Study title

Citizen Deliberation on the Swedish Language and Swedish-speaking Minority in Finland: Control Survey 2014

Dataset ID Number

FSD3101

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3101

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Grönlund, Kimmo (Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Institute)
• Herne, Kaisa (University of Tampere. School of Management)
• Himmelroos, Staffan (Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Institute)
• Strandberg, Kim (Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Institute)
• Setälä, Maija (University of Turku. Department of Political Science)
• Bäck, Maria (Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Institute)
• Leino, Mikko (Åbo Akademi University. Social Science Research Institute)

Abstract

The study, which included three separate surveys as well as group deliberation sessions, charted Finnish opinions on the role of the Swedish language in Finland. This final survey in the study was used as a control and the results of the actual study were compared with it.

The respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with a number of statements about Swedish and the Swedish-speaking population in Finland. The statements covered the status of Swedish in the Finnish society, compulsory Swedish at school, advantages of a bilingual society, and views on Swedish-speaking Finns.

The control survey also included questions about political views, such as interest in politics, importance of different areas of politics, frequency of discussing political and social issues with other people, and civic engagement. The respondents were also asked how often they followed politics through media, how much they trusted different institutions, and what their opinions on democracy, voting, political system, and their own political knowledge and competence were. In addition, personal characteristics and social trust were surveyed.

Finally, the respondents were asked whether they had Swedish-speaking relatives, friends or co-workers and how well they were able to speak Swedish. A number of questions investigating factual knowledge of the role of the Swedish language in Finland were presented.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, region of residence, household composition, marital status, and type of municipality of residence.

Keywords

attitudes; bilingualism; deliberation; language policy; national language education; official languages; public opinion

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Cultural and national identity (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

• Åbo Akademi University
• University of Turku
• University of Tampere

Time Period Covered

2014

Collection Dates

2014-09-30 – 2014-12-31

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finnish-speaking people aged 18-79 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

The survey was sent to 6,000 people, who were selected by simple random sampling out of the people who had been selected for the original study. A single random sample consisting of 35,000 Finnish-speaking Finns living in mainland Finland was selected for the original study.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

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: Finnish.

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Data Version

2.0

Related Datasets

FSD3100 Citizen Deliberation on the Swedish Language and Swedish-speaking Minority in Finland: Recruitment Survey 2014

FSD3102 Citizen Deliberation on the Swedish Language and Swedish-speaking Minority in Finland: Post-deliberation Survey 2014

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

This dataset does not have a separate questionnaire of its own. All three questionnaires used in the study are appended in the codebook (in Finnish) and also contain the questions for this data.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Grönlund, Kimmo (Åbo Akademi University) & Herne, Kaisa (University of Tampere) & Himmelroos, Staffan (Åbo Akademi University) & Strandberg, Kim (Åbo Akademi University) & Setälä, Maija (University of Turku) & Bäck, Maria (Åbo Akademi University) & Leino, Mikko (Åbo Akademi University): Citizen Deliberation on the Swedish Language and Swedish-speaking Minority in Finland: Control Survey 2014 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-17). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3101

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