Study title

Neighbourhood Sports Facilities 2005: Parents' Survey

Dataset ID Number

FSD2536

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2536

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Kantomaa, Marko (Young Finland Association)
• Karvinen, Jukka (Young Finland Association)
• Norra, Jan (Young Finland Association)
• Orjala, Anu (Young Finland Association)
• Ruokonen, Reijo (Young Finland Association)

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Fogelholm, Mikael (UKK Institute)
• Järvelä, Risto (Ministry of Education)
• Karimäki, Ari (Rural Municipality of Jyväskylä)
• Kuusela, Keijo (State Provincial Office of Western Finland)
• Paavola, Seppo (Ministry of Education)
• Ruuska, Matti (State Provincial Office of Eastern Finland)
• Suomi, Kimmo (University of Jyväskylä)

Abstract

The survey was part of a multifaceted evaluation of neighbourhood sports facilities carried out by Young Finland Association. Data were collected from four different sources: from project managers of sports facility construction projects (FSD2537), children and young people in the neighbourhood where the facility is located (FSD2535), their parents (FSD2536), and schools if the facility was located in the schoolyard (FSD2538). The main themes in the parent survey were physical exercise and activities during leisure time, use of the neighbourhood sports facility and opinions on the facility. Several questions had space in the questionnaire for responses from both the mother and the father.

Physical activities of both parents at leisure time were charted by asking the respondents how often they took strenuous exercise (becoming at least somewhat breathless and sweaty) for at least 30 minutes at a time, how many minutes a day they spent walking and cycling to go to work or to go somewhere else, whether they used the neighbourhood sports facility at leisure time, with whom and for what form of exercise, and whether the neighbourhood sports facility had increased their physical activities. Reasons for using the neighbourhood sports facility at leisure time were charted as well as what prevented or hampered them from using it.

The respondents were also asked to indicate whether they agreed with a number of statements relating to how well certain goals had been reached in the construction of the neighbourhood sports facility. The goals mentioned included easy access, serving different age groups, offering diversity to the family sports facilities in the community, and so on. Some questions covered opinions on how well the neighbourhood sports facility construction project had succeeded. Finally, the respondents were asked to grade the sports facility.

Background variables included the municipality, whether the facility was in the schoolyard or not, distance between the respondent's home and sports facility, the ages of the parents, years of residence in the area, number of children, type of housing, education (in years) and profession of the parents, and how big a barrier the respondents felt financial factors formed for the physical exercise taken by their children.

Keywords

exercise (physical activity); local community facilities; parents; physical activities; sports facilities

Topic Classification

• Medical and health sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Physical fitness and exercise (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

• Young Finland Association

Data Producers

• Young Finland Association
• Ministry of Education

Time Period Covered

2004 – 2005

Collection Dates

2004 – 2005

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Parents of children and young people living near the neighbourhood sports facilities included in the study

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The children and young people who had answered the survey at school delivered the paper questionnaire to their parents. The parents posted the filled-in questionnaires to Young Finland Association. Altogether, 214 families answered the survey.

Seven projects for neighbourhood sports facilities construction were selected to the study. The projects were completed during 2000-2005 and were financially supported by the Ministry of Education, province sports departments or Young Finland Association. The seven projects included were selected out of 37 similar projects in cooperation with province sports departments and an outside expert group. Selection aimed at providing variety in terms of facilities and project types (new construction or renovation of an existing facility), neighbourhood type (sparsely populated rural area, population centre in a rural area, town centre) and location (different parts of Finland). The selected projects were located in the municipalities of Nurmijärvi (Paimentie), Vantaa (Ester Koskelainen park), Heinola (Tähtiniemi), Kemiö (Amospuisto), Kajaani (Lohtaja), Iisalmi (the school Kauppis-Heikki) and Kaavi (Kortteinen).

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Semi-structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD2535 Neighbourhood Sports Facilities 2005: Children and Youth Survey

FSD2537 Neighbourhood Sports Facilities 2005: Project Manager Survey

FSD2538 Neighbourhood Sports Facilities 2005: School Survey

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Kantomaa, Marko (Young Finland Association) & Karvinen, Jukka (Young Finland Association) & Norra, Jan (Young Finland Association) & Orjala, Anu (Young Finland Association) & Ruokonen, Reijo (Young Finland Association): Neighbourhood Sports Facilities 2005: Parents' Survey [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2010-12-20). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2536

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Related Materials

Kantomaa, Marko & Karvinen, Jukka & Norra, Jan & Orjala, Anu & Ruokonen, Reijo (2007). Lähiliikuntapaikkojen arviointitutkimus [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Nuori Suomi ry. http://www.nuorisuomi.fi/files/ns2/Olosuhteet_PDF/Lhiliikuntap_raportti_2007.pdf [viitattu 21.12.2010].

Related Publications

Kantomaa, Marko & Karvinen, Jukka & Norra, Jan & Orjala, Anu & Ruokonen, Reijo (2007). Lähiliikuntapaikkojen arviointitutkimus [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Nuori Suomi ry. http://www.nuorisuomi.fi/files/ns2/Olosuhteet_PDF/Lhiliikuntap_raportti_2007.pdf [viitattu 21.12.2010].