Study title

Experiences of Participation in the Youth Arts Programme "Myrsky" 2008-2010

Dataset ID Number

FSD2638

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2638
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2638

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Kotilainen, Sirkku (Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network)
• Suoninen, Annikka (Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network)
• Siivonen, Katriina (Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network)

Abstract

The survey collected information from young people attending art-related projects organised all over Finland during 2008-2010. The projects were part of the nationwide youth arts programme "Myrsky" (Storm) financed by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, targeted at young people aged 13-17. The aim was to spread and establish new types of arts activities for youngsters.

Questions charted the respondents' spare time activities, cultural hobbies, interest in and attendance at cultural events, and perceptions on the general impact of culture. A number of questions focused on the experiences of and views on the Myrsky project the respondent was participating in, reasons for participating, own role and activity in the project, role of youngsters in general in the project, what activities had liked best, what activities would have liked to do more, and feedback received etc. Views were probed on the impact of the project on the neighbourhood and on the respondent him/herself. Satisfaction with life, self-confidence, and social interaction with others were surveyed. The respondents also evaluated how important they considered certain things to be in their future life, for instance, financial success, lots of friends, good education.

Three different questionnaires were used for the survey. For longer projects, people filled in an initial questionnaire in the beginning of the project and another one at the end. For shorter projects, only one combined questionnaire was used. However, in December 2009 the initial and end questionnaires were dropped and a new questionnaire was developed, which people filled in at the end of the project. There was also a separate questionnaire for short dance workshops held in the Kainuu region and another one for short movie workshops in the Jyväskylä area.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, economic activity, educational institution, field of study, region (NUTS3) of residence, type of neighbourhood, country of birth, the parent's education, with whom R lived and whether had two homes, and financial situation of the family.

Keywords

arts education; cultural activities; cultural participation; leisure time activities; social interaction; youth

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Humanities (Fields of Science Classification)
• Cultural activities and participation (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

• Kotilainen, Sirkku (Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network)
• Suoninen, Annikka (Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network)
• Siivonen, Katriina (Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network)

Time Period Covered

2008 – 2010

Collection Dates

2008 – 2010

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Event/Process/Activity

Individual

Universe

Young people participating in the projects of the arts programme Myrsky

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

People attending any project in the arts programme Myrsky were asked to participate in the survey. There were altogether 679 respondents from 38 projects. In addition, 725 young people responded to the dance workshops survey and 92 to the movie workshops survey. Response rates varied greatly between projects.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

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

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Data Version

3.0

Related Datasets

FSD2639 Experiences of Participation in the Youth Arts Programme "Myrsky": Interviews 2008-2010

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

For the most part, the various questionnaires used in the survey contained the same questions. Consequently, information received from different questionnaires has been stored in the same variables. In the naming of the variables, the questionnaires have been referred as follows: A = initial questionnaire (e.g. A12_1), B = end questionnaire, C = combined questionnaire, E = new questionnaire, G = dance workshop questionnaire, and H = movie workshop questionnaire. The data also contain a variable identifying which questionnaire each respondent had responded to.

To prevent identification of respondents, a variable identifying the respondent's municipality of residence was removed from the data. The data contain a region variable. Person, school and place names and other identifiers were removed from responses to open-ended questions. Variable a11 denoting nationality was categorised and question group a12 relating to ethnicity was removed.

The dance workshop questionnaire is not available.

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

Kotilainen, Sirkku (Finnish Youth Research Society) & Suoninen, Annikka (Finnish Youth Research Society) & Siivonen, Katriina (Finnish Youth Research Society): Experiences of Participation in the Youth Arts Programme "Myrsky" 2008-2010 [dataset]. Version 3.0 (2019-01-21). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2638

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

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.

In addition to FSD, the Finnish Cultural Foundation and the Archives of the Turku University School of Cultural Research also hold data related to the arts programme Myrsky.

Related Materials

Siivonen, Katriina & Kotilainen, Sirkku & Suoninen, Annikka (2011). Iloa ja voimaa elämään. Nuorten taiteen tekemisen merkitykset Myrsky-hankkeessa. Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusverkosto/Nuorisotutkimusseura, verkkojulkaisuja 44.

Related Publications

Kotilainen, Sirkku & Siivonen, Katriina & Suoninen, Annikka (2010). Nuoret taiteen tekijöinä. Myrsky-hankkeen väliarviointia. Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusverkosto/Nuorisotutkimusseura, verkkojulkaisuja 31.

Siivonen, Katriina & Kotilainen, Sirkku & Suoninen, Annikka (2011). Iloa ja voimaa elämään. Nuorten taiteen tekemisen merkitykset Myrsky-hankkeessa. Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusverkosto/Nuorisotutkimusseura, verkkojulkaisuja 44.