Study title

Rural Finland 2013: Citizens

Dataset ID Number

FSD2927

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2927
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2927

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Aho, Pauliina (Taloustutkimus)
• Rahkonen, Juho (Taloustutkimus)

Abstract

The survey studied public opinion and experiences of the countryside as well as beliefs about the significance, development and future of rural areas in Finland. The survey is a follow-up on the barometers conducted by the Landmarks Programme in 2009 and 2011.

First, the respondents were asked how firmly they connected certain qualities and issues to the countryside and to urban areas (e.g. good life, environmentally-friendly lifestyle). Images of the countryside were charted by asking what kinds of places corresponded to their view of the countryside and what kind of areas they saw as rural (e.g. holiday villages in rural areas, rural population centres, nature areas, rural areas dominated by agricultural areas). The experience of urban/rural identity was examined with questions on whether the respondents thought themselves as city or rural residents and how important this identity was. They were asked in what kind of a neighbourhood their homes, holiday homes, workplaces and most important childhood environment were located, and in what kind of a neighbourhood they would prefer to live.

The respondents were also asked about their habits of spending time in different kinds of neighbourhoods or places during their working time, weekends and holidays. Views were probed on the intentions to move to a more urban or rural setting within the following ten years. Reasons for the importance of different types of places (e.g. friends in other regions, spending holidays, telework) were studied. Opinions were also surveyed on how well the respondents had achieved certain states of things in their own life (e.g. life without stress, sustainable lifestyle, physical health, meaningful job).

One topic covered the significance of the countryside in the lives of the respondents at the time of the survey and what they believed the significance would be in ten years' time. Further questions explored their beliefs about whether the significance of rural areas would grow or diminish in Finland, and what they would like or believed the countryside to be like in 2025. The respondents were also presented with a number of statements relating to the countryside, its image, development and significance. Opinions on how rural areas should be or should not be developed were examined, as well as opinions on rural economics and the countryside as a business environment.

Background variables included the respondent's year of birth, gender, highest education, political party preference in parliamentary elections, attitudes towards new products, region (NUTS3) and major region (NUTS2) of residence, type of municipality, economic activity and occupational status, household composition, number and age of children living at home, annual gross income of the household, and type of housing.

Keywords

businesses; countryside; rural areas; rural development; rural economics; rural environment; rural migration; rural planning; rural policy

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

Data Producers

• Ministry of Employment and the Economy

Time Period Covered

2013

Collection Dates

2013-09-17 – 2013-10-10

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 are recruited in connection with omnibus studies or through telephone or mail campaigns, based on random sampling. The sample drawn from the panel for the Rural Finland study 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. Sampled individuals were asked to complete the Internet survey.

Collection Mode

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

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

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

Weighting

The data contain a weight variable based on the following population distributions: 1) age group (15-24, 25-34, 35-50, 50-64, 65-79) 2) gender and 3) province (Southern Finland, Western Finland, Eastern Finland, and Oulu and Lapland provinces combined).

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

Aho, Pauliina (Taloustutkimus) & Rahkonen, Juho (Taloustutkimus): Rural Finland 2013: Citizens [dataset]. Data version 2.0 (2018-07-25). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2927; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2927

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 Publications

Kuhmonen, Tuomas (2015). Maaseudun mahdollisuudet liiketoiminnassa ja yrittäjyydessä. Maaseutu 2014 -barometri [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö. http://www.tem.fi/files/41863/Maaseudun_mahdollisuudet_liiketoiminnassa_ja_yrittajyydessa.pdf [viitattu 18.12.2015]

Kuhmonen, Tuomas (2015). Kohti erilaisia alueita - alueiden vetovoimaprofiilit tulevaisuudessa. Maaseutu 2014 -barometri [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö. http://www.tem.fi/files/41865/Kohti_erilaisia_alueita_alueiden_vetovoimaprofiili_tulevaisuudessa.pdf [viitattu 18.12.2015]

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Riikonen, Suvi (2015). Maaseudulla vai kaupungissa? Asuinympäristön mielikuvat ja preferenssit. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto. Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos. Pro gradu -tutkielma.

Aho, Pauliina & Rahkonen, Juho (2014). Maaseutubarometri 2014. Tutkimusraportti. Helsinki: Taloustutkimus [verkkodokumentti]. http://mmm.fi/documents/1410837/1516647/Maaseutubarometri+2014_LOPPURAPORTTI.pdf/3d544033-79ea-453d-9406-4ba37ffdf4aa [viitattu 7.10.2016].

Rovamo, Helena (2020). Maaseudun sosiaalinen representaatio. Maaseudun arki, elämä ja asukkaat nuorten kokemusmaailmassa. Itä-Suomen yliopisto. Sosiaalipsykologian pro gradu -tutkielma. http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uef-20201260