Study title

Rural Finland 2013: Rural Development Specialists

Dataset ID Number

FSD2931

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2931
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2931

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

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

Abstract

The survey studied public opinion and experiences of the countryside in Finland and beliefs about the significance, development and future of rural areas. This stage of the study surveyed the perceptions of rural development specialists. The study is a continuation of the surveys conducted in the Landmarks Programme of the Finnish Innovation Fund (Sitra) in 2009 and 2011.

First, the respondents were asked to what extent they connected certain qualities and issues to countryside and to urban areas (e.g. burden on the public economy, environmental-friendly way of life, social exclusion, good life, authenticity, culture). Images of the countryside were charted by asking what kinds of places corresponded to their view of the countryside and which areas they saw as part of the countryside (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 by asking whether the respondents thought themselves as city or rural residents and how important this identity was to them.

The respondents were presented with a number of statements relating to the countryside, its image and future development and significance. Some questions covered what the respondents would like the countryside to be like in 2025, what countryside meant to them at the time of the survey and what they believed it would mean to them in ten years' time. Further questions explored the respondents' beliefs about whether the significance of rural areas would grow or diminish in Finland. Some questions investigated what kind of business ventures they thought could have potential in the countryside (e.g. logistics services, renewable energy production, tourism), and to what extent they agreed with a number of statements related to entrepreneurship both in general and in the countryside.

Background variables included the respondent's year of birth, gender, education, political party choice if parliamentary elections were held at the time of survey, economic activity and occupational status, annual gross income of household, and job title.

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

Advisory Board for Regional and Structural Policy (ARNE); Directors, Business Development Managers, Rural Development Managers, Project Managers, and Business Experts in the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment; local community representatives/ombudsmen; Regional Development Directors and Rural Development Managers of Regional Councils; Rural Development Unit; Rural Policy Committee (YTR); professors of rural studies; Rural Network Unit; Association of Regional Development Agencies in Finland (SEKES); local action groups; secretariat and theme networks of the Rural Policy Committee (YTR). (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

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

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Aho, Pauliina (Taloustutkimus) & Rahkonen, Juho (Taloustutkimus): Rural Finland 2013: Rural Development Specialists [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-25). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2931

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]

Ilmonen, Kari (2015). Maaseudun paikkaperustainen kehittäminen kulttuurin, hyvinvoinnin ja yrittäjyyden näkökulmasta. Maaseutu 2014 -barometri [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö. http://www.tem.fi/alueiden_kehittaminen/kansallinen_alueiden_kehittaminen/maaseutupolitiikka/maaseutubarometri/maaseutu_2014_-barometri/maaseudun_paikkaperustainen_kehittaminen_kulttuurin_hyvinvoinnin_ja_yrittajyyden_nakokulmasta [viitattu 18.12.2015]

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].