Study title

Young People's Views on Development Cooperation 2012

Dataset ID Number

FSD2821

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2821

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Finnish Children and Youth Foundation

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Almgren, Anssi (Finn Chruch Aid)
• Honkasalo, Leena (Operation a Day's Work Finland (Taksvärkki ry))
• Järventaus, Antti (Finnish Children and Youth Foundation)
• Maunula, Sari (T-Media)
• Salmio, Tiina (Plan Finland)
• Vesanen, Maria (T-Media)

Abstract

The survey studied the views of young Finnish people on development cooperation and their interest towards it. The survey aimed to chart young people's willingness to participate in development cooperation as well as their knowledge about the goals of development cooperation and whether these goals had been reached.

A set of factual questions relating to development cooperation and policy were first presented (e.g. "How many people in the world live in extreme poverty, i.e. living on less than one euro a day?"). The extent to which the respondents agreed with a large number of statements relating to developing countries and development cooperation was canvassed (e.g. "The problems of developing countries are mainly the Western world's fault", "Development cooperation is an efficient way of solving challenges of developing countries"). The respondents were asked whether they had foreign friends or friends with immigrant background as well as what their opinions on a more multicultural Finnish society were. The forms of civic engagement and activities relating to development cooperation the respondents had done or thought they could do were investigated.

Frequency of discussions about development cooperation at school was charted as well as the sources from which the respondents had received information about developing countries. The respondents were requested to list organisations for development cooperation they had heard of. Finally, the respondents were asked how important they regarded various values and ways to act (e.g. "How important is it to you to help people around you?") and to what extent they thought various descriptions applied to them (e.g. "To what extent do you like surprises and trying out new things?").

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, major region of residence, economic activity, level of education, religiosity, membership of associations/voluntary organisations as well as the number of inhabitants in the place residence and whether the respondent lived with his/her parents or guardians.

Keywords

adolescents; charitable organizations; developing countries; development aid (international); development policy; human rights; international relations; sustainability; values; voluntary aid

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• International politics and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Equality, inequality and social exclusion (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• T-Media

Data Producers

• Finnish Children and Youth Foundation

Time Period Covered

2012

Collection Dates

2012-11-02 – 2012-11-29

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 15-20 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The questionnaires were sent to all members of T-Media's research register that were aged 20 or under. In addition, questionnaires were distributed to some schools via contact teachers. 48 responses were received using the latter method. The response rate of the persons in the register was 12%.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

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

125 variables and 945 cases.

Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Women and people from Helsinki-Uusimaa region and Southern Finland are overrepresented in the data.

For reasons of privacy, the open-ended variables q8 and q10_6_2 were removed from the data.

Weighting

There is a weight variable (paino) in the data that weights the sample to match the target population in terms of gender and major region of residence. The original response rates by major region are as follows: Helsinki-Uusimaa 28%, Southern Finland (not including Helsinki-Uusimaa) 19%, Western Finland 30%, and Northern and Eastern Finland combined 22%. The weighted distributions are as follows: Helsinki-Uusimaa 27%, Southern Finland (not including Helsinki-Uusimaa) 15%, Western Finland 35% and Northern and Eastern Finland combined 23%. The original response rates by gender are 71% women and 19% men and the weighted distributions by gender are 50% women and 50% men. The weighting is based on the statistics received from Statistics Finland.

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Bibliographical Citation

Finnish Children and Youth Foundation: Young People's Views on Development Cooperation 2012 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2019-01-22). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2821

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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 Materials

Nuorten ajatuksia kehitysyhteistyöstä - Tutkimusraportti (2013) [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Suomen lasten ja nuorten säätiö. http://www.nuori.fi/filebank/697-Nuorten_ajatuksia_kehitysyhteistyosta_raportti_pavitetty_010213.pdf [viitattu 28.6.2013].

Related Publications

Nuorten ajatuksia kehitysyhteistyöstä - Tutkimusraportti (2013) [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Suomen lasten ja nuorten säätiö. http://www.nuori.fi/filebank/697-Nuorten_ajatuksia_kehitysyhteistyosta_raportti_pavitetty_010213.pdf [viitattu 28.6.2013].

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