Aineiston nimi

Tampere University Students' Political Efficacy 2022

Aineistonumero

FSD3787

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3787
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3787

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Kestilä-Kekkonen, Elina (Tampere University)
• Tiihonen, Aino (Tampere University)
• Sipinen, Josefina (Tampere University)
• Kekkonen, Maria (Tampere University)
• Myllymäki, Aino (Tampere University)
• Vahteri, Iina (Tampere University)
• Jaakkola, Julia (Tampere University)
• Äijälä, Liisa (Tampere University)
• Lappalainen, Sanna (Tampere University)
• Haataja, Lotta (Tampere University)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey examined university students' attitudes towards politics and societal issues. The survey also explored how this relationship has evolved. The survey was carried out by students in a research course organised by the Department of Political Science at the University of Tampere, together with their professors as part of the Education, Political Efficacy and Informed Citizenship (EPIC) project funded by the Academy of Finland. The aim of the study was to investigate the formation of students' political efficacy, i.e. the extent to which they feel they understand politics and can influence it.

First, respondents were asked how interested they were in politics. Next, respondents were asked about their opinions on various statements related to their attitude towards politics and their own possibilities of influence. They were then asked about their trust in various institutions, such as the government and the media. Next, respondents were asked about their opinions on various proposals for the future direction of Finland. Respondents were then asked about their position on the left-right axis and which party they would vote for.

Next, the survey moved on to ask about the different forms of social participation that respondents have engaged in over the past 12 months. The current level of knowledge about political issues and whether this was influenced by studies, work experience or organisational activities were also explored. The next section looked at political activity in the respondents' childhood and childhood home. Finally, respondents were asked about their confidence in themselves and in the future.

Background variables included the respondent's age, gender, political party preference, economic activity, year of starting studies, field of education, and parents' level of education.

Asiasanat

attitudes; political action; political behaviour; political influence; political participation; political parties; politicians; politics; trust; undergraduates; voting; well-being (society)

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Higher and further education (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Kestilä-Kekkonen, Elina (Tampere University)
• Tiihonen, Aino (Tampere University)
• Sipinen, Josefina (Tampere University)
• Kekkonen, Maria (Tampere University)
• Myllymäki, Aino (Tampere University)
• Vahteri, Iina (Tampere University)
• Jaakkola, Julia (Tampere University)
• Äijälä, Liisa (Tampere University)
• Lappalainen, Sanna (Tampere University)
• Haataja, Lotta (Tampere University)

Rahoittajat

• Academy of Finland
• Tampere University

Ajallinen kattavuus

2022

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2022-04-13 – 2022-04-27

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Students of Tampere University

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Respondents were recruited for the survey both by email and by disseminating information about the survey on the campuses of the Tampere University. An invitation to the survey was sent by email to all students present via the university's student and applicant services. In addition, information about the survey was disseminated via email lists of student associations and guilds, social media and physical advertisements (e.g. in student canteens). It was important to have a representative sample by field of study, so the accumulation of responses from different fields of study was monitored in real time. A total of 832 students from different fields of study responded to the survey. The survey was collected as an electronic survey on Qualtrics, which respondents could access via an internet link or QR code.

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.

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Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The researchers have anonymised the data by classifying and removing variables. The year of beginning of higher education K35, completed degrees K36, country of birth K39, mother's and father's country of birth K40 and K41 and Finnish citizenship K42 have been removed from the data. New classified variables have been created for field of education K4 and year of birth K32.

To prevent identification of respondents, the faculty variable (K3) was deleted from the data at FSD.

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

Kestilä-Kekkonen, Elina (Tampere University) & Tiihonen, Aino (Tampere University) & Sipinen, Josefina (Tampere University) & Kekkonen, Maria (Tampere University) & Myllymäki, Aino (Tampere University) & Vahteri, Iina (Tampere University) & Jaakkola, Julia (Tampere University) & Äijälä, Liisa (Tampere University) & Lappalainen, Sanna (Tampere University) & Haataja, Lotta (Tampere University): Tampere University Students' Political Efficacy 2022 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2024-04-18). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3787

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

Haataja, L., Jaakkola, J., Kekkonen, M., Kestilä-Kekkonen, E., Lappalainen, S., Sipinen, J., Tiihonen, A., & Vahteri, I. (2022). Jatkuvalla takamatkalla: Sisäisen kansalaispätevyyden sukupuolikuilu korkeakouluopiskelijoiden keskuudessa. Politiikka, 64(4). https://doi.org/10.37452/politiikka.122454

Julkaisut aineistosta

Haataja, L., Jaakkola, J., Kekkonen, M., Kestilä-Kekkonen, E., Lappalainen, S., Sipinen, J., Tiihonen, A., & Vahteri, I. (2022). Jatkuvalla takamatkalla: Sisäisen kansalaispätevyyden sukupuolikuilu korkeakouluopiskelijoiden keskuudessa. Politiikka, 64(4). https://doi.org/10.37452/politiikka.122454