Study title

Young People and Politics 2009: Essay Responses

Dataset ID Number

FSD2883

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2883

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Elo, Kimmo (University of Turku. Department of Political Science and Contemporary History)
• Rapeli, Lauri (University of Turku. Department of Political Science and Contemporary History)
• Koskimaa, Vesa (University of Turku. Department of Political Science and Contemporary History)

Abstract

This qualitative dataset contains the essays the respondents of the questionnaire survey Young People and Politics 2009 (FSD2629) were asked to write. The request and writing instructions for an essay titled 'My notion of politics: What comes to my mind when I hear the word "politics"' were included at the end of the self-administered questionnaire, with about two blank pages reserved for the essay. The respondents were asked to write about their views on politics, the importance of politics in their own life, and why they were interested or not interested in politics.

The dataset contains 1,292 essays from students of 34 upper secondary educational institutions. The information supplied by each respondent in the quantitative and qualitative dataset can be connected with case IDs. Background variables included the respondent's gender and year of birth as well as the municipality where the respondent was studying and the type of educational institution (general or vocational upper secondary school).

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

civic education; democracy; mass media; parents; political awareness; political influence; political interest; political participation; politics; students; voting; youth

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Elections (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

• Elo, Kimmo (University of Turku. Department of Political Science and Contemporary History)
• Rapeli, Lauri (University of Turku. Department of Political Science and Contemporary History)
• Koskimaa, Vesa (University of Turku. Department of Political Science and Contemporary History)

Time Period Covered

2009

Collection Dates

2009 – 2009-12

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Media unit: Text

Universe

Young people in secondary education in Finland (excluding students living in the Åland Islands and individuals studying in Swedish-speaking institutions)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

Probability: Cluster

Probability: Simple random

The target population was first stratified by province and the resulting strata were further stratified by municipality type. The municipalities and educational institutions were selected by using simple random sampling, which was continued until the desired sample size was reached. The default number of respondents for each sample cluster (educational institution) was set to 30.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Self-administered writings guide

Data Files

Essay responses of 1292 people in 34 individual RTF files. The data are also available in HTML file format.

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

Related Datasets

FSD2343 Knowledge of Politics and Society 2008: Turku Region Upper Secondary Schools 2007-2008

FSD2344 Knowledge of Politics and Society 2008: Turku Region Vocational Institutions 2007-2008

FSD2499 Knowledge of Politics and Society 2008

FSD2629 Young People and Politics 2009

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

Elo, Kimmo (University of Turku) & Rapeli, Lauri (University of Turku) & Koskimaa, Vesa (University of Turku): Young People and Politics 2009: Essay Responses [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2013-11-07). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2883

Deposit Requirement

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.

Related Publications

Koskimaa, Vesa & Elo, Kimmo & Rapeli, Lauri (2010). Nuorten politiikka 2009. Katsaus suomalaisnuorten yhteiskunnallisiin kasvuympäristöihin ja politiikkakiinnostukseen. Turku: Turun yliopisto. Politiikan tutkimuksen laitos. Politiikkatietämys-hankkeen työpapereita 1/2010.

Elo, Kimmo (2011) Mistä nuoret äänestäjät tulevat? Havaintoja kodin poliittisuuden vaikutuksesta nuorten politiikkakiinnostukseen ja äänestämishalukkuuteen. Politiikka 53(1), 2011, 5-15.

Elo, Kimmo (2012). Yhdensuuntaista monologia vai sukupolvien välistä dialogia? Havaintoja kodin vaikutuksesta nuorten poliittiseen sosialisaatioon. Teoksessa: Nuoret ja ääni - Nuoret eduskuntavaaleissa 2011 (toim. Ronkainen, Jussi), 77-92. Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusseuran julkisuja; 125.

Rytioja, Anni-Reetta (2016). Kansalaisuuden rajanvetoa. Kansalaisuuden ulottuvuudet aikuisten ja nuorten kertomina. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Sosiologian pro gradu -tutkielma. URN:NBN:fi:uta-201602031152

Rytioja, A. & Kallio, K.P. (2018). Opittua käsitteistöä vai koettua yhteiskunnallisuutta? Pohdintoja kansalaisuudesta lasten ja nuorten näkökulmasta. Sosiologia [hyväksytty julkaistavaksi]

Äijälä, Elina (2018). Kuivaa! Tylsää, ei kiinnosta, vai kiinnostaako? Lukiolaisten suhtautuminen politiikkaan ja poliittiseen osallistumiseen. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Yhteiskuntatutkimuksen kandidaatintutkielma.

Tanttu, Katri (2021). Miksi politiikka ei kiinnosta nuoria? Aineistolähtöinen sisällönanalyysi Nuorten politiikka 2009 - esseevastauksista. Joensuu: Itä-Suomen yliopisto. Yhteiskuntapolitiikan kandidaatintutkielma.