Study title

Children's Media Barometer 2013

Dataset ID Number

FSD3071

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3071

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Suoninen, Annikka (Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network)

Abstract

The barometer was collected as part of a research project funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland and it aimed to investigate children's media use and their relationship with the media in the year 2013. The data were collected from families that had children aged 0-8. The parents of the children responded to the survey. In the survey, media include television, the Internet, digital games, mobile phone, the radio and music, and print media. The data was collected in a manner that makes comparisons with Children's Media Barometer 2010 possible.

The respondents were asked how well they knew the media contents their children used and which media devices their children had access to at home. The respondents were asked whether their children used different media (television and films, the Internet, digital games, mobile phone, radio and music, and print media), in which format / on which device and how often, and what kind of content they accessed using each medium. Additional questions concerning digital media charted who accompanied the children when they used each medium and how often the children were accompanied by a parent when they accessed different media content.

With regard to media use in the family, the respondents were asked how often they discussed media use or media content with their children, how often they did things not related to media together with the child (e.g. went shopping, did sports, visited friends or family), and to what extent they agreed with a number of statements related to media use in the family (e.g. "Playing digital games together is a nice way to spend time with the children", "The child often asks me to stop watching TV or using the computer").

The respondents' own media use was charted by asking them how often they used used different media (television and films, the Internet, digital games, mobile phone, radio and music, and print media), in which format / on which device and how often, what kind of content they accessed using digital media, and how often they kept in contact with different people through media. Finally, the respondents were asked how often they met different people face-to-face.

Bakcground variables included the respondent's role (mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, other guardian), age, economic activity, education, major region, and type of neighbourhood of residence as well as the number of adults in the household, and ages and genders of children. In addition, there were background variables charting information on the child on whose behalf the parent responded, which included the child's year of birth, gender, and whether the child had a room of his/her own.

Keywords

children; digital games; internet; internet use; mass media exposure; mass media use; media literacy; mobile communication; news; reading (activity); television

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Information society (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Children (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Time use (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Children's Media Barometers

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network

Data Producers

• Finnish Youth Research Society. Finnish Youth Research Network

Time Period Covered

2013

Collection Dates

2013-05 – 2013-08

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Parents of children aged 0-8 living in mainland Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal

Sampling Procedure

Probability

Sample was drawn from the population register of the Population Register Centre. Finnish-speaking households in mainland Finland, which had at least one child aged 4 months to 8 years, were included in sampling. Sampling was conducted in two phases; half of the sample included all households with children (1,500 households) and half included households where the age of the child's mother was under 30 (1,500 households). Sampling was conducted on the level of regions, but the level used in data analysis corresponds to the major region classification of Statistics Finland. Sampling was conducted as stratified sampling on the level of regions.

Questionnaires were sent to the respondents by mail, but they were also offered a possibility to participate in the study by online survey. As the response rate was 20% in May, the survey was re-sent in August. A total of 917 adequately completed questionnaires were received, resulting in a response rate of 31%.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

31

Data File Language

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Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The low response rate may affect the generalisability of the data. The study description is based on the information available in the report of the study.

The following variables are missing from the archived data: q16_11, q16_11_1, q31_5, q45_11, q45_11_1, q50_6 and q50_6_1. In addition, variables q59 and q60 were removed from the data during archiving due to unclear coding.

Weighting

Weight variable (paino1) weights the data to represent the population aged 0-8 in terms of age.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Suoninen, Annikka (Finnish Youth Research Society): Children's Media Barometer 2013 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-24). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3071

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Disclaimer

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Related Materials

Suoninen, Annikka (2014). Lasten mediabarometri 2013. 0-8-vuotiaiden mediankäyttö ja sen muutokset vuodesta 2010 [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusverkosto/Nuorisotutkimusseura. Verkkojulkaisuja 75. http://www.nuorisotutkimusseura.fi/julkaisuja/lastenmediabarometri2013.pdf [viitattu 11.11.2015].

Related Publications

Suoninen, Annikka (2014). Lasten mediabarometri 2013. 0-8-vuotiaiden mediankäyttö ja sen muutokset vuodesta 2010 [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Nuorisotutkimusverkosto/Nuorisotutkimusseura. Verkkojulkaisuja 75. http://www.nuorisotutkimusseura.fi/julkaisuja/lastenmediabarometri2013.pdf [viitattu 11.11.2015].