Study title

Finnish Youth Survey 2003

Dataset ID Number

FSD2015

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2015

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (Nuora)
• Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network

Abstract

The main theme of the survey was entrepreneurship. First, the respondents were presented a set of attitudinal statements about work, working life, unemployment and success at work. They were asked what kind of company they would set up, if it was economically possible. The survey also charted whether there were entrepreneurs in the family of the respondent. The respondents were asked to assess how closely they identified with different groups or areas, such as family, school or work community, town or municipality, Finnish society and the European union. They also rated the importance of different life values, for example, an exciting life, national security, material well-being, clean environment and animal rights.

Views on security were studied by asking respondents to evaluate social security in Finland (social security benefits), insecurities in their own life (health, studies, employment, income, world politics), and risks (stock investments, student loans, medicines, alcohol, casual sex). Lastly, the respondents' opinions on the name that characterizes their generation best were examined (e.g. generation Y or mobile phone generation). They also assessed the differences between generations and whether the differences pertained to economy, values or education. The respondents were asked to envisage the development of their generation's financial situation and political power in the future. Background variables included the respondent's gender and age, the respondent's and their parents' education level, main activity, economic activity, employment situation, province and region of residence.

Keywords

basic needs; community identification; education; entrepreneurial values; entrepreneurs; generations (age); job security; social networks; social security benefits; values; youth; youth employment

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Employment (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Finnish Youth Surveys

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Taloustutkimus

Data Producers

• Advisory Council for Youth Affairs
• Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network

Time Period Covered

2003

Collection Dates

2003-11-28 – 2003-12-18

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finnish-speaking people aged between 15 and 29 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Systematic random

The respondents were selected from the population register of Finland.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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

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Number of Cases and Variables

122 variables and 1820 cases.

Data Version

3.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The municipality variable has been removed from the data. Answers to the open-ended questions 12 (Respondent's occupation) and 17 (What kind of business would you set up, if it was financially possible) are not included in the English version of the data file.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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

Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (Nuora) & Finnish Youth Research Society: Finnish Youth Survey 2003 [dataset]. Version 3.0 (2018-07-13). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2015

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

Oman elämänsä yrittäjät? Nuorisobarometri 2004 (2004). Toim. Terhi-Anna Wilska. Helsinki: Opetusministeriö, Nuorisoasiain neuvottelukunta (Nuora). Nuoran julkaisuja; 28. Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusseura. Nuorisotutkimusverkosto. Julkaisuja; 44.

Hyytinen, Ari & Rouvinen, Petri (2005). Onko talouskasvua ilman yrittäjiä? Teoksessa: Mistä talouskasvu syntyy? (toim. Ari Hyytinen & Petri Rouvinen), 137-158. Helsinki: Taloustieto. ETLA B 214.

Hyytinen, Ari & Pajarinen, Mika (2005). Kasvuyrittäjä ei pelkää vaurastua. Prima (Elinkeinoelämän keskusliiton lehti), 2005(3), 60-61.

Hyytinen, Ari & Pajarinen, Mika (2005a). Yrittäjäksi ryhtyminen ja yrittäjyysasenteet Suomessa: havaintoja kyselytutkimuksista. Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja 101(2), 150-164.

Hyytinen, Ari & Pajarinen, Mika (2005b). Yrittäjäksi ryhtyminen ja yrittäjyysasenteet Suomessa: havaintoja kyselytutkimuksista. Helsinki: Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos. ETLAn keskusteluaiheita; 990.

Hyytinen, Ari & Ilmakunnas, Pekka (2004). Yrittäjyyttä harkitsevien profiili. PTT-katsaus 4/2004, 31-35.

Akola, Elisa & Heinonen, Jarna & Kovalainen, Anne & Suvanto, Katri (2008). Yrittäjyys valintana työuran eri vaiheissa - tarkastelussa nuoret ja ikääntyneet. Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja, Työ ja yrittäjyys 29/2008.