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Sport Survey 2001-2002: Adult Population

City of Helsinki; Young Finland Association; Finnish Sport for All Association; (4 more)
This survey investigated the sporting activities of Finnish people aged 19-65: how much Finns exercise (exercise habits), in what sports they take part in and what services and facilities they use in their hobbies. Respondents' willingness to participate in different types of sport and their interest in sports organisations were also charted. Firstly, respondents were asked...
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Health and Lifestyle Survey of University Students 1993-1998

Kunttu, Kristina (Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS))
This follow-up study charted the health, health-related behaviour and social relationships of Turku University students. The target group consisted of students who first began their studies in the academic year 1993-1994. Data collection was carried out in their first, third and fifth study year, and the same questionnaires were used for each round (survey questionnaire and...
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Tampere Health and Social Survey 2002

Paronen, Olavi (UKK Institute); Fogelholm, Mikael (UKK Institute)
The survey charted the general health, functional ability and exercise habits of the adult population living in Tampere (Finland). Need for help, use of social and health services, living environment, and sense of security and safety were also examined. Previous surveys were carried out in 1990, 1993, 1996 and 1999. Perceived health, and long-term illnesses, disabilities or...
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Sport Survey 2005-2006: Young People and Children

City of Helsinki; Young Finland Association; Finnish Sport for All Association; (4 more)
The survey investigated the sporting activities of Finnish children and young people. The respondents were asked about where they exercise and in what sports they participate. Attitudes towards sports organisations in Finland were also charted. Parents answered on behalf of children under 12 years old, and young people aged between 12 and 18 were interviewed in person....
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City Service Survey 2005

Miettinen, Heikki (Efeko); Paasikallio, Martti (Efeko)
The survey canvassed the citizens' views on the present state of city government and public services. The respondents' satisfaction with their housing conditions and neighbourhood was queried, as well as which factors affected their choice of residential area. Some questions revolved around child day care and schooling, and others measured satisfaction with and use of...
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University Student Health Survey 2004

Kunttu, Kristina (Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS)); Huttunen, Teppo (Oy 4Pharma Ltd)
The health survey of university students charted the respondents' health and factors influencing their health. Main topics covered the respondents' general state of health, health behaviour, studying, relationships, working and living, use of health services, and sexual health. Questions covered general state of health, possible illnesses and injuries, use of medication,...
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Tampere Afternoon Activity Project: Club Leaders 2007

Häikiö, Liisa (City of Tampere. Development Unit for Welfare Services); Vänninmaja, Paula (City of Tampere. Development Unit for Welfare Services)
In the Tampere Afternoon Activity project (Harrastava Iltapäivä) initiated in 2007, the city of Tampere organized voluntary afternoon club activities for pupils from the third grade to the ninth. The activities were organized in co-operation with various organizations, clubs, and churches. In this mid-evaluation, the realization of the goals and practices of the project...
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Tampere Afternoon Activity Project: School Staff 2007

Häikiö, Liisa (City of Tampere. Development Unit for Welfare Services); Vänninmaja, Paula (City of Tampere. Development Unit for Welfare Services)
In the Tampere Afternoon Activity project (Harrastava Iltapäivä) initiated in 2007, the city of Tampere organized voluntary afternoon club activities for pupils from the third grade to the ninth. The activities were organized in co-operation with various organizations, clubs, and churches. In this mid-evaluation, the realization of the goals and practices of the project...
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Tampere Afternoon Activity Project: Children 2007

Häikiö, Liisa (City of Tampere. Development Unit for Welfare Services); Vänninmaja, Paula (City of Tampere. Development Unit for Welfare Services)
In the Tampere Afternoon Activity project (Harrastava Iltapäivä in Finnish) initiated in 2007, the city of Tampere organized voluntary afternoon club activities for pupils from the third grade to the ninth. The activities were organized in co-operation with various organizations, clubs, and churches. In this mid-evaluation, the realisation of the goals and practices of the...
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Tampere Afternoon Activity Project: Parents 2007

Häikiö, Liisa (City of Tampere. Development Unit for Welfare Services); Vänninmaja, Paula (City of Tampere. Development Unit for Welfare Services)
In the Tampere Afternoon Activity project (Harrastava Iltapäivä in Finnish) initiated in 2007, the city of Tampere organized voluntary afternoon club activities for pupils from the third grade to the ninth. The activities were organized in co-operation with various organizations, clubs, and churches. In this mid-evaluation, the realisation of the goals and practices of the...
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City Service Survey 2008

Miettinen, Heikki (Efeko); Kokkonen, Vesa (Efeko); Utriainen, Johanna (Efeko)
The survey canvassed the citizens' views on the present state of city government and public services as well as developmental needs. First, the respondents were presented with a set of attitudinal statements on municipal decision-making and services. Views on the organisation of information, health, social, education, and culture services in their municipality of residence...
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Neighbourhood Sports Facilities 2005: Children and Youth Survey

Kantomaa, Marko (Young Finland Association); Karvinen, Jukka (Young Finland Association); Norra, Jan (Young Finland Association); (2 more)
The survey was part of a multifaceted evaluation of neighbourhood sports facilities carried out by Young Finland Association. Data were collected from four different sources: from project managers of sports facility construction projects (FSD2537), children and young people in the neighbourhood where the facility is located (FSD2535), their parents (FSD2536), and schools if...
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Culture and Leisure in Finland 2007

Purhonen, Semi (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Policy); Rahkonen, Keijo (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Policy)
The study extensively charted the culture and leisure time activities of Finnish people. The respondents were asked how often they watched different television channels, how often they watched television and what kind of programmes they watched. Relating to cinema, questions investigated the preferred genres and interest in the movies of certain directors. With regard to...
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University Student Health Survey 2012

Kunttu, Kristina (Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS)); Pesonen, Tommi (Oy 4Pharma Ltd)
The national survey focused on the health and health-related behaviour of university and university of applied science (polytechnic) students in Finland. Questions covered physical, mental, dental and sexual health, health-related behaviour, cultural and social meanings of physical activities, social interaction, learning disabilities, study environment, bullying, stalking...
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Tampere City Region Youth Survey 2014

Tampere City Region Youth Services
The survey was used to collect information on the leisure time, well-being and capacity to influence of young people in the Tampere City Region. The target population included young people on grades 7-9 of basic education in Tampere, Kangasala, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Vesilahti and Ylöjärvi. The respondents were first asked questions about home and family life....
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Back Pain, Sickness Absences and Leg Length Discrepancy 2008

Rannisto, Satu (Valmennustalo Sarastus)
The survey charted leg length discrepancy as a risk factor for back pain in both sitting and standing work. The connection between leg length discrepancy and back pain was investigated both by cross-sectional and by intervention design. The results from the cross-sectional design are presented in this data. The cross-sectional part of the study examined the connection...
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Intervention Study on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behaviour of Vocational Students: Teacher Surveys 2015-2017

Hankonen, Nelli (University of Helsinki. Faculty of Social Sciences); Haukkala, Ari (University of Helsinki)
The intervention study investigated the effectiveness of the 'Let's Move It' programme aiming to increase physical activity (PA) and reduce sedentary behaviour (SB) among students in vocational schools in Finland. It was conducted as a cluster-randomised parallel group trial. This dataset consists of vocational school teachers' responses to three surveys on the 'Let's Move...
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ISSP 2007 - Leisure time and Sports I: Sweden

Edlund, Jonas (Department of Sociology, Umeå University); Svallfors, Stefan (Department of Sociology, Umeå University)
This survey is the Swedish part of the 2007 ´International Social Survey Program´ (ISSP), and it is the first ISSP-survey focusing on leisure time and sports. The survey deals with the meaning of time and leisure, and its relation to work and other spheres of life. The respondents were asked about the frequency of leisure activities in their free time and the main purpose...
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Neighbourhood Sports Facilities 2005: Parents' Survey

Kantomaa, Marko (Young Finland Association); Karvinen, Jukka (Young Finland Association); Norra, Jan (Young Finland Association); (2 more)
The survey was part of a multifaceted evaluation of neighbourhood sports facilities carried out by Young Finland Association. Data were collected from four different sources: from project managers of sports facility construction projects (FSD2537), children and young people in the neighbourhood where the facility is located (FSD2535), their parents (FSD2536), and schools if...
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Health Promotion Barometer 2011: Citizens

Finnish Centre for Health Promotion
The survey studied Finnish citizens' views on the attractiveness and safety of their municipality of residence, access to social and health services, public transport to services, leisure facilities, care provided for alcohol or drug misusers, support for the disadvantaged, and participation opportunities in their municipality. Views were also charted on to what extent the...
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Sport and Exercise Survey for Tampere Universities 2012

Collin, Helena (University of Tampere); Gad, Taha (Tampere University of Technology); Juntunen, Anssi (Tampere University of Technology); (2 more)
The study investigated the exercise behaviour of the students and personnel in higher education institutions in Tampere (Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Tampere University of Technology and University of Tampere). In the spring of 2012, there were plans to provide common sports services with a single fee to students and personnel of all higher education institutions...
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University Student Health Survey 2000

Kunttu, Kristina (Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS)); Huttunen, Teppo (Clinical Research Services Turku (CRST))
The health survey of university students charted the respondents' health, and factors influencing their health. Questions covered general state of health, possible illnesses and injuries, and use of medication. Mental health was investigated with the help of GHQ12 (General Health Questionnaire) and a screen test created by psychologist Salli Saari. The screen test focused on...
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Turku Polytechnic Student Health Survey 2000

Kunttu, Kristina (Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS)); Huttunen, Teppo (Clinical Research Services Turku (CRST))
The health survey of polytechnic students charted the respondents' health, and factors influencing their health. Questions covered general state of health, possible illnesses and injuries, and use of medication. Mental health was investigated with the help of GHQ12 (General Health Questionnaire) and a screen test created by psychologist Salli Saari. The screen test focused...
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The Pep-study 2018

Löf, Marie (Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska institutet)
The Pep-study is a nation wide survey with the purpose of investigating children and young adults health in regard to food and physical activity. The Pep-study was conducted for the first time in 2018 where 29 000 children and young adults between the ages 4-17 were invited to participate in the study. The study is financially supported by Generation Pep and the Swedish...
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The Pep-study 2019

Löf, Marie (Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska institutet)
The Pep-study is a nation wide survey with the purpose of investigating children and young adults health in regard to food and physical activity. The Pep-study was conducted in 2019 where 29 000 children and young adults between the ages 4-17 were invited to participate in the study. The study is financially supported by Generation Pep and the Swedish Heart Lung...
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The Pep-study 2020

Löf, Marie (Department of Biosciences and Nutrition , Karolinska Institutet)
The Pep report is a national survey on the eating habits and physical activity of children and young people. The purpose of the survey is to increase knowledge about what the health situation looks like for children and young people in Sweden. The Karolinska Institutet, the SOM Institute at the University of Gothenburg and the organization Generation Pep have jointly carried...
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The Pep-study 2021

Löf, Marie (Department of Biosciences and Nutrition , Karolinska Institutet)
The Pep-study is a nation wide survey with the purpose of investigating children and young adults health in regard to food and physical activity. The Pep-study was conducted for the first time in 2018 where 29 000 children and young adults between the ages 4-17 were invited to participate in the study. The study is financially supported by Generation Pep and...
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Gymnastic activities in school 1973-1974

Patriksson, Göran (Department of Education, Göteborg School of Education); Aggestedt, Bert (Department of Education, Göteborg School of Education); Tebelius, Ulla (Department of Education, Göteborg School of Education)
In 1972, the GAIS project, Gymnastics activities in school, was launched at the Institute of Education in Gothenburg. The project was the working title. The aim was to study primary student’s motoric conditions, interest and knowledge of sports in relation to their perception of gymnastics teaching and also impact from family, colleagues and the local community.
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Pilot Study on Increasing Physical Activity and Reducing Sedentary Behaviour of Vocational Students 2014

Hankonen, Nelli (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Psychology); Hynynen, Sini-Tuuli (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Psychology); Laine, Hanna (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Psychology); (1 more)
The pilot study investigated the effectiveness of the 'Let's Move It' programme, which aimed to increase physical activity (PA) and reduce sedentary behaviour (SB) among students in vocational schools in Finland. This dataset consists of the students' responses to several surveys conducted over the study period, the students' body composition measurements, accelerometer data...
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Sleep, Exercise and Eating Habits of Swedish-Speaking Finnish Children 2006 and 2008

Roos, Eva (Samfundet Folkhälsan); Ray, Carola (Samfundet Folkhälsan)
The dataset consists of six surveys which charted the eating habits, sleep and exercise of Swedish-speaking primary school children and their parents. The surveys were conducted in the Uusimaa region in Finland in 2006 and 2008 and followed the same students and parents. Main topics included the children's health related habits and what affected them (e.g. family's eating...
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