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Study title

Gallup Ecclesiastica 1999

Creator

Church Research Institute

Study number / PID

FSD1107 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1107 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd1107 (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 contains questions about church and religion. The respondents were asked whether they were members of a church, and if they were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, had they ever thought about resigning from it. Furthermore, the respondents were asked how often they participated in various religious ceremonies or activities, such as church services, communions, church concerts, revival meetings, or 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 the existence of God, in biblical miracles, and in some other ecclesiastical teachings. Their opinions about the liturgical reform, freedom of religion in Finland, and the afterlife were canvassed. The respondents were asked to estimate how significant the various reasons for being a member of the church were to them, and who in Finland should be responsible for graveyard maintenance. Furthermore, they were asked whether they had been subjected to religious threats, demands, or sanctions, or discriminated against because of their religious convictions during the past year. They were finally presented with a list of duties belonging to the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church and its congregations, and asked to estimate how well the church and its congregations have 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.

Topics

Social sciencesHumanitiesReligion and values

Keywords

ChurchPastoral workReligious attendanceReligious behaviourReligious beliefsReligious ceremoniesReligious discriminationReligious freedomReligious practiceReligious movements

Methodology

Data collection period

27/10/1999 - 14/11/1999

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Finnish population aged 15 or over

Excludes: the Åland Islands

Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)

Access

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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