Study title

Rural Finland 2009: Citizens

Alternative Title

Landmarks Barometer 2009: Citizens

Dataset ID Number

FSD2569

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2569
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2569

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Kurunmäki, Seija (Kuule)
• Leppänen, Anne (Kuule)
• Hellström, Eeva (Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra. Landmarks Programme)
• Aho, Pauliina (Taloustutkimus)

Abstract

The survey studied public opinion and experiences of the countryside in Finland and beliefs about the significance, development and future of rural areas. The barometer was developed for the Landmarks Programme carried out by the Finnish Innovation Fund (Sitra) to provide the programme with the latest information on the relationship of Finns to the countryside.

First, the respondents were asked how important various issues were for them to feel that their life is good (for instance, feeling safe, sufficient income, self-fullfilment, control over their own life, spacious housing, meaningful job, good social relations, easy travel to work, stress-free pace of life) and how satisfied were they with the state of these things in their own life at the time of the survey.

Views were probed on what kind of neighbourhood the respondents saw as providing a good life (living in a city, living in a rural area or alternating between living in a rural and an urban area, living in a neighbourhood that is neither rural nor urban). The respondents were asked which areas they saw as part of the countryside (e.g. holiday villages in rural areas, rural population centres, nature areas, rural areas dominated by agricultural areas) and whether they felt themselves to be city residents or rural residents.

The respondents were presented with a number of statements relating to the countryside, its image and future development and significance. Some questions covered what the respondents would like the countryside to be like in 2020 and what they believed the countryside would mean to them in 10 years. Further questions explored the respondents' neighbourhood of residence at the time of the survey and in future, and beliefs whether the significance of rural areas would grow or diminish in Finland.

Background variables included the respondent's age, gender, region of residence (NUTS3), education, economic activity and occupational status, household composition, number and age of children living at home, annual gross income of the household, type of accommodation, municipality type, R's Internet use, employment sector, employer size, ownership of car, home, holiday home and consumer durables, ownership and type of mobile phone.

Keywords

image; rural areas; rural development; rural economics; rural environment; rural policy; rural sociology

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Agriculture and forestry (Fields of Science Classification)
• Agriculture and rural industry (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Housing (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Rural Finland

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Taloustutkimus
• Kuule

Data Producers

• Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra. Landmarks Programme

Time Period Covered

2009

Collection Dates

2009-09-30 – 2009-10-05

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

The Internet panel of Taloustutkimus: People aged 15 - 79 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability

The members of the Taloustutkimus Internet panel have been recruited in connection with omnibus studies or through telephone or mail campaigns based on random sampling. The sample is respresentative of the Finnish population aged 15-79 (excluding the Åland Islands) and is invitation-based as it is not possible to participate in the panel on a volunteer basis.

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

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The variable identifying the postal code has been removed from the data.

Weighting

There is a weight variable which weights the data according to the age, gender and province of residence distributions in the population register of Finland (31.12.2008).

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Kurunmäki, Seija (Kuule) & Leppänen, Anne (Kuule) & Hellström, Eeva (Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra) & Aho, Pauliina (Taloustutkimus): Rural Finland 2009: Citizens [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-20). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2569

Deposit Requirement

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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.

Other Material

See downloadable files at the top of the page.

Report (with tables) and open-ended answers: pdf files in Finnish

Related Publications

Maamerkit-barometri 2009. Muuttuva maaseutusuhde (2010) [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Suomen itsenäisyyden juhlarahasto Sitra. Maamerkit-ohjelma. http://www.sitra.fi/NR/rdonlyres/FC2E84B8-FD87-4746-9D87-8C9C4CDBE4FD/0/Maamerkit_Barometri_2009.pdf [viitattu 7.10.2016].