Study title

The main themes of the Finnish Youth Survey 2009 were art and culture, but there were also questions on the employment and social exclusion of young people. First, the respondents were presented with a set of attitudinal statements on work. The respondents' opinions on unemployment, unemployment benefits, temporary job, and managing in work were charted. They also shared their views on how various factors, such as the lack of education, bad company, intoxicants, or social injustice affect the social exclusion of young people. In addition, they were presented with statements on people's honesty, benefit-seeking, and trust, and expressed their opinions on which factors (e.g. the age of majority, own children, finishing studies, and finding one's own identity) make a person an adult. They also estimated how similar values their generation and their parents' generation had on issues such as art, religion, education, and work. Further questions charted cultural hobbies. The respondents were asked whether they participated in or did any of the mentioned activities (e.g. playing an instrument, singing, drawing, photographing, acting, dancing), how often they practiced/did their hobby, and whether they practiced/did it mostly by themselves or under guidance, and in a group or alone. They were also asked to indicate whether they would like to start any of the mentioned hobbies. The respondents who told they did graffito or tags were asked whether they did them in permitted or prohibited places or in both. The respondents who participated in or did one or more cultural activities were asked about the importance of various reasons (e.g. creating new, making new friends, passing time, family's pressure) for busying oneself with art and culture. Possible obstacles (e.g. lack of time, expensiveness of the hobby) to having a cultural hobby were also charted. The respondents were asked whether they felt they received enough encouragement to participate in creative activities for...