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Study title

ISSP 2018: Religion IV: Finnish Data

Creator

International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
Melin, Harri (University of Tampere. Faculty of Social Sciences) - 0000-0003-3203-9228

Study number / PID

FSD3331 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3331 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd3331 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

ISSP (International Social Survey Programme)

ISSP is a continuous programme of cross-national collaboration on social science surveys. It is based on annual, internationally integrated surveys carried out in all participating countries. A self-financed consortium of various research institutions is in charge of the programme. The ISSP data collection started in 1985, and in Finland in 2000, along with the national membership. The GESIS in Germany is responsible for archiving the ISSP data. Country-specific codebooks and questionnaires can be found on the GESIS ISSP web pages. ZACAT, the data portal of the GESIS, offers information on...

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Abstract

The 2018 International Social Survey Programme study charted Finnish values, moral views and religiosity. The themes were examined with several types of questions and attitudinal statements. The respondents were asked how happy they felt with life in general and how satisfied they were with their relationships with family members and relatives. Moreover, questions charted attitudes toward extramarital sexual relations of a married person and sexual relations between two adults of the same gender. Opinions were also examined on whether abortion is justified if the family has a very low income and could not afford any more children. Next, the survey charted the respondents' confidence in e.g. the parliament, business life and industry, church and religious organisations, courts and the judicial system, and schools and the educational system. In addition, the respondents were presented with several attitudinal statements concerning religion, religious leaders, science, and the influence of the church. Their opinions were also charted regarding religious extremist groups and God, as well as their belief in, for instance, life after death or religious miracles. The next questions covered the religious affilition of the respondents' parents and to which religion the respondents were raised as children. Current participation in prayer or church activities other than Sunday services was also charted. The respondents were asked whether they concerned themselves as being religious, and their possible reaction in a situation where new legislation would contradict their religion was examined. The respondents' attitudes toward people representing different religions and religious groups were also charted, as well as whether the respondents considered people belonging to these groups threatening. Background variables included, for instance, gender, year of birth, household composition, education, economic activity and occupational status, type of employer and type of contract,...
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Topics

HumanitiesSocial sciencesReligion and valuesSocial behaviour and attitudes

Keywords

Moral behaviourReligionReligiosityReligious affiliationReligious attendanceReligious behaviourReligious beliefsReligious doctrinesReligious movementsValues

Methodology

Data collection period

28/09/2018 - 31/12/2018

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Finnish residents aged 15 - 74

Sampling procedure

Probability: Systematic random

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)
Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2019

Terms of data access

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

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