Study title

Diaconia Barometer 2011

Dataset ID Number

FSD2988

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2988

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Diakonian tutkimuksen seura
• Church Council. Diakonia ja yhteiskuntatyö
• Diakoniatyöntekijöiden Liitto

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Oravasaari, Tomi (Diakonian tutkimuksen seura)
• Gävert, Titi (Church Council. Diakonia ja yhteiskuntatyö)
• Laine, Tiina (Diakoniatyöntekijöiden Liitto)

Abstract

Diaconia Barometers chart the diaconal workers' views and experiences of their work. The survey examined the areas and emphases of diaconal work, views of diaconal work, and enjoyment of work.

The respondents were asked the extent to which various areas of diaconia were part of the work in their parish (e.g. preventive social work, health promotion), in what ways poverty was visible in their work, who was responsible for deciding the content/tasks in their work, whether their job had a clear job description, whether they received enough support from their supervisor, how interesting they regarded their job, and how much they liked their job.

Further questions covered, among others, experiences of threat of violence at work, number of qualified applicants for open diaconal positions of the parish, and whether the parish offered traineeship positions.

Background variables included the respondent's diocese, year of birth, gender, education, number of work years in diaconal work, number of inhabitants in the municipality, number of members in the parish, and whether the respondent worked in a supervisory position.

Keywords

church; church administration; employment; job satisfaction; occupational life; poverty; religious institutions; religious personnel; well-being (health)

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Humanities (Fields of Science Classification)
• Working conditions (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Religion and values (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Diaconia Barometers

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Oravasaari, Tomi (Diakonian tutkimuksen seura)

Time Period Covered

2011

Collection Dates

2011

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Diaconal workers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The invitation to respond to the survey was sent to all diaconal personnel in the address register of the Unit for Diaconal Work and Pastoral Care of the Church Council. 442 responses were received.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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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

For reasons of privacy, variables surveying the number of inhabitants in the municipality (q1_2), number of members in the parish (q1_3), the respondent's year of birth (q1_4), education (q1_6), and job requirement level were recoded during archiving. For same reason, the open-ended variables considering education (q1_6) and superior position were removed. The data are missing the variables for questions 3.1, 3.2, 5.4 and 5.5.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Diakonian tutkimuksen seura & Church Council & Diakoniatyöntekijöiden Liitto: Diaconia Barometer 2011 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-09-27). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2988

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

Oravasaari, Tomi (2011). Diakoniabarometri 2011 [verkkodokumentti]. http://www.diakoniatyontekijoidenpaivat.fi/filearc/29_Diakoniabarometri_2011_luentokalvot.pdf [viitattu 23.9.2016]

Related Publications

Malkavaara, Mikko & Ryökäs, Esko (2015). Diakonia-apu oikeutena. Suomalaisen ajattelutavan kehittyminen. Diakonian tutkimus 2/2015, 107-127.

Oravasaari, Tomi (2011). Diakoniabarometri 2011 [verkkodokumentti]. http://www.diakoniatyontekijoidenpaivat.fi/filearc/29_Diakoniabarometri_2011_luentokalvot.pdf [viitattu 23.9.2016]