Study title

Popular Music Divine Services Survey 2013-2014

Dataset ID Number

FSD3245

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3245

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Moberg, Marcus (Åbo Akademi University)

Abstract

The study charted the motives and experiences of people attending musical events of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The study was funded by the Church Research Institute and Åbo Akademi University.

The respondents were first asked which event they attended, what their reasons for attending were, how many times they had attended before and where they had heard about the event. Regarding worship services and the role of music, the survey charted the frequency of attending worship services and other events organised by the Church, the importance of music in religious activities and in the respondent's spiritual life, preferred and undesirable music genres in religious events, and opinions on the Church's use of music at worship services. Finally, the respondents were asked how often they participated in the events organised by revivalist and free church movements, what their view of the Bible was, what their religious identity was like, and to what extent they believed in basic Christian tenets.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, age (categorised), region of residence, and religious denomination.

Keywords

christianity; music; religiosity; religious attendance; religious behaviour; religious practice

Topic Classification

• Humanities (Fields of Science Classification)
• Religion and values (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

• Moberg, Marcus (Åbo Akademi University)

Time Period Covered

2013-01-01 – 2014-06-30

Collection Dates

2013-01-01 – 2014-06-30

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People who participated in any of the nine musical events of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The data were collected through surveys in nine musical events organised by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland in 2013 and 2014. The events included Espoo Pop Mass (two times), Helsinki Metal Mass, Turku Metal Mass in Swedish, Maata Näkyvissä Festival, Oulugospel and Tampere Ristirock in 2013. In 2014, the survey was conducted in Dance+Pray Mass at Kuopio May Day Gospel. 1,664 people attended the events and 802 of them responded to the survey.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

48.2

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

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Open-ended variable k2a was removed from the data during archiving to prevent identification. Identifying information was removed from the remaining open-ended responses where necessary. The omissions are marked with double square brackets.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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

Moberg, Marcus (Åbo Akademi University): Popular Music Divine Services Survey 2013-2014 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2019-04-26). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3245

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

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

Related Publications

Moberg, Marcus (2018). Popular Music Divine Services in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Concept, Rationale, and Participants. Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 30/1, 2018.