Aineiston nimi

Parish Image and Knowledge Survey 2018

Aineistonumero

FSD3350

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3350

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Ketola, Kimmo (Church Research Institute)
• Kallioinen, Sami (Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Parishes)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey charted Finnish perceptions of the image and services of parishes of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The study was funded by the individual parishes or parish unions in the studied regions and by the Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church so that all parties funded 1/13 of the study, except for the Helsinki Parish Union which funded twice the amount.

First, the respondents were asked to describe a specific parish, which was determined by their municipality of residence, with one adjective. The general impression the respondents had of the parish (positive, neutral or negative) was surveyed, and the respondents were also presented with word pairs and asked which alternative they thought described the parish best (e.g. from very liberal to very conservative and very close to very distant). Next, the significance of various parish services for the respondents was examined, for example, whether it was important to them that the parish takes care of the disadvantaged, supports in the crises of life, organises activities for children and youth, and communicates actively. The respondents were also asked to evaluate how well the parish had succeeded in the same matters.

Next, the respondents were asked what they thought were the most important matters the parish should focus on in organising activities. The channels and situations through which the respondents had come across the parish, for example, on traditional or social media, in concerts, or through receiving help from the parish, were also charted. The respondents were then asked how often they participated in activities organised by the parish (e.g. weekly, monthly, never). The respondents' religiosity and religious behaviour were examined with questions regarding how often they prayed, whether they were a godparent, and how they perceived being a godparent (e.g. whether they associated the concept of 'duty of honour' or 'gift giver' with the role of a godparent).

Finally, the sources of the respondents' information on the parish, such as the local parish newspaper, national media (radio, TV, newspapers), social media, or friends and acquaintances, were surveyed. If the participants were familiar with the local parish newspaper, they were asked how often they read the newspaper and how interesting they thought various themes of the newspaper were (e.g. local topics and events, international and multicultural topics, well-being and health, or topics relating to the Christian message). Additionally, some region-specific questions were presented based on the respondents' municipality of residence, focusing on, for example, whether they listened to the Christmas Radio (Jouluradio) and what their relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church was.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's age group, gender, municipality of residence, economic activity and occupational status, and church and parish membership.

Asiasanat

beliefs; church; religiosity; religious attendance; religious behaviour

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Religion and values (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Norstat Finland

Ajallinen kattavuus

2018

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2018-07-31 – 2018-10-11

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland, Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere, Turku, Vantaa, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Pori, Seinäjoki, Hämeenlinna, Rovaniemi, Salo

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Finnish population aged over 18 years residing in 12 municipalities or parish union areas (Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere, Turku, Vantaa, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Pori, Seinäjoki, Hämeenlinna, Rovaniemi, Salo) (poislukien )

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Simple random

The sample was randomly drawn from the Finnish Asiakastieto phone number database. The aim was to include 500 respondents from all other municipalities and 1,000 respondents from Helsinki. The final sample size was 6,501 respondents.

Keruumenetelmä

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

1.0

Katso myös

FSD3586 Parish Image and Knowledge Survey 2021

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

Region-specific questions were named according to the response options in variable q3 denoting municipality of residence (e.g. question group A23 is for those participants who resided in Pori). The data contain response options formed by the researcher that were not included in the original questionnaire.

To prevent identification of participants, all open-ended responses of the type "Other, please specify" were removed from the data. Additionally, variable q3b denoting municipality of residence other than the response options in variable q3, q18 denoting events that the respondent wished a parish would organise, q19 containing feedback/wishes for a parish, C23d denoting the respondent's role in the Seinäjoki parish, and open-ended responses detailing the persons who the respondent thought of or knew in connection to a parish, were removed. All open-ended responses left in the data were reviewed and responses containing identifiable information were replaced with the text (Open-ended response removed because it contained identifiable information).

Painokertoimet

The data contain four different weight variables that weight the data according to distributions of age, gender, region of residence and membership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The first weight variable [weight] weights the data to be representative of Finland's population not including the population's membership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The second weight variable [weight2] weights the data to be representative of specific regions (the regions included in this study) not including membership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The third weight variable [weight3] weights the data to be representative of specific regions including membership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The fourth and final weight variable [weight4] weights the data to be representative of Finland's population including membership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

Ketola, Kimmo (Church Research Institute) & Kallioinen, Sami (Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Parishes): Parish Image and Knowledge Survey 2018 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2020-08-25). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3350

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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Varaumat

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

Julkaisut aineistosta

Kirkon tutkimuskeskus (2021) Seurakuntien tunnettuuskysely 2021. Raportti. Kirkon tutkimuskeskus.