Study title

Interviews on Nonreligion with Young Adults in the Capital Region 2018

Dataset ID Number

FSD3538

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3538
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3538

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Parkkinen, Tiina (University of Helsinki)

Abstract

The dataset consists of interviews with young adults born in the 1980s or 1990s who live in the Finnish capital region and identify themselves as nonreligious. During the interview, the interviewees were asked to fill out the Gallup Ecclesiastica 2015 survey collected by the Church Research Institute and comment on the questions out loud. The interviewer also presented the participants with additional questions on the themes of the interview.

The questions in the Gallup Ecclesiastica survey covered topics such as church affiliation, resigning from the church, attending church services, religious practice, and attitudes towards religion in general. The Gallup Ecclesiastica also contained questions on how the interviewees would feel if a meeting space for a religious community was located in their own neighbourhood, as well as their attitudes towards religion lessons at school and expressing religious identity through clothing. Additionally, the interviewees were asked to describe what role religion had played in their childhood homes.

Background information included the date on which the interview was held, the interviewee's gender, occupation, age, and the pseudonym assigned to the interviewee. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

The dataset is available only in Finnish.

Keywords

Evangelical Lutheran Church; agnosticism; atheism; church; defection from the church; irreligiousness; non-church members; religion; religiosity; religious affiliation

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Religion and values (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social change (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Data Collector

• Parkkinen, Tiina (University of Helsinki)

Collection Dates

2018-10-30 – 2018-12-14

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Individuals born in the 1980s or 1990s who live in the Finnish capital region and identify as nonreligious

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The invitation to participate in the study was shared on social media.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Participant tasks

Data Files

9 files in ODT format. Additionally, the data were organised into an easy to use HTML version and a CSV version.

Data File Language

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

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD3211 Gallup Ecclesiastica 2015

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification of participants, the data were anonymised by the research and at FSD. The researcher anonymised data and removed the following identifiers: the names of small associations on whose board the participants are were changed to a mention of the region in which the association is located and are indicated by [square brackets], the names of workplaces were coarsened to industry of employment, e.g. [government ministry], references to the neighbourhoods the participants lived in were coarsened, e.g. [North-East Helsinki], references to the participants' fields of study were changed to the faculty level (especially when participants indicated that they could be easily identified based on their educational background), references to the names of the participants or the names of third parties were removed and are indicated by [square brackets], references to the participants' municipalities of birth were coarsened to region of birth, e.g. [municipality in Uusimaa], and exact dates of birth were changed to an approximate time window, e.g. "within a few weeks". Similarly, conversations about birthdays were removed from the data and are marked with square brackets, e.g. [discussing birthday].

The data were anonymised at FSD by, for example, coarsening identifiers related to places of residence and fields of study. Changes made at FSD are marked with [[double brackets]].

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

Parkkinen, Tiina (University of Helsinki): Interviews on Nonreligion with Young Adults in the Capital Region 2018 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2021-10-29). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3538

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 Publications

Tiina Parkkinen (2019). "Oman tien suuntaan" : Normalisoituva uskonnottomuus ja yksilöllisyys urbaaneilla milleniaaleilla. Pro gradu -tutkielma. Helsingin yliopisto. https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/308605

Parkkinen, T. M. A., & Taira, T. (2023). Uskonnottomien helsinkiläismillenniaalien uskontosuhde. teoksessa S. Mikkola, & S-M. Saarelainen (Toim.), Millenniaalien kirkko: Kulttuuriset muutokset ja kristillinen usko (Sivut 229-255). Suomen ev.-lut. kirkon tutkimusjulkaisuja ; Nro 139. Kirkon tutkimus ja koulutus. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/354991