Finnish Youth Survey Autumn 1997

The main themes of the Finnish Youth Survey Autumn 1997 were social participation, politics, and power. The young people responding to the survey were also asked about objects or sources of national pride and their notions of drugs and alcohol. First, the respondents were presented with a few background questions relating for example to their education. They were also asked whether they had influenced decision-makers in society in the past five years or expressed their opinions in different ways (e.g. by participating in a public demonstration, writing a slogan on the wall of a public building, writing a letter to the editor, or by participating in occupying a building/squatting). The respondents were also asked to what extent they approved of the activities of different groups in Finland (e.g. squatters, skinheads, anarchists, and Greenpeace). The young people were presented with a set of attitudinal statements on Finnish society. The statements probed the respondents' views on the advantageousness of the Finnish EU membership, accepting representatives of other ethnicities as colleagues, and building more nuclear power plants in Finland. In addition, the young people indicated how interested they were in politics. The influence of social institutions on the respondents' opinions and lives was charted. The respondents were presented with a list of various institutions (e.g. parents, the press, the authorities, friends or acquaintances, and the church or religion) and asked to what extent they had affected the respondents' thoughts and opinions on politics and politicians. They were also asked to name two institutions which they considered to have affected their thoughts and opinions the most. Next, the respondents were presented with a different list of institutions (e.g. the Parliament, civic organisations, banks, educational institutions, and the President) and asked to select two which affect their lives the most through their decisions. Attitudes towards drug and alcohol abuse were also canvassed. The young people were presented with statements on whether they considered it acceptable to use drugs, whether drug use should be allowed more broadly, and whether punishments for drug use should be reduced. The respondents' own use of drugs and alcohol was investigated. They indicated whether they had smoked cigarettes more often than once in the past six months, drunk a large amount of alcohol, or tried drugs. They were also asked whether someone had tried to sell them drugs in the past six months. Views on the power of various institutions in society were probed. The respondents were asked how much they thought various institutions, such as political parties, the police, family, or residents'/local associations had power to influence society. In addition, they indicated the most interesting source of information (e.g. the press, the radio, the Internet, books, or CD-ROM). Finally, the young people were queried about objects or sources of national pride. They were asked to what extent they thought Finns should be proud of various things, such as sports achievements, Finnish social security, art and music, and Finnishness. Background variables included the respondent's age, gender, municipality of residence, and economic activity.

1997年秋季芬兰青年调查的核心主题为社会参与、政治与权力。参与调查的青年还被问及民族自豪感的载体或来源，以及他们对毒品与酒精的看法。首先，受访者需回答若干背景问题，例如其教育状况。他们还被问及过去五年是否曾对社会决策者产生影响，或通过不同方式表达意见（如参与公开示威、在公共建筑墙面书写标语、致信编辑，或参与占屋（squatting））。受访者还需评估对芬兰各类群体活动的认可程度（如占屋者、光头党、无政府主义者及绿色和平组织）。调查向青年呈现了一系列关于芬兰社会的态度陈述，旨在探究其对芬兰加入欧盟的益处、接纳其他族裔代表为同事，以及在芬兰建造更多核电站的看法。此外，青年需表明其对政治的兴趣程度。调查还绘制了社会机构对受访者观点及生活的影响图谱。受访者需就一系列机构（如父母、媒体、当局、朋友或熟人、教会或宗教）评估其对自身政治及政客相关想法与观点的影响程度，并指出对其影响最大的两个机构。随后，受访者需从另一组机构列表（如议会、民间组织、银行、教育机构及总统）中选出两个通过决策对其生活影响最大的机构。调查亦涵盖对毒品与酒精滥用的态度。青年需就一系列陈述表明立场，包括是否认为吸毒可接受、是否应扩大毒品使用许可范围，以及是否应减轻吸毒惩罚。受访者自身的毒品与酒精使用情况亦被调查。他们需表明过去六个月是否曾吸烟超过一次、大量饮酒或尝试毒品，并回答是否有人试图向其出售毒品。调查还探究了对社会各类机构权力的看法。受访者需评估政党、警察、家庭或居民/地方协会等机构对社会的影响力大小。此外，他们需指出最感兴趣的信息来源（如媒体、广播、互联网、书籍或CD-ROM）。最后，青年被问及民族自豪感的载体或来源，需评估芬兰人应在多大程度上为各类事物感到自豪（如体育成就、芬兰社会保障体系、艺术与音乐，以及芬兰民族特性）。背景变量包括受访者的年龄、性别、居住市镇及经济活动状况。