FSD3843 Church Resignation Forms Filed in Finland: Reasons for Resigning 2023

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Study title

Church Resignation Forms Filed in Finland: Reasons for Resigning 2023

Dataset ID Number

FSD3843

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3843
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3843

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

  • Vakaumusten tasa-arvo VATA ry
  • Tampereen vapaa-ajattelijat ry

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

  • Sampling from the total data was done by Jori Mäntysalo

Abstract

The online eroakirkosta.fi service, maintained by two Finnish associations, allows people to resign from church by filling in an online form. After filling in the form, people are given an opportunity to explain their reasons for resigning in free-text format. This dataset consists of the reasons entered by 1,026 people when quitting the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland or the Finnish Orthodox Church in 2023. The dataset is part of the annually supplemented data series which examines the reasons for leaving church submitted by a sample of approximately 1,000 people on the eroakirkosta.fi online service each year.

Background information includes age, gender and month of leaving church. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

The dataset is only available in the languages used for entering the information (mainly Finnish).

Keywords

church; religion; religious affiliation; religious behaviour; religious beliefs; religious institutions

Topic Classification

Series

Reasons for Resigning from Church

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Data Collector

  • Vakaumusten tasa-arvo ry

Collection Dates

2023-01-01 – 2023-12-31

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People who had quit the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland or the Finnish Orthodox Church on eroakirkosta.fi

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Systematic random

The responses have been sorted chronologically and then every 3rd response has been extracted.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Programming script

Data Files

Textual explanations submitted by 1,026 persons in a single TXT file. 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

All direct and indirect identifiers, including smaller places of residence, relating to the respondent or other private persons were removed from the data. Sections anonymised at FSD are marked with [square brackets].

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

Vakaumusten tasa-arvo VATA ry & Tampereen vapaa-ajattelijat ry: Church Resignation Forms Filed in Finland: Reasons for Resigning 2023 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2024-01-25). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3843

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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.

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