groups are representative of the population as such (i.e. self-weighting) but should always be studied separately in connection with the youth data because of their nature. Together with the youth data, the distributions do not tell the truth for instance about the attitudes of 15-45-year-olds or 15-64-year-olds, because the control group responses are not weighted to correspond to the entire population. Because of high response rate, weight variables are not used in Finnish Youth Survey data.

The sample in the Finnish Youth Survey Autumn 1999 consisted of 916 Finnish-speaking young people from several rotation groups. The sample was formed by including all young people aged between 15-29. Altogether 757 interviews were received. The proportion of non-respondents was 17.4%. In addition, a control sample of 1,053 adults (aged 30-65) was formed.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Data Version

2.0

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (Nuora) & Finnish Youth Research Society: Finnish Youth Survey Autumn 1999 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-19). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2529

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Disclaimer

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