Aineiston nimi

Language Barometer 2016

Aineistonumero

FSD3174

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3174
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3174

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Lindell, Marina (Åbo Akademi. Faculty of Social Sciences, Business and Economics)

Sisällön kuvaus

The Language Barometer has measured the quality of language services in bilingual Finnish municipalities since 2004. All 33 bilingual municipalities in Finland were included in the study. The aim of the study was to find out how satisfied minority language speakers in bilingual municipalities were with the services offered in their mother tongue.

The study first examined whether the respondents' children went to a Swedish- or Finnish-language daycare or school. It was also surveyed whether the respondents had used Swedish, Finnish or both in different types of contexts, e.g. at home, at school, with friends, at the store, with municipal and state authorities, and at work. The respondents' familiarity with their linguistic rights was charted, along with how important these rights were for them. They were also asked to evaluate the attitudes towards minority language speakers in the municipality and change in this relationship within the previous year. The study also surveyed harassment or discrimination faced by the respondents because of their language.

The study also examined the functionality of municipal and state services on the web in the respondents' mother tongue. The respondents were asked to evaluate some municipal services (such as social and healthcare services, libraries, sports facilities) from the perspective of minority language users. It was asked if the service had developed for the better or for the worse in the previous year, and if special measures should be taken to preserve Swedish-language service in the future. Finally, the respondents' reactions in the case that they did not receive service in their own language were surveyed, and they were asked to evaluate the minority language service of chosen state authorities and service providers (e.g. the police, emergency services, airports, courts, post offices).

Background variables included the respondent's age (categorised), mother tongue and level of education.

Asiasanat

Swedish-speaking Finns; customer service; language; language discrimination; language policy; minority groups; minority language users

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Language and linguistics (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Language Barometers

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Edita Prima Oy

Tuottajat

• Ministry of Justice
• Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland
• Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities

Ajallinen kattavuus

2016

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2016-05-10 – 2016-06-10

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Residents of bilingual municipalities in Finland aged 18 - 80. (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Simple random

The sample was drawn from the Population Register Centre's register

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

41.7

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: ruotsi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

In the variable charting education level [k6], doctoral and licentiate degrees were categorised together with higher university degree.

Variable [bv2] refers to the questionnaire language and [k2] to the respondent's mother tongue.

Open-ended responses in variables [k2], [k4], [k5], [k6] and [k7] are missing from the data.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

Lindell, Marina (Åbo Akademi): Language Barometer 2016 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2018-03-22). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3174

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Lindell, Marina (2016). Språkbarometern 2004 - 2016. Forskningsrapport/Kielibarometri 2004 - 2016. Tutkimusraportti. Helsingfors: Justitieministeriets. Justitieministeriets publikation 52/2016. Helsinki. Oikeusministeriö. Oikeusministeriön selvityksiä ja ohjeita 52/2016. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-259-543-0