Study title

Perceptions of Upper Secondary Education: Lower Secondary School Guidance Counsellors 2022

Dataset ID Number

FSD3762

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3762
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3762

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Innolink Group

Abstract

The survey charted the perceptions and opinions of lower secondary school guidance counsellors regarding upper secondary education in Finland. Main themes included, among others, the future plans of the ninth-graders the councellors had guided during the past year, the councellors' perceptions of how general and vocational upper secondary education are appreciated, and factors that affected the educational guidance given by the councellors to the ninth-graders. The study was commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Culture and Skills Finland.

First, factors affecting how the counsellors guided the ninth-graders were examined (e.g. the student's academic success, their ambition and will to succeed, their parents' opinions). The counsellors were also asked whether the ninth-graders thought various educational choices were interesting for them personally (e.g. general or vocational upper secondary education or tenth grade). Finally, the councellors were asked whether they thought they had enough information on upper secondary education considering their work in guiding ninth-graders.

Background information included the respondent's gender, how long they had worked as a lower secondary school guidance councellor, municipality of residence and region of residence (NUTS3).

Keywords

education; educational choice; educational guidance; educational opportunities; educational provision; lower secondary schools; upper secondary education; upper secondary schools; vocational education

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Vocational education and training (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Perception Surveys on Upper Secondary Education

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Innolink Group

Data Producers

• Skills Finland
• Ministry of Education and Culture

Time Period Covered

2022

Collection Dates

2022-08-08 – 2022-10-10

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Lower secondary school guidance councellors in Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

The sample size of the study consists of 100 school guidance councellors, who were interviewed by telephone. The sample was collected from three cities in Finland.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Research Instrument

Semi-structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification of respondents, most of the open-ended variables and all open-ended responses to the response option 'Other, please specify' have been removed from the data at FSD.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Innolink Group: Perceptions of Upper Secondary Education: Lower Secondary School Guidance Counsellors 2022 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2025-02-10). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3762; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3762

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Disclaimer

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Related Publications

Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö & Skills Finland & Innolink (2022). Toisen asteen koulutuksen mielikuvatutkimus 2022: Kvantitatiivinen osuus.

Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö & Skills Finland & Innolink (2022). Toisen asteen koulutuksen mielikuvatutkimus 2022: Yhteenvetoraportti.