Summary information
Study title
Church Monitor 2007
Creator
Church Research Institute
Study number / PID
FSD2833 (FSD)
urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2833 (URN)
10.60686/t-fsd2833 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
The survey series, produced by the Church Research Institute, studies the religiosity and beliefs of continental Finns, and their relationship to the Evangelical Lutheran Chruch of Finland and other religious communities. Themes studied include supernatural phenomena, spirituality and morality, and the importance of different parish activities. The survey data have been collected as part of a separate, cross-national RISC Monitor study. The surveys are carried out by MDC RISC International and Gallup Finland (TNS Gallup, Kantar). FSD collections cover data for 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2007.
Abstract
The survey studied Finnish opinion on paranormal phenomena, spirituality and religions. Other main themes included religious behaviour, membership in a church or a religious community, and possible reasons for leaving the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. First, the respondents were asked whether there is truth in none, one or all religions. A number of questions focused on paranormal and supernatural beliefs, covering astrology, UFOs, alternative medicine, future-prediction, communication with the dead, ghosts, dreams, the existence of snowman or the Loch Ness monster. Other questions covered behaviour related to such beliefs, such as consulting a spiritual healer, an astrologer or a psychic, or attending magical rituals or pagan ceremonies, or exercising spiritism or meditative activities (yoga, tai chi) etc. The survey also investigated membership in a church or other religious community, as well as the self-image of the respondents regarding their religiousness (did they see themselves as religious, spiritual, God-believing, born-again Christians, atheists etc). The respondents were also asked whether they had left the Evangelical Lutheran Church and why. Religious beliefs were charted with a number of questions, asking the respondents whether they believed in God, Heaven, Hell, angels, Satan and miracles described in the Bible. Two questions explored Bible-reading and praying. Finally, opinions were charted on homosexuality and whether the church should accept same-sex registered partnerships for church members and for priests. Background variables included the respondent's gender, town or type of municipality of residence, age, basic education, number of persons in the household, monthly income of the household and the respondent, number of times R had moved during the last 10 years, marital status, household composition, economic activity and occupational status of the respondent and the household head, R's mother tongue, employment status and trade...
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Methodology
Data collection period
01/2007 - 03/2007
Country
Finland
Time dimension
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Analysis unit
Individual
Universe
People aged 15 - 75 living in Finland
Excludes: the Åland Islands
Sampling procedure
Non-probability: Quota
Kind of data
Quantitative
Data collection mode
Telephone interview
Self-administered questionnaire
Access
Publisher
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Publication year
2013
Terms of data access
The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.
Related publications
- Kääriäinen, Kimmo & Ketola, Kimmo & Niemelä, Kati & Palmu, Harri & Salomäki, Hanna (2009). Facing Diversity: The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland from 2004 to 2007. (Publication 60) Tampere: The Church Research Institute.
- Mikkola, Elisa. 2021. Angel Spirituality in the World's Happiest Country: The Attraction of Lorna Byrne among Finnish Women. Journal of Religion in Europe, vol 13(3-4), 351-379.
- Monikasvoinen kirkko. Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko vuosina 2004-2007 (2008). Kirkon tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja; 103. Tampere: Kirkon tutkimuskeskus.
- Haimila, Roosa (2016). Olikohan tsunami jonkinlainen opetus. Luonnonkatastrofin yliluonnollinen tarkoitus ja tieteelliset selitykset internetkeskustelussa. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. Humanistinen tiedekunta. Uskontotieteen pro gradu -tutkielma.
- Haastettu kirkko. Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko vuosina 2008-2011 (2012). Kirkon tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja 115. Tampere: Kirkon tutkimuskeskus
- Lähteinen, Lilja (2020). Katsotko olevasi kristitty? - Kyselytutkimus lukiolaisten uskonnollisista käsityksistä. Kandidaatintutkielma. Helsingin yliopisto
- Salomäki, Hanna & Hytönen, Maarit & Ketola, Kimmo & Salminen, Veli-Matti & Sohlberg, Jussi (2020): Uskonto arjessa ja juhlassa: Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko vuosina 2016-2019 [verkkodokumentti]. Tampere: Kirkon tutkimuskeskus. Kirkon tutkimuskeskuksen julkaisuja 134. https://julkaisut.evl.fi/catalog/Tutkimukset%20ja%20julkaisut/r/4238 [viitattu 9.2.2021]
- Mikkola, Elisa. 2019. Enkelit tuovat apua ja lumoa arkeen. Kyselytutkimus Lorna Byrnen Suomen tilaisuuksiin osallistuneille. Teologinen Aikakauskirja 4/2019, 308-328.
- Mikkola, Elisa. 2020. Lorna Byrne - tämän ajan naismystikon kulttuurinen pääoma ja legitimaatio. Uskonnontutkija- Religionsforskare 9: 1, 1-27.
- Mikkola, Elisa (2022). Naiset toimijoina uushenkisyyden kentällä. Teoksessa: Uushenkisyys. Tiina Mahlamäki ja Minna Opas (toim.) 284-313. Tietolipas 275. Helsinki: Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura.
- Mikkola, Elisa (2022). Uushenkisen kentän mahdollistajat. FreeFlowFactory osana lumon ketjua. Julkaistaan Teologinen Aikakauskirja 4/2022, 50-66.
- Ketola, Kimmo & Sohlberg, Jussi. 2022. Ketkä näkevät enkeleitä? Suomalaisten yliluonnolliset kokemukset ja enkeliusko kyselytutkimusten valossa. Teoksessa: Minna Opas & Tiina Mahlamäki (toim.), Uushenkisyys, 94-117. (Tietolipas 275) Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura.
- Mikkola, Elisa (2023). Naisten yhteistoiminnassa tuottama enkelihenkisyys: Naisten uudet toimijapositiot uushenkisyyden kentällä. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. Humanistinen tiedekunta. Dissertationes Universitatis Helsingiensis 70/2023.