Study title

Volunteering in Finland 2015

Dataset ID Number

FSD3277

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3277
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3277

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Kansalaisareena
• Taloustutkimus
• Church Council
• HelsinkiMission

Abstract

This survey studied voluntary activities of Finnish people. The data were collected by Taloustutkimus and the study was commissioned by Kansalaisareena (Citizen Forum), HelsinkiMissio and the Church Council. First, the study charted how many hours the respondents had spent within the previous four weeks on voluntary work in different fields (e.g. social welfare and health care, sports, children and youth, culture, immigrants). Additionally, the study surveyed the type, duration and regularity of the voluntary work as well as whether it was organised by an association/organisation.

The survey also examined the types of tasks included in the voluntary work (e.g. soup kitchen work, fundraising, positions of trust, group instruction, cleaning, providing peer support). The respondents' opinions were charted with regard to a set of attitudinal statements concerning, for example, whether children should be taught voluntary work as part of their education, whether more peer support should be available in health care, and whether the respondents would be interested in trying voluntary work during work time or as part of studies if a possibility was given for this. Some questions also concerned the use of different types of search engines on the Internet designed for finding voluntary work. Reasons for not participating in voluntary activities were also charted.

Background variables included, among others, gender, age, economic activity and occupational status, marital status, household composition, number of children under 18 living at home and their ages, income (respondent and household), education, type of apartment, political party preference, and regional variables such as NUTS3 region, number of inhabitants in R's municipality of residence, and type of the municipality (urban, semi-urban, rural).

Keywords

labour (resource); private voluntary organizations; voluntary organizations; voluntary work; volunteering

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Volunteer Activity Surveys

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Taloustutkimus

Time Period Covered

2015

Collection Dates

2015-02 – 2015-03

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Persons aged 15 - 79 residing in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Quota

The interviews were conducted as part of Taloustutkimus' Omnibus face-to-face interviews conducted mainly at respondents' homes. The sampling method was a starting point system where a random address is selected as a starting point for the interviews. During data collection, approximately one thousand persons aged 15 - 74 residing in Finland were interviewed. The Finnish Population Information System was used to form quotas representative of the Finnish population according to gender, age, region of residence, and number of inhabitants in the respondent's municipality of residence.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)

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

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data do not contain the questionnaire. Background variables were numbered in the order that they appeared in the first dataset in the series (FSD3276). The background variables included for the first time in this survey were placed in numbered order after the other background variables.

To prevent identification of individuals, variable bv23 denoting municipality of residence was removed during archiving as well as variables denoting questionnaire ID and postal code.

Open-ended resposes were removed by the researcher before archiving.

Weighting

The data include a weight variable (paino) which weights the data to be representative of the target population in terms of gender, age, region of residence and number of persons living in the household.

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

Kansalaisareena & Taloustutkimus & Church Council & HelsinkiMission: Volunteering in Finland 2015 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2019-06-11). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3277; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3277

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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 Materials

Vapaaehtoistyö Suomessa 2010 ja 2015 (2015) [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Kansalaisareena ry, HelsinkiMissio, Kirkkohallitus & Taloustutkimus. http://www.kansalaisareena.fi/Vapaaehtoistyo_Suomessa_2010ja2015.pdf [viitattu 29.8.2019].

Related Publications

Rahkonen, Juho (2018). Vapaaehtoistyön tekeminen Suomessa. Tutkimusraportti. Helsinki: Taloustutkimus.

Vapaaehtoistyö Suomessa 2010 ja 2015 (2015) [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Kansalaisareena ry, HelsinkiMissio, Kirkkohallitus & Taloustutkimus. http://www.kansalaisareena.fi/Vapaaehtoistyo_Suomessa_2010ja2015.pdf [viitattu 29.8.2019].

Juutinen, Niina (2023). Ikääntyneiden parissa vapaaehtoistyötä tekevien motivaatiotekijät. Opinnäytetyö. Diakonia-ammattikorkeakoulu.