Aineiston nimi

Helsingin Sanomat Waste Survey 2018

Aineistonumero

FSD3572

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3572

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Valkonen, Jarno (University of Lapland. Faculty of Social Sciences)
• Huilaja, Heikki (University of Lapland. Faculty of Social Sciences)
• Kinnunen, Veera (University of Lapland. Faculty of Social Sciences)
• Saariniemi, Johanna (University of Lapland. Faculty of Social Sciences)
• Nykänen, Anna-Stina (Helsingin Sanomat)
• Helsingin Sanomat

Sisällön kuvaus

This survey, conducted by the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat in 2018, charted Finnish views on waste. The survey was conducted as part of the 'Waste Society: Living with Material Overflows' project funded by the Academy of Finland. Topics in the survey included, for instance, living with waste, attitudes towards waste, and a future of 'zero waste'. Additionally, the data include an open-ended question q28 "Is there something else you want to say regarding waste, waste disposal and the future of waste?", which received a large number of responses (N:2,051) and can be utilised in qualitative analysis. Open-ended responses are only available in Finnish.

First, the respondents were asked whether they sorted their waste and into how many different categories they sorted their waste. The waste containers provided by the respondent's housing company were surveyed, as well as whether the respondents used all the different containers for sorting their waste. The respondents' attitudes towards waste were examined with questions on whether they thought waste was primarily an aesthetic, hygienic, or environmental matter, what kinds of feelings they had relating to waste (e.g. interest, guilt, responsibility), and whether their attitude towards or behaviour regarding waste and waste disposal had changed in the past year.

Next, the respondents' views on problems and responsibility related to waste were charted. The respondents were asked, for instance, whether they thought that the development of technology would solve the world's problems with waste, that waste was not a significant problem, and whether reducing waste was primarily the responsibility of e.g. consumers, municipalities, or companies. Opinions on a 'zero waste' future were examined with questions on what the respondents thought would encourage them to reduce their waste and how they thought food, plastic and sewer waste should be disposed of in the future.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, age, household composition, number of children and adults in the household, level of education, and monthly income of the household.

Asiasanat

environment; recycling; responsibility; sustainability; waste disposal and handling; wastes

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Consumption and consumer behaviour (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Environment and conservation (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Helsingin Sanomat

Ajallinen kattavuus

2018

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2018-11

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People residing in Finland able to write in Finnish

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Availability

The questionnaire was published on the Helsingin Sanomat website together with an article in November 2018. The questionnaire was accompanied by the introduction "We need to reduce the amount of waste in the world. What would you be ready to do in order to reduce waste? Respond to the Helsingin Sanomat waste survey." 9,216 responses were received to the survey, of which 91 were duplicates. As such, the final data consist of 9,125 respondents.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The distribution of responses in background variables q28-q38 may have been affected by a technical feature in the questionnaire, which was pointed out by many respondents in the survey feedback. Additionally, those who filled out the questionnaire on a mobile device experienced difficulties in picking the right option from the drop-down list.

To prevent identification of respondents, variables denoting the number of adults, children, and children under school-age in the household (q32, q33, q34) were top-coded. Additionally, all open-ended variables with the exception of q28 were removed from the data. Variable q28 was reviewed at FSD and, if necessary, any identifiers, such as email addresses, specific job titles, and municipalities of residence, were removed. Changes made at FSD were marked with [square brackets].

To prevent identification of respondents, the researcher removed the variable denoting the respondent's postal code (question 39) from the data. Duplicates (N:91) were removed at FSD from the 9,216 responses received to the survey.

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

Valkonen, Jarno (University of Lapland) & Huilaja, Heikki (University of Lapland) & Kinnunen, Veera (University of Lapland) & Saariniemi, Johanna (University of Lapland) & Nykänen, Anna-Stina (Helsingin Sanomat) & Helsingin Sanomat: Helsingin Sanomat Waste Survey 2018 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2021-11-01). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3572

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.

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Nykänen, Anna-Stina (2018). Me sen teimme. Helsingin Sanomat 11.11.2018. [Viitattu 1.11.2021]. https://www.hs.fi/sunnuntai/art-2000005894256.html

Julkaisut aineistosta

Saine, Pinja (2023) Jätteen tulevaisuutta tonkimassa: Mielikuvat jätteen tulevaisuudesta Helsingin Sanomien jätekyselyn vastauksissa. Tampereen yliopisto. Yhteiskuntatieteiden tiedekunta. Kandidaatintutkielma.

Komonen, Inka (2023) Miltä jäte tuntuu? Tunteiden politiikka kiertotalouden yhteiskunnassa. Sosiologian pro gradu -tutkielma. Lapin yliopisto.