Study title

Survey on Attitudes Towards Swedish Language and Swedish-Speaking Finns 2017

Dataset ID Number

FSD3328

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3328

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Pitkänen, Ville (e2)
• Think Tank e2

Abstract

The survey studied the attitudes of Finnish speakers towards Swedish language and the Finns whose mother tongue is Swedish. Both Finnish and Swedish are official languages in Finland, but Swedish is the minority language. The survey was funded by Svenska Folkskolans Vänner (SFV).

The respondents were asked to what extent they agreed or disagreed with a number of statements relating to, for example, Swedish language, usefulness of bilingualism, need for politicians and authorities to master both languages, learning Swedish at school, bilingual schools, discrimination, the minority culture, access to own-language services, costs of bilingual services, relations between the speakers of the two languages, attitudes towards Swedish-speaking Finns and changes over time in the attitudes, usefulness of being able to speak Swedish, and the status of Swedish language in legislation.

Background variables included, among others, gender, age, NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions of residence, occupation/status in employment, household composition, household income, language spoken at home and political party preference.

Keywords

bilingualism; culture; minority language users; minority languages

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Cultural and national identity (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Language and linguistics (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

• Taloustutkimus

Data Producers

• Think Tank e2
• Magma Think Tank

Time Period Covered

2017

Collection Dates

2017-08-02 – 2017-08-28

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged between 15 - 79 residing in Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Quota

Respondents were drawn among the internet panel of Taloustutkimus to form a sample representative of the Finnish adult population with respect to age, gender and region of residence. Invitations to respond to the survey were sent by email to the target group, which was formed based on available background information. Respondents participated in the survey with a web-based questionnaire (CAWI) secured with usernames and passwords, and the responses were saved on the Taloustutkimus server where they could be accessed for analysis.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

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

To prevent identification of individuals, the variable denoting municipality of residence was removed from the data.

Weighting

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

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

Pitkänen, Ville (e2) & Think Tank e2: Survey on Attitudes Towards Swedish Language and Swedish-Speaking Finns 2017 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2019-07-29). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3328

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

Ville Pitkänen & Jussi Westinen (2017) Puhut sie ruotsia? - tutkimus suomenkielisten asenteista ruotsin kieleen ja ruotsinkielisiin. Helsinki: e2. https://e2.fi/julkaisut/puhut-sie-ruotsia [viitattu 17.9.2019]

Related Publications

Ville Pitkänen & Jussi Westinen (2017). Puhut sie ruotsia? - tutkimus suomenkielisten asenteista ruotsin kieleen ja ruotsinkielisiin. Helsinki: e2. https://e2.fi/julkaisut/puhut-sie-ruotsia [viitattu 17.9.2019]