Finnish Youth Survey 2013

The theme of the Finnish Youth Survey 2013 was participation, which was studied by investigating young people's voting behaviour, reasons for participation, belonging in communities and views on the possibilities of influencing decision-making. First, the respondents' views on the importance of different principles, values and aspects of life (e.g. own health, leisure time, national security, human rights) were charted. Relating to civic engagement, the respondents were asked whether they had been involved in political activity in the previous 12 months, whether they had tried to influence issues important to them in the previous 12 months, which reasons had motivated them to act for a cause and which had dissuaded them from acting. Opinions were charted on the various ways of influencing decision-making and policies, whether the respondents themselves had used these ways to influence, whether they had voted in the previous municipal elections and if they had not, the importance of different reasons for not voting. The respondents were also asked how important certain reasons for not voting were to young people in general and what they thought their chances of influencing different things were (e.g. own economic well-being, EU decision-making). The extent to which the respondents agreed with various statements relating to career and employment was investigated as well as opinions on how much responsibility different bodies and actors should hold for the well-being of Finns. Views on politics, voting and decision-making were studied by charting how much the respondents agreed with a number of statements. Finally, the respondents were asked to what extent they identified with different regions and areas, whether they used social media and how they used it, and whether they participated in the activities of a group or community in their leisure time. Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, age, mother tongue, household composition, country of birth, nationality, identification with a minority group, education level, average grade of the latest report card, economic activity and occupational status, mother's education level and countries of birth of parents.

2013年芬兰青年调查的主题为参与度，研究内容涵盖年轻人的投票行为、参与动因、社区归属感及对影响决策可能性的看法。首先，调查梳理了受访者对不同原则、价值观及生活各维度（如自身健康、休闲时间、国家安全、人权）重要性的认知。关于公民参与（civic engagement），受访者需回答过去12个月内是否参与过政治活动、是否尝试影响自身关注的议题、推动其为某事业行动的动因及阻碍其行动的因素。此外，调查还记录了受访者对影响决策与政策的各类途径的看法、是否曾运用这些途径施加影响、是否参加过上一次市政选举，以及未参与者对各类不投票原因的重视程度。受访者还需评估特定不投票原因对整体青年群体的重要性，及自身对不同事务（如个人经济状况、欧盟决策）的影响机会感知。调查进一步探究了受访者对职业与就业相关陈述的认同程度，以及对不同机构与主体应承担芬兰人福祉责任的看法。通过梳理受访者对若干陈述的认同度，研究了其对政治、投票与决策的观点。最后，受访者被问及对不同地区的认同程度、社交媒体使用情况及方式，以及闲暇时间是否参与团体或社区活动。背景变量包括（但不限于）受访者的性别、年龄、母语、家庭构成、出生地、国籍、少数群体认同、教育水平、最新成绩单平均成绩、经济活动与职业状态、母亲的教育水平及父母的出生地。