Study title

Citizen Deliberation on the Swedish Language and Swedish-speaking Minority in Finland: Recruitment Survey 2014

Dataset ID Number

FSD3100

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3100

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Grönlund, Kimmo (Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Institute)
• Herne, Kaisa (University of Tampere. School of Management)
• Himmelroos, Staffan (Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Institute)
• Strandberg, Kim (Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Institute)
• Setälä, Maija (University of Turku. Department of Political Science)
• Bäck, Maria (Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Institute)
• Leino, Mikko (Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Institute)

Abstract

The study, which included three separate surveys as well as group deliberation sessions, charted Finnish opinions on the role of the Swedish language in Finland. In this stage of the study, a survey was used to examine which of the participants were suitable to participate in the deliberation sessions.

First, the respondents were presented a number of statements about Swedish and Swedish-speaking people living in Finland. The statements charted views on, among others, the role and significance of Swedish in the Finnish society, compulsory Swedish in basic education, benefits of being bilingual for Finland, Swedish-speaking people in Finland, and service provision in Swedish.

The data also contain a variable on whether the respondent was selected for the deliberation. The researchers wanted to include in the deliberation those respondents who had clear views either for or against Swedish. Participants were selected by excluding respondents with no clear opinion on the topic or extreme opinions out of all the respondents who had indicated that they wished to participate in the deliberation.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, education, employment activity and occupational status, and region of residence.

Keywords

bilingualism; deliberation; language policy; national language education; official languages; public opinion

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Cultural and national identity (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Åbo Akademi University
• University of Turku
• University of Tampere

Time Period Covered

2014

Collection Dates

2014-09-30 – 2014-12-31

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 18-79 years living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

The participants of the recruitment study were selected by drawing two random samples. The first sample included 20,000 people, who were offered the opportunity to participate in face-to-face deliberation. The size of the second sample was 15,000 people, who were offered the opportunity to participate in online deliberation.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

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

Related Datasets

FSD3101 Citizen Deliberation on the Swedish Language and Swedish-speaking Minority in Finland: Control Survey 2014

FSD3102 Citizen Deliberation on the Swedish Language and Swedish-speaking Minority in Finland: Post-deliberation Survey 2014

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Grönlund, Kimmo (Åbo Akademi University) & Herne, Kaisa (University of Tampere) & Himmelroos, Staffan (Åbo Akademi University) & Strandberg, Kim (Åbo Akademi University) & Setälä, Maija (University of Turku) & Bäck, Maria (Åbo Akademi University) & Leino, Mikko (Åbo Akademi University): Citizen Deliberation on the Swedish Language and Swedish-speaking Minority in Finland: Recruitment Survey 2014 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-17). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3100

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