Aineiston nimi

Parish Elected Officials Survey 2019

Aineistonumero

FSD3506

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3506
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3506

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Church Research Institute

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey was aimed at people in positions of trust in the parishes of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Main themes of the survey included voluntary work in and the culture of the parish, the future of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and current issues in the church, managerial duties and equality in the church, the Marriage Act, climate change, church services, religiosity in everyday life, and utilising research data in parish work.

First, the survey examined parish activities and the role of parishes in Finnish society. The respondents were asked how well several statements described the activities of their parish, for example, whether parish work occurred in different kinds of networks outside the parish (e.g. schools and organisations) and whether the parish paid special attention in the activities to those at risk of exclusion. The role of volunteers and voluntary work in the parish were charted next with statements on, for example, whether the volunteers were independent in innovating and organising parish activities and whether work tasks for volunteers were planned in cooperation with parish employees. Views on the future of the church and current issues were surveyed regarding different ways of managing the deteriorating economy of parishes (e.g. raising the church tax, selling property), where parish resources for helping those in need should be primarily directed (e.g. supporting families in crisis, mitigating poverty, helping the lonely and sick), and whether the church should always offer aid to refugees.

Opinions on managerial duties and equality in the church were examined next with various statements. The statements included, for example, whether the respondents thought more women should be in managerial positions in the church and whether the status of sexual and gender minorities in the church should be improved. The respondents' views on the Marriage Act were surveyed (e.g. whether the church should continue to only officiate opposite-sex marriages or also officiate same-sex marriages), and opinions on the role of the church in mitigating climate change were charted (e.g. whether the church should guide people to change their way of living to be more sustainable). The respondents were also asked about parish services in general and specifically relating to baptism and the role of godparents.

Next, religiosity in the respondents' everyday life was surveyed. The respondents were asked, for example, whether prayers or meditation were a regular part of their life, which books were spiritually most significant for them (excluding holy books of religions), and who were the most significant spiritual influencers for them. Finally, the respondents were asked about utilising research data in their work as elected officials in the parish (e.g. where they found research data on the church, whether they actively searched for it, and what types of analysis and reports they thought they needed for their work in the church).

The background variables included the respondent's year of birth, gender, how long R had worked as an elected official in the parish, number of persons in the parish, diocese, type of municipality (urban or rural), political party R had voted for in the 2019 parliamentary elections, and whether R belonged to a revivalist movement or a Christian organisation.

Asiasanat

baptisms; church; climate change; managers; marriage; personnel; refugees; religiosity; religious beliefs; social inequality; voluntary work

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Humanities (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Social welfare policy (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Working conditions (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• 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

• Talola, Nina (Church Research Institute)

Ajallinen kattavuus

2019

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2019-11-20 – 2020-01-10

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged over 18 in positions of trust in the parishes of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Simple random

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

34

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

To prevent identification of respondents, open-ended variables q11, q13, q15, q21, q36 and q37 were removed from the data. Open-ended responses left in the data (variables q19, q20, q25) were anonymised. Additionally, variable q27 denoting the respondent's year of birth was categorised into five-year age groups and variable q30 denoting number of persons in the parish was top-coded at FSD. Changes made at FSD were marked with [square brackets].

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

Church Research Institute: Parish Elected Officials Survey 2019 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2021-08-04). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3506

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.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Salomäki, Hanna & Hytönen, Maarit & Ketola, Kimmo & Salminen, Veli-Matti & Sohlberg, Jussi (2020): Uskonto arjessa ja juhlassa: Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko vuosina 2016-2019 [verkkodokumentti]. Tampere: Kirkon tutkimuskeskus. Kirkon tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja 134. https://julkaisut.evl.fi/catalog/Tutkimukset%20ja%20julkaisut/r/4238 [viitattu 9.2.2021]

Salminen, Veli-Matti (2020): Missä mennään, diakoninen kirkko? Nelivuotiskertomuksen havaintoja. Diakonian tutkimus 2/2020: 34-39. https://evl.fi/documents/1327140/45652999/Minne+menet%2C+diakoninen+kirkko+%28V-M+Salminen+DT+2_2020%29.pdf/3177e2f1-4dc0-c506-8a00-cd59dcf05017?t=1608543389147

Hytönen, Maarit (2021)Kuinka käy kristillisen kasvatuksen? Crux 1/2021. 36 - 39.

Hytönen, Maarit (2021) Kaste suomalaisten kokemuksena ja saarnojen aiheena. Vol 1 Nro 1 (2021): Uskonto, katsomus ja kasvatus. https://journal.fi/ukk/issue/view/7859

Salomäki, Hanna; Hytönen, Maarit; Ketola, Kimmo; Salminen, Veli-Matti & Sohlberg, Jussi (2021): Religion till vardags och fest. Evangelisk-lutherska kyrkan i Finland 2016-2019. Kyrkans forskningscentrals publikationer 135. Tampere: Kyrkans forskningscentral.

Salomäki, Hanna; Hytönen, Maarit; Ketola, Kimmo; Salminen, Veli-Matti & Sohlberg, Jussi (2021): Religion in Daily Life and in Celebration. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, 2016-2019. Tampere: The Church Research Institute.