FSD3447 Finnish Identities, Values and Attitudes 2017-2018

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Questionnaire (PDF file, Finnish)

Study title

Finnish Identities, Values and Attitudes 2017-2018

Dataset ID Number

FSD3447

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3447

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

E2 Research
Finnish Cultural Foundation

Abstract

The survey studied the values and identities of Finnish people, concentrating on the self-image of the respondents as an individual and as part of different groups. Main themes included the significance of an individual's immediate circle and area of residence, belonging to different groups, social orientation, and values as constructors of personal identity. The study was funded by Finnish Cultural Foundation and E2 Research.

First, the respondents were asked how significant they thought various regional and social factors, such as their current area of residence, being a Finnish or European citizen, level of education, and religiosity, were as contributors to their identity. The respondents' feelings of belonging to a specific regional, cultural or ethnic group (e.g. people living in South Ostrobothnia or Lapland, or Swedish-speaking Finns) were also surveyed. The respondents were asked to describe their area of residence (e.g. whether they lived in a large city centre, suburb, or rural town) and their family's social class (e.g. whether their family was a working or middle class family) during their childhood.

Next, the respondents' views on the least and most disadvantaged groups in Finland were charted (e.g. whether they thought young people, entrepreneurs, students, asylum seekers, or people living in cities were too disadvantaged/advantaged compared to others). Several statements were presented to the respondents to examine their values and attitudes. The statements included, for example, whether the respondent thought that being Finnish was connected to one's ethnic background, that the media portrayed Finnish opinions inaccurately, and that Finland needs strong leadership so that social problems can be fixed without compromises. The respondents were also asked how they would describe themselves (e.g. as easily excited, disciplined, curious, modest). Finally, the importance of several things for the respondents, such as power, wealth, equality, and forgiveness, was charted. The respondents were also asked to consider what was extremely important for them in their life (e.g. health, love, children, traditions, safety and security).

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions of residence, number of inhabitants in R's municipality of residence, gender, age group, degree of urbanisation of R's municipality of residence, subjective social class, field and level of education, economic activity and occupational status, household composition, and household income.

Keywords

communities; community identification; identity; national identity; personal identity

Topic Classification

Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
Cultural and national identity (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Religion and values (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social behaviour and attitudes (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

Time Period Covered

2017 – 2018

Collection Dates

2017-10-05 – 2018-01-11

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 18 -79 residing in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Quota

Data collection was conducted with interviews (N=1,965) and an internet panel (N=4,313). The interviews were conducted as face-to-face interviews either in the respondent's home or in shopping centres in the capital region. The internet panel consisted of a sample representative of the study population, drawn from among the Taloustutkimus national panel based on available background information. Members of the internet panel were contacted by email, and they could complete the online questionnaire through computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI), secured with a username and password. Quota sampling was used to form the sample for the interviews and the internet panel, with quotas based on national distributions of age, gender and region of residence.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Response option "People living in Uusimaa" in variable K2B in the questionnaire is missing from the data.

To prevent identification of respondents, open-ended variables of the type "other, please specify" as well as variables t3 denoting postal code, t1 denoting municipality of residence, and t27 denoting specific ages of the respondent's children were removed from the data. Variable t28 denoting the number of children in the household was top-coded and the children's ages were categorised into two variables (t27_1 and t27_2). The largest cities were categorised into a separate variable (t1_1) from the variable denoting municipality of residence.

Weighting

The sample was weighted to be representative of the population. The weight matches the sample to the distributions of the 15-79 year-old population (in thousands).

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Bibliographical Citation

E2 Research & Finnish Cultural Foundation: Finnish Identities, Values and Attitudes 2017-2018 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2021-05-31). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3447

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Related Materials

Pitkänen, Ville & Westinen, Jussi (2018). Sittenkin samanlaisia. Tutkimus suomalaisten identiteeteistä. Helsinki: SKR.

Related Publications

Pitkänen, Ville & Westinen, Jussi (2018). Samat huolet, eri näkökulmat. Tutkimus suomalaisten asenteista ja identiteeteistä [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: e2. https://e2.fi/publication/50 [viitattu 27.7.2020].

Pitkänen, Ville, Pasi Saukkonen & Jussi Westinen (2020) How different are we? Survey results on identities, values and attitudes among the Finnish majority population and the largest ethno-linguistic minorities [online]. E2 Research. https://www.e2.fi/media/julkaisut-ja-alustukset/how-different-are-we.pdf [cited 2.9.2020].