Study title

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

Dataset ID Number

FSD3102

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3102

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. This survey was conducted right after the deliberation sessions. The aim of the research project was to study the impact of deliberation and use of deliberative rules on the participants' attitudes concerning Swedish language and Swedish speaking minority in Finland.

The respondents were presented some of the same statements as before the deliberation. The statements charted views on, among others, the role and significance of Swedish in the Finnish society, compulsory Swedish in basic education, advantages of a bilingual society, and Swedish-speaking people in Finland. The respondents were also asked whether they thought the Swedish People's Party in Finland (RKP) had too much power relative to its size and whether they had Swedish-speaking relatives, friends or co-workers.

This phase of the study also included questions about political views, such as interest in politics, importance of different areas of politics, frequency of discussing political and social issues with other people, and civic engagement. The respondents perceptions of their personal characteristics were charted as well as trust in different institutions and other people. Finally, the respondents were asked how well they were able to speak Swedish and presented a number of questions investigating factual knowledge of the role of Swedish in Finland.

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

Keywords

bilingualism; deliberation; language policy; national language education; official languages; political attitudes; 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

Finnish-speaking people aged 18-79 living in Finland participating in citizen deliberation (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The sample contained the people selected for the citizen deliberation sessions.

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

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD3100 Citizen Deliberation on the Swedish Language and Swedish-speaking Minority in Finland: Recruitment Survey 2014

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

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

This dataset does not have a separate questionnaire of its own. All three questionnaires used in the study are appended in the codebook (in Finnish) and also contain the questions for this data. Prefixes t1, t2 and t3 at the beginning of each question in the codebook indicate the data collection rounds in which they were asked.

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: Post-deliberation Survey 2014 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2016-07-15). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3102

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