FSD2953 Culture and Leisure in Finland 2007
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Study title
Culture and Leisure in Finland 2007
Dataset ID Number
FSD2953
Persistent identifiers
https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2953https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2953
Data Type
Quantitative
Authors
- Purhonen, Semi (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Policy)
- Rahkonen, Keijo (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Policy)
Other Identification/Acknowledgements
- Gronow, Jukka (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Policy)
- Heikkilä, Riie (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Policy)
- Kahma, Nina (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Policy)
Abstract
The study extensively charted the culture and leisure time activities of Finnish people.
The respondents were asked how often they watched different television channels, how often they watched television and what kind of programmes they watched. Relating to cinema, questions investigated the preferred genres and interest in the movies of certain directors. With regard to reading, the respondents were asked how often they read various newspapers and magazines, what types of literature they read, which books they would be interested in reading, and how many books they had read in their leisure time in the previous 12 months. Questions about music surveyed opinions on different music genres, whether the respondents had heard certain songs and whether they liked them, and which radio channels they listened to. Concerning visual arts, questions presented surveyed which art movements the respondents liked the most and which the least, and whether they knew and liked the works of certain artists.
The respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with statements relating to culture (e.g. "I would have to know more about art and classical music to fully enjoy them"). With regard to culture and language-related hobbies, questions focused on foreign language skills, lessons or studies taken in different arts, and parents' interest in different hobbies (reading, sports, gardening) in the respondents' childhood. Internet use was charted with questions about the frequency, location and purpose of use. Leisure time and holidays were queried about by asking how often the respondents went to different events and places (e.g. cinema, rock concerts, art galleries), whether they had attended popular Finnish festivals and events in the previous 12 months, and what kinds of holidays they had been on and which of them they had liked.
Relating to sports, the respondents were asked whether they exercised or did sports, how often they exercised, what kind of sports they did, and which sports they preferred to watch. Concerning health and appearance, the respondents were asked whether they had modified or attempted to modify their appearance (for instance, by getting a tattoo, undergone plastic surgery, followed a diet), how often they went to the gym or jogging, did yoga, and went to a barber or salon, whether they had used different counselling and wellness services, how they would describe their way of dressing, and how they viewed their health. With regard to food and dining, questions charted the frequency of dining in a restaurant, kinds of establishments preferred (e.g. pubs, cafes, Italian restaurants), how much the respondents liked certain dishes (e.g. pizza, Wiener Schnitzel, sushi), and what they normally drank during dinner. Relating to home decoration and appliances, the respondents were asked which appliances/electronic devices they had in their household, the number of CDs, movies, books etc. in the household, adjectives describing their ideal home, where the furniture in their home was mainly acquired from and what style their furniture mainly was.
Friends and social networks were charted with questions about contacts with people close to the respondent, and personal acquaintances with certain occupations (e.g. secretary, doctor, factory worker). Social class and activity in politics and organisations were investigated by asking in which activities and organisations they had participated in the past 12 months, the importance of religion and spirituality, voting habits, and self-perceived social class.
Finally, two sets of statements were presented. The first set studied views on some value statements (e.g. "Everyone is responsible for their own happiness", "It is best not to trust anyone"). The second set included a number of statements related to the Finnish society at the time of the survey, including such topics as trade unions, same-sex relationships, censorship, immigration, and legal punishments.
Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, year of birth, marital status, education level, educational field(s), economic activity, type of employment contract, work hours per week, and monthly net income as well as number of children, type of neighbourhood of residence, size of the apartment/house, housing tenure, education level of parents and spouse/partner, and spells of unemployment. The survey was conducted as part of a research project in the University of Helsinki called Cultural Capital and Social Differentation in Contemporary Finland (Kulttuuripääoma ja sosiaalinen differentaatio 2000-luvun Suomessa). The survey closely follows the extensive British research project Cultural Capital and Social Exclusion.
Keywords
arts; cinema attendance; cultural activities; cultural behaviour; cultural interaction; cultural life; cultural participation; cultural values; culture; entertainment; hobbies; leisure time; leisure time activities; mass culture; music; physical activities; reading (activity); social behaviour; social networks; sport; television viewing; theatre attendance; visual arts
Topic Classification
- Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
- Humanities (Fields of Science Classification)
- Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Cultural activities and participation (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Series
Individual datasetsDistributor
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Access
The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.
Data Collector
- Statistics Finland. Interview and Survey Services
Data Producers
- University of Helsinki
Time Period Covered
2007
Collection Dates
2007-10-09 – 2007-12-10
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis/Observation Unit Type
Individual
Universe
People aged 18-74 permanently residing in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)
Time Method
Cross-section
Sampling Procedure
Probability: Simple random
3,000 Finns were randomly selected for the sample from the Population database of Statistics Finland. 1,388 persons returned the completed questionnaire. The data were collected by a postal survey.
Collection Mode
Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Response Rate
46.3
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Data Version
2.0
Related Datasets
FSD3820 Culture and Leisure in Finland 2018
Weighting
There are four weight variables in the data; bv1, bv2, bv3, and bv4. Bv1 is a sampling weight which corrects for the bias caused by the age and gender distribution in the data. Bv2 is an expansion weight that corrects for the same bias as bv1, but it also expands the data to represent the population. Variables bv3 and bv4 correct for the bias caused by age and gender distribution as well as by education level. Similarly to bv1 and bv2, bv3 is a sampling weight and bv4 is an expansion weight.
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Bibliographical Citation
Purhonen, Semi (University of Helsinki) & Rahkonen, Keijo (University of Helsinki): Culture and Leisure in Finland 2007 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-18). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2953
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Related Publications
Purhonen, Semi (sekä työryhmä: Gronow, Jukka, Heikkilä, Riie, Kahma, Nina, Rahkonen, Keijo & Toikka, Arho) (2014). Suomalainen maku. Kulttuuripääoma, kulutus ja elämäntyylien sosiaalinen eriytyminen. Helsinki: Gaudeamus.
Purhonen, Semi (2011). Televisio ja kulttuuripääoma: Ohjelmagenrejen ja mieliohjelmien sosiaalinen eriytyminen nyky-Suomessa. Sosiologia 48 (2), 96-116
Purhonen, Semi (2011).Televisionkatselun sosiaalinen eriytyminen ja yhteiskunnalliset seuraukset nyky-Suomessa. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 76 (6), 599-619.
Kahma, Nina (2010). Keskiluokan valossa: Suomalaisten luokkasamastuminen empiirisessä tarkastelussa. Sosiologia 47 (2), 81-96.
Ojalehto, Elina (2010). Kulttuuritapahtumissa käyminen ja perhe: Perhesuhteet, Bourdieu ja kulttuurisen pääoman välittyminen. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. Sosiaalipolitiikan pro gradu -tutkielma.
Laihiala, Tuomo (2009). Toinen sukupuoli kulttuurin kuluttajana: Miestapainen kulttuurimaku Suomessa. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. Sosiaalipolitiikan pro gradu -tutkielma
Purhonen, Semi & Gronow, Jukka & Rahkonen, Keijo (2009). Social differentiation of musical and literary taste patterns in Finland. Research on Finnish Society 2, 39-49.
Kääriälä, Antti (2012). Kulttuurista homologiaa etsimässä: tutkimus makumieltymysten johdonmukaisuudesta ja ristiriitaisuudesta musiikin, kirjallisuuden, ruoan ja television kentillä. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. Sosiologian pro gradu -tutkielma.
Kahma, Nina (2012). Sport and social class: The case of Finland. International Review for the Sociology of Sport 47 (1), 113-130.
Kahma, Nina & Toikka, Arho (2012). Cultural map of Finland 2007: Analysing cultural differences using Multiple Correspondence Analysis. Cultural Trends 21 (2), 113-131.
Purhonen, Semi & Gronow, Jukka & Rahkonen, Keijo (2011). Highbrow culture in Finland: Knowledge, taste and participation. Acta Sociologica 54 (4), 385-402.
Purhonen, Semi & Gronow, Jukka (2014). Polarizing appetites? Stability and change in culinary tastes in Finland, 1995-2007. Food, Culture and Society 17(1), 27-47.
Purhonen, Semi & Gronow, Jukka & Rahkonen, Keijo (2010). Nordic democracy of taste? Cultural omnivorousness in musical and literary taste preferences in Finland. Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media and the Arts 38(3), 266-298.
Purhonen, Semi & Wright, David (2013). Methodological issues in national-comparative research on cultural tastes: The case of cultural capital in the UK and Finland. Cultural Sociology 7(2), 257-273.
Wright, David & Purhonen, Semi & Heikkilä, Riie (2013). Comparing "cosmopolitanism": Taste, nation and global culture in Finland and the UK. Comparative Sociology 12(3), 330-360.
Suominen, Seppo (2015). The Intergenerational Transfer Effects on Sport Activity [online]. Athens Journal of Sports, June 2015, 69-84. http://www.athensjournals.gr/sports/2015-2-2-1-Suominen.pdf [cited 18.12.2015]
Järn, Ann-Chanette (2016). Ser du vad där står? Antireklam, visuell läskunnighet och symboliskt ägarskap. Åbo: Åbo Akademi. Konstvetenskap. Pro gradu-avhandling.
Virta, Jyrki (2015). Makujen hierarkia vai kaikkiruokaisuus? Suomalainen kulttuurinkulutuksen malli. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän Yliopisto. Sosiologian kandidaatintutkielma.
Gronow, Jukka, Heikkilä, Riie & Purhonen, Semi (2016). Legitimacy of taste and "good" taste. Teoksessa Kirsti Jõesalu & Anu Kannike (toim.) Cultural Patterns and Life Stories. Tallinn: Tallinn University Press, 393-427.
Heikkilä, Riie (2016). Suomalainen kulttuuriosallistuminen ja eriarvoisuus: ei-osallistujien jäljillä. Kulttuuripolitiikan tutkimuksen vuosikirja 2, 6-19.
Kallunki, Jarmo (2016). Kulttuuripääoman periytyminen Suomessa 2000-luvulla: vanhempien koulutuksen ja korkeakulttuurisen kiinnostuksen yhteys lapsen koulutukseen ja kulttuuriseen harrastuneisuuteen. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. Sosiologian pro gradu -tutkielma.
Kallunki, Jarmo & Purhonen, Semi (2017). Intergenerational transmission of cultural capital in Finland. Research on Finnish Society. Vol. 10 (2017), pp. 101-111.
Purhonen, Semi & Heikkilä, Riie (2017). Food, music and politics: The interweaving of culinary taste patterns, "highbrow" musical taste and conservative attitudes in Finland. Social Science Information 56 (1), 74-97.
Wainikainen, Jaakko (2017). Suomalaisten kansainvälinen kielellinen pääoma: kuka puhuu ja kuinka montaa kieltä? Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Sosiologian pro gradu -tutkielma.
Homi, H., Kinnunen, M., & Honkanen, A. (2021). Minä ihailen muusikkoa nimeltä Billie Eilish: Digitalisaation aiheuttamat muutokset 15-29-vuotiaiden musiikin kulutuksessa. Teoksessa M. Salasuo (Toim.), Harrastamisen äärellä. Lasten ja nuorten vapaa-aikatutkimus 2020 (ss. 159-172). Helsinki: Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö, Valtion nuorisoneuvosto & Nuorisotutkimusverkosto. ISBN 978-952-372-020-6
Sivonen Sara & Purhonen Semi (2021) Politiikka ja kulttuuriosallistuminen: puoluekanta, konservatiivisuus ja korkea- ja populaarikulttuurinen osallistuminen Suomessa. Sosiologia 58(4): 355-380.
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