Study title

Finnish Youth Survey 2017

Dataset ID Number

FSD3250

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3250

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

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

Abstract

Themes of the Finnish Youth Survey 2017 included learning and education. Questions charted experiences of learning in and outside of school.

First, the respondents' views on learning, life skills and education were examined with attitudinal statements concerning, for instance, the significance of general knowledge and practical life skills, the importance of receiving feedback, evaluating the trustworthiness of information sources, the impact of education on employment, and Swedish as an obligatory subject in school.

The respondents were asked to estimate the extent to which they had learned different skills at school and outside of school, for example, general knowledge, language skills, creativity, internationality, tolerance, decision-making abilities, social skills, media skills, financial knowledge, and critical thinking skills. Additionally, the respondents' views on the significance of these same skills for faring well in life were charted.

Next, the respondents were presented with attitudinal statements according to which they evaluated their own time in comprehensive school and whether school had been enjoyable, e.g. with regard to their social relations with teachers and other pupils. In addition, the respondents were asked to estimate the effect of different factors on employment (e.g. talent, persistence, family background, residential location, chance). They were also asked whether they participated in the activities of any organisation or civic movement that aimed to influence society. The respondents' sense of belonging to their school or work community as well as the Finnish society more generally was examined. Finally, they were asked how meaningful they considered their daily lives and to what extent they felt that their lives had a sense of management, what sort of effects a possible lack of money had caused in their lives, whether they trusted other people, and how satisfied they were with their relationships and their lives in general.

Background variables included gender, age, municipality of residence (categorised), years R had lived in current municipality of residence, how many times R had moved or switched schools, mother tongue (categorised), type of residence, household composition, R's and parents' country of birth (categorised), year of moving to Finland, parents' educational level, and perceived financial situation of the household. Some background variables also asked detailed questions regarding, for instance, employment, studies, motivations for studying, and quitting studies.

Keywords

ability; adolescents; citizenship skills; education; educational expectations; learning; occupational life; satisfaction; trust; youth unemployment

Topic Classification

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

• Kantar TNS Finland

Time Period Covered

2017

Collection Dates

2017 – 2017

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Persons aged 15 - 29 residing in continental Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Mixed probability and non-probability

The sample was randomly drawn from the population register. Quotas were used based on gender (2), age group (15-19, 20-24, 25-29) and mother tongue (Finnish, Swedish, other).

In total, 1,902 persons were interviewed. A total of 6,152 persons declined, so the number of respondents was 31 percent of the number of those who declined, which has been a typical ratio of respondents in recent Youth Surveys.

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: Finnish.

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification of respondents, the following anonymisation measures were taken during archiving: all open-ended responses of the type "other, please specify" were removed as well as variable T3 denoting municipality of residence; variables T12, T14 and T15 denoting the respondent's and father's/mother's country of birth were categorised; variable [talkoko] specifying the number of people in the household was top-coded with regard to the largest values (10 and over).

Questions K5, T31-35, T37, T40 and T45-47 were dropped from the study in the middle of data collection and they were not asked from all respondents, and these variables were thus removed from the archived data.

Weighting

A weight variable was placed in the data [paino], which weights the data to correspond to target population distributions of gender, age and major region (NUTS2).

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Bibliographical Citation

Advisory Council for Youth Affairs (Nuora) & Finnish Youth Research Society: Finnish Youth Survey 2017 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2019-01-31). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3250

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Disclaimer

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