FSD3477 Impact of COVID-19 on the Finnish Cultural Sector 2020

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Study title

Impact of COVID-19 on the Finnish Cultural Sector 2020

Dataset ID Number

FSD3477

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3477

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

Ministry of Education and Culture

Abstract

The survey charted the impacts of COVID-19 on the activities the of arts, culture and creative sector in Finland. The survey was conducted by the Ministry of Education and Culture to examine the current situation of the Finnish cultural section as affected by the exceptional circumstances. Survey respondents included both organisations and individuals working in the arts and culture sector. A related follow-up survey, conducted in January 2021, is also archived at FSD (FSD3531 Impact of COVID-19 on the Finnish Cultural Sector 2021). The respondents in the two datasets cannot be connected.

First, the respondents were asked whether their or their organisation's activities had been carried out as planned, either with small or significant modifications, during the pandemic, or whether the pandemic had prevented their activities completely. The respondents were also asked whether they thought they could carry out their activities normally in the next three, six and 12 months. Open-ended responses were collected on the financial and other impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts and culture sector. The respondents were first asked to consider the period between 15 March and 31 May 2020 in their responses, and then the period between 1 June and 31 August 2020 with the presumption that the COVID-19 restrictions would continue until the end of August. The respondents were also asked how likely they thought temporary lay-offs and dismissals during the same time periods.

Background variables included the type of the respondent's organisation, main field of the respondent's activities, and whether the respondent's organisation received central government transfers.

Keywords

COVID-19; arts; bacterial and virus diseases; cultural events; culture; dismissal; economic conditions; lay-offs

Topic Classification

Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
Cultural activities and participation (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social conditions and indicators (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Public health (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

Ministry of Education and Culture

Time Period Covered

2020-03 – 2020-08

Collection Dates

2020-04-20 – 2020-04-26

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Organization/Institution

Universe

People and organisations working in the Finnish arts, culture and creative sector

Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The survey was aimed at public entities, organisations and foundations, companies, and private persons and work groups. The survey could be completed through a public link to an online questionnaire.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

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

Related Datasets

FSD3531 Impact of COVID-19 on the Finnish Cultural Sector 2021

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Not all fields of arts and culture are represented equally in the respondents, and even some larger fields may be missing from the data. The number of responses was further reduced by the short time the survey was open. As such, the survey results should be considered only as indicative.

The following variables in the data were not included in the original online questionnaire: q2_2, q2_3, q3_11, q3_14, q3_16, bv1. Corresponding questions in the questionnaire were additional questions that specified the main question.

To prevent identification of respondents, variables denoting the respondent's NUTS3 region of residence, the respondent's or their organisation's financial situation, and all 'other, please specify' open-ended variables were removed from the data during archiving. Additionally, before delivering the data to FSD, the researcher removed other open-ended responses and the respondents' and their organisations' names from the data.

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

Ministry of Education and Culture: Impact of COVID-19 on the Finnish Cultural Sector 2020 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2021-08-12). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3477

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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.

Related Materials

Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö (2020). Koronapandemian vaikutukset kulttuurialalla: Raportti kyselyn vastauksista. Valtioneuvoston julkaisuja 2020:14. URN:ISBN:978-952-287-902-8

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