FSD3206 Church Resignation Forms Filed in Finland 2007-2016

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  • Vakaumusten tasa-arvo VATA ry
  • Union of Freethinkers of Finland

Keywords

christianity, church, church and state, religious affiliation, religious behaviour, religious freedom, religious institutions

Abstract

The data contain information about persons who have resigned from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland or the Finnish Orthodox Church via web service Eroakirkosta.fi in 2007-2016. Variables included in the data are date of resignation, type of resignation announcement (e-mail, paper form, direct announcement via web form), municipality of residence, gender, age at the time of resignation (categorised), church, and language.

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