Study title

Mobile Youth Work: Interviews with Youth Workers and Youth 2021-2022

Dataset ID Number

FSD3696

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3696
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3696

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Tormulainen, Aino (HUMAK University of Applied Sciences)

Abstract

The data consists of interview transcripts with youth workers and volunteers and young people using mobile youth work. The data consists also photos. The interviews were conducted to find out about the activities of the Walkers cars (Wautos), coordinated by Aseman Lapset ry, in different localities. The data includes individual and group interviews and interview notes. There were four different types of interviews: youth workers, youth service supervisors, youths and volunteers.

Background information includes the time of the interview, the interviewee's role and profession, and gender. Age was also given as background information for youth. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

Keywords

empoloyment programmes; social exclusion; social workers; youth; youth work; youth workers

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Working conditions (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

• Tormulainen, Aino (HUMAK University of Applied Sciences)

Funders

• Ministry of Education and Culture. Youth Work and Youth Policy Programme

Collection Dates

2021-06-04 – 2022-01-21

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Youth work professionals and volunteers who work or have experience in mobile youth work and young people with experience in mobile youth work.

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Web-based interview

Face-to-face focus group

Online focus group

Summary

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

22 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

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The researcher has anonymised the data by removing the names and locations of the individuals for identification reasons. The anonymisation made by the researcher are marked (in brackets). FSD read through the texts to ensure anonymisation and, where necessary, made further anonymisations along the lines set out by the researcher. In FSD, the data have been anonymised according to the researcher's policy using [[double brackets]] as follows: data on locations and regions have been removed from the data. Names of persons, names of mobile youth work activities, names of youth centres and schools and the name of the organisation have also been removed. The names of mobile youth work vehicles have been removed if they provided information on the location of the interview.

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

Tormulainen, Aino (HUMAK University of Applied Sciences): Mobile Youth Work: Interviews with Youth Workers and Youth 2021-2022 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2023-03-23). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3696; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3696

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

Tormulainen, Aino & Kauppinen, Eila 2022. Liikkuen läsnä, hetkessä teille. Tutkimusraportti liikkuvasta nuorisotyöstä. Nuorisotutkimusverkosto/Nuorisotutkimusseura, verkkojulkaisuja 173. Humanistinen ammattikorkeakoulu julkaisuja, 146.