Summary information

Study title

Gallup Ecclesiastica 1995

Creator

Church Research Institute

Study number / PID

FSD1125 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1125 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd1125 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Gallup Ecclesiastica

The survey series, commissioned by the Church Research Institute, studies Finnish religiosity and values, participation in the activities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church and relationship to the church. Data are collected every four years. FSD collections include data from the year 1995 onwards.

Abstract

The survey focused on Finnish religious behaviour, beliefs and religious attendance, and the activities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The respondents were asked whether they were members of a church, and if they were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, they were asked whether they had ever thought about leaving the church. Furthermore, the respondents were asked how often they participated in various functions of the parish, such as church services, communion, church concerts, revival meetings, or parish field trips, and how often they prayed, read the bible/a Christian magazine, or followed religious programmes on television or in the radio. The respondents were also asked whether they believed in God, their opinions on the divine services reform and freedom of religion in Finland, and what they thought happens after death. The respondents were asked also to estimate how important the various reasons for being a member of the church are to them. The beliefs of the respondents were studied by asking them to assess a host of propositions concerning ghosts, witchcraft, prayer, faith healing, mediums, angels, UFOs, astrology, and soothsaying. Furthermore, the respondents were asked whether they had been subjected to religious threats, demands, or sanctions, or had been discriminated against because of their religious convictions during the past year. The respondents were also asked who should take care of cemeteries in Finland in their opinion. In closing, the respondents were presented with a list of obligations belonging to the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church, and they were asked to estimate how well the church and parishes had fulfilled these obligations. Background variables included the respondent's age, sex, education, professional group, income group, province of residence, and type of municipality of residence.

Social sciencesHumanitiesReligion and values

BeliefsChurchParishesReligionReligious attendanceReligious behaviourReligious beliefsReligious discrimination

Data collection period

01/12/1995 - 03/01/1996

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Population of Finland aged 15 or over

Excludes: the Åland Islands

Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2002

Terms of data access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

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