Study title

Enhancing Leisure Time Activities: Interview Notes and Observation Diaries 2013-2017

Dataset ID Number

FSD3226

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3226

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Anttila, Anna (City of Helsinki)

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• (University of Turku)
• Penttinen, Anna-Riikka (University of Helsinki)

Abstract

The data comprise diaries of youth workers and interviews of youth workers and teachers conducted as part of a research project entitled Good Leisure Time. The data were collected in five different schools in a town in Southern Finland. Each studied class had a youth worker of their own for the duration of lower secondary school. The role of the youth worker was to support the pupils in finding a hobby or a leisure time activity. The youth workers and teachers discussed how the project had gone, what effect the support from a youth worker had had on pupils' activities and habits, and what the cooperation of youth workers and schools could offer in the future. The data consist of two interviews and four diaries of youth workers and 12 interviews of teachers.

In addition to the interviews and diaries, the data contain the outcomes of researcher workshops organised for the pupils. In the workshops, the participants thought about what they would do on a perfect day, what they had learned on the seventh grade, what advice they would give to a sixth grader, which websites were meaningful for them and which places they would like to visit.

This dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

clubs; hobbies; leisure time activities; schoolchildren; schoolteachers; youth; youth clubs; youth work; youth workers

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Compulsory and pre-school education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Leisure, tourism and sport (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Enhancing Leisure Time Activities

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Anttila, Anna (City of Helsinki)

Time Period Covered

2013 – 2016

Collection Dates

2013 – 2016

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Event/Process/Activity

Universe

Teachers and pupils in the lower secondary schools that participated in the study, as well as the youth workers who participated in the project

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

The head of each school selected one or two classes to be studied and one or two classes to which they were compared to.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Self-administered writings and/or diaries

Summary

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data collection guidelines: Self-administered writings guide

Participant tasks

Data Files

29 ODT files and one CSV file, whose total length is about 110 pages. In addition, HTML files based on the ODT files.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The research project carried out the anonymisation of the data. The following identifiers were removed: person names, addresses, phone numbers, places of residence, ages, exact locations (e.g. hobbies or after-school activities), family compositions, occupations of parents, religious affiliations, information related to health, and other information that could be used to identify an individual. In addition to these, one name and one mention of a suburb where the school was located were removed at FSD. The deletions made at FSD are marked with [[double square brackets]].

A link to a map created in a researcher workshop was not archived due to reasons of privacy.

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

Anttila, Anna (City of Helsinki): Enhancing Leisure Time Activities: Interview Notes and Observation Diaries 2013-2017 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2018-10-08). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3226

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

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

Anttila, Anna (2017) Hyvä vapaa-aika - parasta oppia. Raportti vapaa-ajan tuen vaikutuksista nuorten sosiaalisiin suhteisiin, koulumenestykseen ja peruskoulun jälkeisiin valintoihin. Helsinki: Helsingin kaupungin nuorisoasiainkeskus.

Related Publications

Anttila, Anna (2018) Verrattain kehittävää, eli nuorisotutkijana tietoperustaisessa nuorisotyön kehittämishankkeessa. Teoksessa Tomi Kiilakoski & Päivi Honkatukia (toim.) Miten tutkia nuoria ja nuorisotyötä? Vastapaino & Nuorisotutkimusseura, 3131-334.

Anttila, Anna (2017) Hyvä vapaa-aika - parasta oppia. Raportti vapaa-ajan tuen vaikutuksista nuorten sosiaalisiin suhteisiin, koulumenestykseen ja peruskoulun jälkeisiin valintoihin. Helsingin kaupungin nuorisoasiainkeskus. http://vapari.munstadi.fi/files/2017/05/Anttila_Anna_Hyva_vapaa_aika_parasta_oppia.pdf

Anttila, Anna (2016) Kahdeksan keinoa tuhota nuoren halu harrastaa. http://www.skolar.fi/kahdeksan-keinoa-tuhota-nuoren-halu-harrastaa/

Anttila, Anna (2015) Vapaa-ajan yhteisöjen ja intressien tärkeys. Teoksessa Jouni Häkli, Kirsi Pauliina Kallio & Riikka Korkiamäki (toim.) Myönteinen tunnistaminen. Nuorisotutkimusverkosto, 65-70.

Anttila, Anna (2014) "Olen paratiisissa" - Hyvä vapaa-aika lapsuuden ja aikuisuuden välissä. Nuorten hyvinvointikertomus. http://www.nuortenhyvinvointikertomus.fi/blogi/2014-09/olen-paratiisissa-hyva-vapaa-aika-lapsuuden-ja-aikuisuuden-valissa

Anttila, Anna (2014) Nuorilla oikeus kuulua, loistaa ja voida hyvin. Nuorisotyö 1/2014.

Anttila, Anna (2014) "Spelar det nån roll om man är på nätet eller face to face?!" Viikon näkökulma 9.6.2014. Verkkonuorisotyön valtakunnallinen kehittämiskeskus Verkke. https://www.verke.org/blog/spelar-det-nan-roll-om-man-ar-pa-natet-eller-face-to-face/?lang=sv

Anttila, Anna (2014) "What difference does it make if we are online or face to face?!" - Blog 9.6.2014 - National Centre of Expertise for Digital Youth Work in Finland Verke. https://www.verke.org/blog/what-difference-does-it-make-if-we-are-online-or-face-to-face/?lang=en

Anttila, Anna (2014) "Mitä välii onks netissä vai face to face?!" - Netti, some ja digitaaliset pelit osana nuorten vapaa-aikaa. Viikon näkökulma 9.6.2014. Verkkonuorisotyön valtakunnallinen kehittämiskeskus Verke. https://www.verke.org/blog/mita-valii-onks-netissa-vai-face-to-face/