FSD3829 Young people's Action Competence and Agency in Promoting Sustainability 2021

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Study title

Young people's Action Competence and Agency in Promoting Sustainability 2021

Dataset ID Number

FSD3829

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3829
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3829

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)

Abstract

The survey examined young Finns' attitudes towards sustainable development and social influence. It also studied their trust in social actors. The data was collected as part of the Urban and regional planning with the young generation - collective and intergenerational learning encouraging sustainability transformations (URGENT) project.

First, respondents were asked what they thought about various statements related to sustainability. The statements concerned their own knowledge of the subject and their willingness and ability to influence sustainability. Next, respondents were asked to rate how active they felt they were in promoting sustainability in society. This was followed by a series of questions on how often respondents had participated in a specific activity in the last six months. For example, sorting waste, participating in a sustainability related demonstration or discussing sustainability issues with others. Respondents were also asked to give an open-ended answer on other ways in which they have tried to contribute to sustainability. Finally, respondents were asked about their general level of trust in various social actors.

Background variables included the respondent's age, gender, place of residence at county level, current place of study, parents' level of education and NUTS3 region of residence.

Keywords

adolescents; attitudes; citizenship; citizenship participation; development; environment; environmental awareness; social influence; social progress; social systems; sustainability; values

Topic Classification

Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Environment and conservation (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (D) available only by permission from the data depositor/creator.

Data Collector

Kantar TNS Finland

Funders

Academy of Finland (324586)

Time Period Covered

2021

Collection Dates

2021-11 – 2021-12

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Young people aged 15-29 years in Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified: Proportional

Kantar TNS Finland collected the sample through an online panel of 50 000 Finnish households. Their sampling method ensured that the sample was nationally representative of the Finnish population aged 15-29. A total of 1009 people responded to the survey.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Respondents who were not attending any school at the time of the survey did not answer two questions (KAP2 ja WTA4).

The researchers have anonymised the data by categorising the respondents' places of study (T2). In addition, identifying information (e.g. name of workplace or organisation) has been removed from the open response (Mika_tapa).

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke): Young people's Action Competence and Agency in Promoting Sustainability 2021 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2024-06-20). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3829

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Disclaimer

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Related Materials

Oinonen, I. & Paloniemi, R. (2023) Understanding and measuring young people's sustainability actions. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 91, 102124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102124

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