Study title

Perceptions of Vocational Education: Ninth-Graders 2018

Dataset ID Number

FSD3333

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3333

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• IROResearch

Abstract

The survey charted ninth-graders' perceptions and opinions of vocational education and training in Finland. Main themes included, among others, the ninth-graders' plans after completing lower secondary school, perceptions of how general and vocational upper secondary education are appreciated, and opinions on studying. The study was commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Culture and Skills Finland. Data collection was conducted by IROResearch.

First, opinions on studying were examined with various attitudinal statements concerning, for example, whether the respondents thought that studying was interesting, they studied because they had no other option, and their parents were interested in how they succeeded in their studies. The respondents were asked whether they would continue into upper secondary education after they had finished their lower secondary education, how interesting different paths of education were for them personally (e.g. general or vocational upper secondary education, tenth grade) and which educational path they would choose after completing lower secondary education.

Factors affecting the respondents' choice when applying to upper secondary education (e.g. wanting to have a job with good pay, location of the school/educational facility, parents' opinions) were also surveyed. If the respondents indicated that they would choose vocational education or training after lower secondary school, they were asked what they thought they would do after completing the education or training (e.g. working straight away, studying more). Finally, the sources of the respondents' information on vocational education, such as school in general, parents or TV/radio, were charted.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, mother tongue, municipality of residence, region of residence (NUTS3), parents' highest level of education and occupation group, self-perceived success in lower secondary school, and whether they had received any special support in school during the past two years.

Keywords

education; educational choice; educational opportunities; educational provision; lower secondary schools; upper secondary education; upper secondary schools; vocational education

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Vocational education and training (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Youth (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

• IROResearch

Data Producers

• Ministry of Education and Culture

Time Period Covered

2018

Collection Dates

2018-10-10 – 2018-11-14

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Ninth-graders in lower secondary education in Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

In total, 300 ninth-graders in lower secondary education were interviewed by phone.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Research Instrument

Semi-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

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FSD3337 Perceptions of Vocational Education: Adult Students in Vocational Education 2018

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Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Variables K31 denoting the respondent's municipality of residence and K32 and K33 denoting the highest level of education of the respondent's parents include more specific information in the data than in the questionnaire.

The data do not contain open-ended variables or open-ended responses to response option "Other, please specify".

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

IROResearch: Perceptions of Vocational Education: Ninth-Graders 2018 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2020-06-17). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3333

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.

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