Study title

Perceptions of Vocational Education: Parents of Ninth-Graders 2018

Dataset ID Number

FSD3334

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3334
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3334

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• IROResearch

Abstract

The survey charted the perceptions and opinions of parents of ninth-graders regarding vocational education and their child's plans after completing lower secondary education. Main themes included, among others, the parents' opinions on studying and perceptions of how general and vocational upper secondary education are appreciated. 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, that working was more interesting than studying, and whether they were interested in how their child succeeded in their studies. The respondents were asked whether their child would continue into upper secondary education after completing lower secondary school, how interesting they thought different paths of education were for their children (e.g. general or vocational upper secondary education, tenth grade) and which educational path they thought their child should choose after completing lower secondary education.

Factors the respondents thought should affect their child's choice when applying to upper secondary education (e.g. wanting to have a job with good pay, location of the school/educational facility, parents' or the child's opinions) were also surveyed. If the respondents indicated that their child should choose vocational education or training after lower secondary school, they were asked which field of vocational education (e.g. humanities and arts, natural sciences, information and communication technologies) they thought would be suitable for their child. Finally, the sources of the respondents' information on vocational education, such as school in general, their child or TV/radio, were charted.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, mother tongue, municipality of residence, region of residence (NUTS3), their own and their spouse's highest level of education and occupation group, and whether their child had received any special support in school during the past two years.

Keywords

education; educational choice; educational opportunities; educational provision; lower secondary schools; parents; 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

Perception Surveys on Upper Secondary Education

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

Parents of ninth-graders in lower secondary education in Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

In total, 150 parents of ninth-graders were interviewed by phone.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Research Instrument

Semi-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

Variables K21 denoting the plans of the respondent's child after completing lower secondary education, K30 denoting the respondent's municipality of residence, K31 and K32 denoting the respondent's and their spouse's highest level of education, and K36 denoting the kind of special support the respondent's child had received contain additional response options in the data that were not included 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: Parents of Ninth-Graders 2018 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2020-06-17). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3334; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3334

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.

Other Material

See downloadable files at the top of the page.

Open-ended responses to the surveys are available as attached files in the PDF reports (in Finnish).

Related Materials

Ammatillisen koulutuksen mielikuvatutkimus 2018: Kvantitatiivinen osa: peruskoulun 9.-luokkalaiset, ammatillisessa koulutuksessa tai lukiossa toista vuotta opiskelevat, ammatillisessa koulutuksessa opiskelevat aikuiset sekä peruskoulun 9.-luokkalaisten vanhemmat (2018) IROResearch & Skills Finland & Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö.

Related Publications

Ammatillisen koulutuksen mielikuvatutkimus 2018: Keskeiset tulokset (2018) IROResearch & Skills Finland & Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö.

Ammatillisen koulutuksen mielikuvatutkimus 2018: Kvantitatiivinen osa: peruskoulun 9.-luokkalaiset, ammatillisessa koulutuksessa tai lukiossa toista vuotta opiskelevat, ammatillisessa koulutuksessa opiskelevat aikuiset sekä peruskoulun 9.-luokkalaisten vanhemmat (2018) IROResearch & Skills Finland & Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö.