Aineiston nimi

Spirituality among the Readers of the New Age Magazine 'Ultra' 2011

Aineistonumero

FSD2837

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2837

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Church Research Institute

Muut tekijät

• Ultra magazine

Sisällön kuvaus

The study charted alternative spirituality, its significance and practice among the readers of the Finnish new age magazine 'Ultra'. The respondents' world views and religious beliefs were investigated as well as their values and interest in sprituality.

The respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with several statements relating to religion, spirituality and different world views (e.g. "There exists a single indescribable divine truth that cannot be personified", "It is worth taking into account the position of the stars and planets when making big decisions").

Interest in spirituality was surveyed by asking the respondents which topics in Ultra they found most interesting (e.g. alternative medicine, religion, unusual phenomena), which views they thought were important sources of inspiration to them (e.g. Buddhism, Paganism, Humanism), and whether they had participated in different courses/lectures/sessions (tarot consultation, angel course) or practised yoga, meditation or shamanism. Reasons for practising meditation, prayer or equivalent were inquired, as were the frequency of church attendance, ways of celebrating important life events and belief in central Christian doctrines.

The respondents' values were investigated by presenting them several statements describing a person with certain characteristics and asking how much they thought they were like the persons described (e.g. "Success is important to him/her. He/she wants his/her accomplishments to be noticed").

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, marital status, highest education attained, membership of a religious community, religious orientation (regardless of membership to a religious community), type of municipality of residence and the political party R had voted for in the previous elections.

Asiasanat

ceremonies; esoteric practices; religion; religious affiliation; religious behaviour; religious beliefs; religious groups; spiritualism; values

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Humanities (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Religion and values (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Church Research Institute

Ajallinen kattavuus

2011

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2011-07 – 2011-08

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Readers of the Ultra magazine and people attending the Ultrapäivät event

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Availability

The survey was conducted as a reader survey in the Ultra magazine as well as at the Ultrapäivät summer event by handing out questionnaires to the visitors. 556 persons in total responded to the survey. The response rate was 13% out of all the questionnaires distributed.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

13

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Datan versio

2.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

A variable containing the respondents' postal numbers has been removed during the archiving process.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

Church Research Institute: Spirituality among the Readers of the New Age Magazine 'Ultra' 2011 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-26). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2837

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Ketola, Kimmo & Sohlberg, Jussi (2012). Tähän Ultran lukijat uskovat: Vaihtoehtoinen henkisyys lukijatutkimuksen valossa. Ultra (7-8), 10-13.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Ketola, Kimmo & Sohlberg, Jussi (2012) Tähän Ultran lukijat uskovat: vaihtoehtoinen henkisyys lukijatutkimuksen valossa. Ultra (7-8), 10-13.

Ramstedt, Tommy (2018) Knowledge and Identity within the Finnish Fringe-Knowledge Scene. Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press.