Study title

Perceptions of Upper Secondary Education: Second-year Students in Vocational or General Upper Secondary Education 2022

Dataset ID Number

FSD3763

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3763
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3763

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Innolink Group

Abstract

The survey charted the perceptions, experiences and opinions of second-year students in vocational or general upper secondary education regarding upper secondary education in Finland. Main themes included, among others, reasons behind the respondents' choice of upper secondary education, perceptions of how general and vocational upper secondary education are appreciated, and opinions on studying. The study was commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Culture and Skills Finland.

First, students were asked how different factors affected their choice of upper secondary education (e.g. wanting to have a job with good pay, location of the school/education facility, parents' opinions). They were also asked what field they were studying, how interesting different educational paths had been for them personally when they had applied to upper secondary education (e.g. general or vocational upper secondary education, tenth grade) and how satisfied they were with their choice of education. Next, the respondents' plans after completing upper secondary education were examined (e.g. whether they planned to work straight away or study more). Finally, the respondents were presented with some attitudinal statements relating to, for example, whether they thought their upper secondary education would be useful in their future work and whether they would choose a different path of education if they could reapply.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, response language, whether they studied in vocational or general upper secondary school, municipality of residence, region of residence (NUTS3), parents' highest level of education and occupation group.

Keywords

education; educational choice; educational opportunities; educational provision; 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

Second-year students in vocational or general upper secondary education in Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

The sample was randomly selected nationwide. In total, 726 second-year students in vocational or general upper secondary education were interviewed, 345 in vocational education and 381 in general upper secondary education. 318 students responded by telephone and 408 by online survey.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Semi-structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification of respondents, all open-ended responses were removed from the data at FSD.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Innolink Group: Perceptions of Upper Secondary Education: Second-year Students in Vocational or General Upper Secondary Education 2022 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2025-02-21). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3763; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3763

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Disclaimer

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