Study title

Fears and Anxieties 1999

Dataset ID Number

FSD1126

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1126

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Church Research Institute

Abstract

The survey studied fears and anxieties felt by the Finns relating to the turn of the millennium. The respondents were asked to assess the likelihood of ecological disasters, mounting up of religious fundamentalism, and outbreak of religious wars. They also estimated the potential for some human-inflicted catastrophe, such as the spreading of AIDS, or the Y2K-related failures. In addition, the prospects of ending wars, the return of Jesus, spreading of religious revivalism, and the reunion of Christian churches were canvassed.

Background variables included the respondent's basic and vocational education, year of birth, gender, marital status, number of members in the household, economic activity, industry of employment, type of employer, weekly working hours, household annual gross income, trade union membership, self-reported social class, left-right political self-placement, which party R had voted for in the 1999 parliamentary elections and in the 1999 European Parliament elections, and which party R would vote for if the parliamentary elections were held at that time.

Keywords

anxiety; disasters; disasters; fear; future; nuclear warfare; religious beliefs; religious conflict

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Humanities (Fields of Science Classification)
• Religion and values (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Gallup Finland

Data Producers

• Church Research Institute

Time Period Covered

2000

Collection Dates

1999-09-15 – 1999-09-25

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 15 - 70 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Multistage

The data have been collected via GallupChannel, that is, by using Internet terminals installed in respondents' homes. The sample was formed with a multistage stratified sampling resulting in a fixed sample. Number of respondents 1,031.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

52 variables and 1031 cases.

Data Version

2.0

Related Datasets

FSD1138 Visions of the Turn of the Millennium 1997

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The variables identifying municipality and postal code have been removed from the data.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Church Research Institute: Fears and Anxieties 1999 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-08-14). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1126

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Malkki, Leena (2002). Apocalypse: not in Finland: millenarianism and expectations on the eve of the year 2000. Teoksessa: Millennial Violence: Past, Present and Future (ed. Jeffrey Kaplan). Lontoo: Frank Cass.

Malkki, Leena (2002). Apocalypse: not in Finland: millenarianism and expectations on the eve of the year 2000. Terrorism and Political Violence 14(1), 187-210.