Aineiston nimi

Language Barometer 2008

Aineistonumero

FSD3418

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3418

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Herberts, Kjell (Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Institute)

Sisällön kuvaus

The Language Barometer has measured the quality of language services in bilingual Finnish municipalities since 2004. All 43 bilingual municipalities in Finland were included in the study. The aim of the study was to find out how satisfied minority language speakers were with the municipal and state services offered in their mother tongue. The study was funded by the Ministry of Justice and the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland.

First, the respondents' use of Finnish and Swedish in different contexts was charted (e.g. in shops, school, local public transport, at work etc.), and the respondents were asked about their mother tongue and language skills. Experiences of municipal and state services were surveyed with questions on whether the respondents had received the services in the language they first used during their visit as well as how they would rate the services on a scale 4-10 from the perspective of minority language users. The surveyed municipal and state services included, for example, social and health care services, libraries, sports facilities, and local tax offices.

The respondents were asked to evaluate how their language use differed during weekdays and the weekend. The study also examined whether the respondents' children went to a Finnish or Swedish-speaking school. Finally, the respondents' opinions were examined on the availability of municipal and state services in their mother tongue, and they were asked whether they thought the services had developed for the better or for the worse in the previous few years. Views on whether special measures should be taken to preserve Swedish-language service in the future were also charted. Additionally, the respondents' views on the relationship between Swedish and Finnish speakers in their municipality and their awareness of their linguistic rights were surveyed.

Background variables included the respondent's age (categorised), gender, mother tongue, municipality of residence, highest level of education, marital status, employment status, and household size.

Asiasanat

bilingualism; customer service; language; language discrimination; language policy; minority groups; minority language users; public services

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Language and linguistics (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Minorities (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Language Barometers

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Åbo Akademi University

Tuottajat

• Ministry of Justice
• Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
• Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland

Ajallinen kattavuus

2008

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

Spring 2008 ( 2008 )

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Residents of bilingual municipalities in Finland aged 18 - 80

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Simple random

The sample was drawn from the Population Register Centre's register.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

57

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: ruotsi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

Some questions were phrased differently depending on the questionnaire.

To prevent identification of participants, the original variable denoting the respondent's age was categorised into 5-year age groups at FSD (variable K2).

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

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

Herberts, Kjell (Åbo Akademi University): Language Barometer 2008 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2020-11-13). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3418

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

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

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Herberts, Kjell. Språkbarometern Kielibarometri 2008 [verkkodokumentti]. Åbo Akademi. https://docplayer.fi/17904075-Sprakbarometern-kielibarometri-2008.html [viitattu 8.1.2021].

Julkaisut aineistosta

Lindell, Marina (2016). Språkbarometern 2004 - 2016. Forskningsrapport/Kielibarometri 2004 - 2016. Tutkimusraportti. Helsingfors: Justitieministeriets. Justitieministeriets publikation 52/2016. Helsinki. Oikeusministeriö. Oikeusministeriön selvityksiä ja ohjeita 52/2016. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-259-543-0

Valtioneuvoston kertomus kielilainsäädännön soveltamisesta 2009. Oikeusministeriö. URN:ISBN:978-952-466-452-3