Study title

The main theme of the Finnish Youth Survey 2016 was future. This dataset comprises an additional sample to the Finnish Youth Survey 2016 and it contains the responses of adolescents from 14 municipalities in the Helsinki region. The variables are nearly identical in both surveys with a few exceptions. In addition to future, the survey charted values and attitudes towards working life, environment, discrimination, safety, immigration, and driving. Views of future were surveyed with questions about one's own future, the future of Finland and the world as well as on the possibilities to influence one's own life. The respondents were also asked how important they considered having their own family and children, close friends, a permanent job, a high standard of living etc. by the time they were 35 years old. The respondents' views of the economic situation of their own generation and the following generation were studied. The respondents also evaluated how likely and desirable certain future events in the Finnish society were. These included, among others, increase in gender equality, introduction of basic income, increase in material standard of living, and the preservation of the welfare state. The respondents were asked whether they had faced discrimination and whether they thought people were trustworthy in general. The extent to which the respondents agreed with various statements relating to career and employment, such as "education improves chances of finding a job", and "I will change jobs often during my working career", was investigated. Attitudes towards the environment were studied by asking whether the respondents agreed with certain statements, such as "human effect on global warming is a fact", and "science and technology will solve environmental problems". Feelings of insecurity and uncertainty in different places and areas of life were studied. If the respondents had had feelings of insecurity regarding physical, sexual, or mental violence, they were...