Study title

University of Tampere Survey for Third-year Students 2009

Dataset ID Number

FSD2902

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2902
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2902

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• University of Tampere. University Services

Abstract

The survey, conducted by the University of Tampere for its third-year students in 2009, examines, among others, progress with studies, minor subjects and language studies, working during studies, financial circumstances, and planning of studies.

Studies were first charted by asking the respondents which educational institution and field of study they had primarily wanted to be accepted into when they had applied and to what extent they agreed with a number of statements relating to studies and study progress (e.g. "University studies have met my expectations", "I have progressed in my studies according to my plans"). Things that had negatively affected progress of studies were charted.

With regard to minor subjects, a number of statements were presented (e.g. "I choose my minor subject(s) based on my own interests", "Recommendations from other students have an effect on my choices"). Views on the language studies were surveyed (e.g. "There is an appropriate amount of compulsory language studies in my Bachelor's degree"). Planning of studies was studied with questions about support received from the university when planning studies and own initiative in searching for information supporting planning. Opinions on the usability and usefulness of study guides, curricula and other information sources were charted.

Relating to grants and benefits, the respondents were asked questions about financial aid for students (which comprises study grant, student loan, and housing supplement). Questions probed, among others, the number of months the respondents had spent out of their eligibility period for financial aid, whether they thought the remaining months would suffice until graduation, whether they had taken a student loan and how much, and whether they had avoided taking a student loan for some reason.

Regarding employment, the respondents were asked whether they had worked during studies, to what extent they agreed with several statements related to working during studies (e.g. "Studying and working at the same time is very stressful", "I work because I want to avoid taking a student loan", "Working takes up time needed for studies", "I don't work because I want to graduate as soon as possible"), whether they had worked during the academic year 2008-2009, and which field and sector they had worked in. The respondents were also asked which line of work they aimed at after graduation and later in their career.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's age, gender, field of study, school (faculty), number of credits, and length of internship/studies abroad.

Keywords

educational grants; employment; higher education institutions; student loans; students (college); training; undergraduates

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

University of Tampere Student Surveys

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• University of Tampere. University Services

Time Period Covered

2009

Collection Dates

2009-04

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Students in the University of Tampere who had been granted a right to study in 2006 and who had enrolled as 'present' for the spring semester 2009 (excluding students who had been granted a right to study for a higher academic degree only (e.g. a Master's degree))

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The survey was emailed to all third-year students in the University of Tampere, who had enrolled as 'present' for the spring semester 2009. Email addresses were obtained from the student register. Time to respond was approximately two weeks. Responses to the survey were received from 404 students. The final total of respondents was 401 out of 1,315 students, because three respondents who did not belong to the population were removed from the data.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

31

Data File Language

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Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

As requested by the data depositor, questions 28 and 29 in the feeback and comments section were removed from the data during archiving. The data do not contain open-ended questions.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

University of Tampere: University of Tampere Survey for Third-year Students 2009 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2017-09-19). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2902

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.

Related Materials

From 2008 onwards the surveys have been reported as time series on the following web page (in Finnish): http://www.uta.fi/opiskelu/kyselyt/aikasarjat.html

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