FSD2829 Spiritual Well-Being of Church Workers 2012

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Study title

Spiritual Well-Being of Church Workers 2012

Dataset ID Number

FSD2829

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2829

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

  • Myllys, Riikka (Church Council)

Abstract

The survey focused on the spiritual well-being of persons working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and what kind of support they had received for maintaining it.

Questions covered satisfaction with their job in general, coping with workload, and their personal spiritual background. The respondents were also asked how important faith was to them, what was their most important spiritual community, and to what extent they felt they had had support for their spiritual life and from where. Further questions investigated how often they read the Bible or other spiritual literature, how often they prayed or participated in worship services, in connection with work or otherwise. The importance of certain activities or issues to them (e.g. prayer and meditation, helping others, human rights issues) was charted, as well as with whom the respondents discussed spiritual issues and from where they sought help in time of crisis or anxiety.

The survey also investigated changes in the respondents' spirituality and factors influencing it. A number of questions covered the ways in which the Church as an employer had supported their spiritual life and what kind of support they wished for.

Background variables included the respondent's age group, gender, type of job, urban or rural environment, diocese, number of years working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church and number of years working for other employers.

Keywords

church; job satisfaction; religious behaviour; religious personnel; spiritual life; well-being (society); workloads

Topic Classification

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

  • Church Research Institute

Data Producers

  • Church Council

Time Period Covered

2012

Collection Dates

spring 2012 ( 2012 )

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Systematic random

The size of the sample (4,000 persons) was approximately one fourth of total number of persons working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The link to the survey was sent to the sampled individuals who could respond either in Finnish or in Swedish. There were altogether 796 respondents, of whom 62 responded in Swedish.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

20

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Number of Cases and Variables

178 variables and 796 cases.

Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification, response categories 'parish lector' and 'other' were combined in variable q3 (job title), as well as managerial, professional and other positions in a diocese or the central administration of the Church.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Myllys, Riikka (Church Council): Spiritual Well-Being of Church Workers 2012 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-09-28). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2829

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