Summary information
Study title
Finnish Perspectives on Light Pollution 2011-2012
Creator
Lyytimäki, Jari (Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE))
Rinne, Janne (Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE))
Study number / PID
FSD2961 (FSD)
urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2961 (URN)
10.60686/t-fsd2961 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Individual datasets that do not belong to any series.
Abstract
The survey charted opinions on light pollution and the use of artificial lighting. The respondents were asked to indicate to what extent they agreed with several statements relating to artificial lighting, darkness, and light pollution (e.g. "Lighting at night increases the safety of neighbourhoods", "Light pollution causes people significant health problems", "Possibility to experience natural darkness is important to me", "Increasing the price of electricity is an effective way to decrease light pollution"). Background variables included the respondent's year of birth, gender, municipality of residence, and education as well as type of neighbourhood of residence, whether R was actively involved in astronomy, and whether R was a member of enivronmental organisation.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
04/11/2011 - 29/02/2012
Country
Finland
Time dimension
Cross-section
Analysis unit
Individual
Universe
Finnish people
Sampling procedure
Non-probability: Availability
Kind of data
Quantitative
Data collection mode
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)
Access
Publisher
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Publication year
2014
Terms of data access
The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.
Related publications
- Lyytimäki, Jari & Rinne, Janne (2013). Voices for the darkness: Online survey on public perceptions on light pollution as an environmental problem. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences 10(2): 127-139. doi:10.1080/1943815X.2013.824487
- Lyytimäki Jari (2015). Avoiding overly bright future: The systems intelligence perspective on the management of light pollution. Environmental Development. Doi: 10.1016/j.envdev.2015.06.009
- Lyytimäki, Jari (2015). Towards a bright future? The systems intelligent perspective on the management of light pollution [online]. In: Hatakka, Aino & Vehmas, Jarmo (eds.) Sustainable Futures in a Changing Climate. Proceedings of the Conference "Sustainable Futures in a Changing Climate", 11-12 June 2014, Helsinki, Finland. FFRC eBOOK 2/2015. Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku, Pp. 66-74. http://www.utu.fi/fi/yksikot/ffrc/julkaisut/e-tutu/Documents/FFRC-eBook_2-2015.pdf [cited 28.11.2015]
- Lyytimäki, Jari & Rinne, Janne (2012) Vaivaako valosaaste? Verkkokyselyn tulosten yhteenveto. Helsinki: Suomen ympäristökeskus. Suomen ympäristökeskuksen raportteja 24/2012.
- Lyytimäki, Jari & Rinne, Janne (2013). Valon varjopuolet - Valosaaste ympäristöongelmana. Helsinki: Gaudeamus.
- Lyytimäki, Jari & Rinne, Janne (2013). Ei diskovaloja parvekkeelle - kansalaisten näkemyksiä valosaasteen hallintakeinoista. Ympäristö & Terveys 44(1), 4-60.
- Lyytimäki, Jari & Rinne, Janne (2013). Haittavalo hallintaan. Ympäristö 27(7), 12-15.