Study title

Youth Barometer of Eastern Finland 2014-2015

Dataset ID Number

FSD3076

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3076

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences

Abstract

The Youth Barometers of Eastern Finland chart the welfare, values and attitudes of adolescents in Eastern Finland. The survey for years 2014-2015 focused on the services provided by the cities and municipalities, and whether the adolescents use these services in their home municipality. The survey was divided into five sets of questions, including public sector services provided by the municipality, public office services, club and organizations services, church services and commercial services.

The respondents were asked how often they used certain services and how available these services were in their home municipality. In the first part, the respondents were asked about the services provided by the public sector. The services listed included, among others, public healthcare, public dental care, social services, youth clubs, and library services. The second part focused on public office services. These included, for instance, employment services, police services, services regarding military service, and services of Kela, such as health- and social care and student allowance services.

In the third part, the respondents were asked about club and organization services, such as sports services, cultural services, workshops, events, and political activities. In the fourth part, the respondents were asked about services provided by the churches and congregations. These included camps, spiritual activities, voluntary work, activities related to confirmation schools, and activities related to church holidays.

In the fifth part, the respondents were asked about the commercial services in their municipality. These included among other things: public transportation, private health and dental care, grocery stores, and private cultural services.

The respondents were also asked to list services they would like to use which were not available in their municipality. They were also asked about ways to improve the services in their home municipality and their opinions on how much the youth could influence these services. Finally the respondents were asked how their own municipality would compare to other municipalities in terms of these services.

The background variables were the respondent's gender, age, municipality type, education, household composition, and the level of education of both the respondent's father and mother.

Keywords

adolescents; health services; local community facilities; neighbourhoods; place of residence; public services; social services; youth; youth clubs; youth organizations

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Community, urban and rural life (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Youth Barometers of Eastern Finland

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences. Department of Culture, Youth and Social Work

Time Period Covered

2014 – 2015

Collection Dates

2014 – 2015

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Eastern Finland, Southern Savonia, Northern Savonia, North Karelia

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Young people aged 15-25 living in Eastern Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Cluster: Stratified random

The respondents were youth from Southern Savonia, Northern Savonia and North Karelia. The survey was conducted by sampling the pupils in 9th grades of primary schools, folk high schools, youth workshops, polytechnics, and universities in the area. 1,711 persons responded to the 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

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Variables q4 and bv1, containing information on the municipality of residence, have been omitted from the data. The data contains background variables describing the type of municipality, region and joint municipalities, which were not included in the questionnaire.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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

Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences: Youth Barometer of Eastern Finland 2014-2015 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2016-09-02). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3076

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

Anttonen, Elisa & Eriksson, Susan & Liikanen, Veli & Penttinen, Pekka & Ronkainen, Jussi (2015). "On hyvä, että täällä edes jotain on". Nuorten näkemykset Itä-Suomen palveluista. Itä-Suomen nuorisopuntari 2015. Toim. Eriksson, Susan. Mikkeli: Mikkelin ammattikorkeakoulu. Nuorisoalan tutkimus- ja kehittämiskeskus (Juvenia).

Related Publications

Anttonen, Elisa & Eriksson, Susan & Liikanen, Veli & Penttinen, Pekka & Ronkainen, Jussi (2015). "On hyvä, että täällä edes jotain on". Nuorten näkemykset Itä-Suomen palveluista. Itä-Suomen nuorisopuntari 2015. Toim. Eriksson, Susan. Mikkeli: Mikkelin ammattikorkeakoulu. Nuorisoalan tutkimus- ja kehittämiskeskus (Juvenia).