Study title

Impact of COVID-19 on the Finnish Cultural Sector 2021

Dataset ID Number

FSD3531

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3531

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 the spring of 2020, is also archived at FSD (FSD3477 Impact of COVID-19 on the Finnish Cultural Sector 2020). 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 2020, or whether the pandemic had prevented their activities completely. The respondents' views, based on their experiences from 2020 and the COVID-19 situation at the time, were also surveyed on the potential impacts of the pandemic on the arts and culture sector in the first half of 2021. Only the background information questions and questions 13 and 14 (described above) were mandatory for the respondents. Additionally, the survey included questions aimed at specific respondent groups. The respondents were asked, for instance, how the COVID-19 pandemic had been visible in their activities and where they had received support amidst the pandemic.

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

2020-01-01 – 2021-06-30

Collection Dates

2021-01-18 – 2021-02-01

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 representatives of communities working in the arts and culture sector (organisations, foundations, companies, co-operatives, municipal operators, bureaus) and people working as, for example, artists, members of a work group, or freelancers. Sole entrepreneurs and self-employed people responded to the survey as private businesses. 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

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

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

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The survey included questions for all the respondents and for specific respondent groups only, so the number of responses for each question varies. Only the background information questions and questions 13 and 14 were mandatory for all respondents. Responding to the other questions was optional.

To prevent identification of respondents, variables with open-ended responses were removed from the data during archiving. Additionally, the researcher removed variables corresponding to questions 1, 22 and 24 in the questionnaire, variables denoting financial losses and savings during the pandemic (questions 25-34), and the open-ended variables at the end of the questionnaire (questions 35-38) before delivering the data to FSD.

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 2021 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2021-08-12). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3531

Deposit Requirement

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 (2021). Koronapandemian vaikutuksia kulttuurialalla 2020-2021: Raportti kyselyn vastauksista. Valtioneuvoston julkaisuja 2021:26. URN:ISBN:978-952-383-654-9

Related Publications

Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö (2021). Koronapandemian vaikutuksia kulttuurialalla 2020-2021: Raportti kyselyn vastauksista. Valtioneuvoston julkaisuja 2021:26. URN:ISBN:978-952-383-654-9