Attitudes of Finnish Clergy and Church Musicians 2006

The survey conducted by the Union of Church Professionals (AKI) and focused on member views on union activities, church administration, ethical issues and working conditions. AKI members work as clergy or church musicians in Finland, and the union consists of the Union of Finnish Clergy and the Finnish Association of Church Organists. The respondents were asked how well acquainted they were with AKI, where they had learned about the union, and what their image of the Finnish Association of Church Organists or the Union of Finnish Clergy was. Satisfaction with the union and preferred goals for union activities were also surveyed. Views on church administration were charted with a number of statements relating to, for instance, parish mergers, new pay model, career advancement and church organisation. Other questions covered gender equality in the working place, whether men or women were more suited to be clergymen or church musicians, attitudes towards the ordination of women, and cooperation with female ministers. Questions on ethical issues explored opinions on infertility treatment, church blessing on same-sex couples (registered partnerships of same-sex couples), and whether clergy, church musicians or youth, office or maintenance workers of the church could live together with a same-sex partner or otherwise be openly homosexual. Other themes pertained to work orientation, motivation and working conditions. The respondents were asked to rate the importance of a number of activities conducted by parishes. The activities mentioned included, for instance, helping people, reading and teaching the Bible, worship services, missionary work, promoting the rights of minorities, promoting justice and equality. They were also asked what work meant to them (way of earning a living, a source of satisfaction, vocation etc). Satisfaction with the job and pay were charted as well as what kind of spiritual support they wanted from the church. Other questions focused on additional jobs, hours of work for certain tasks, days off, amount of work, autonomy at work, work-life balance, stress and exhaustion symptoms, personal faith, praying and Bible reading. Background variables included the respondent's year of birth (categorised), gender, marital status, year of ordination (categorised) or year of graduating as church musician (categorised), job title and status, main duties, number of years working for the parish, type of contract, periods of unemployment, supervisory status, type and size of the municipality, diocese, and spiritual background.

本数据集由教会专业人士联盟（Union of Church Professionals，缩写AKI）发起调研，核心聚焦成员对工会活动、教会管理、伦理议题及工作环境的看法。AKI的成员均在芬兰担任神职人员或教会音乐人，该联盟由芬兰神职人员联盟（Union of Finnish Clergy）与芬兰教会管风琴师协会（Finnish Association of Church Organists）合并组建。

调研对象需回答如下问题：对AKI的熟悉程度、了解该联盟的渠道，以及对芬兰教会管风琴师协会或芬兰神职人员联盟的印象；此外还调研了成员对工会的满意度，以及工会活动的优先发展目标。

针对教会管理的观点，调研通过一系列陈述式问题展开覆盖，例如教区合并、新薪酬模式、职业晋升及教会组织架构等议题。其余调研问题涵盖职场性别平等、男性与女性是否更适合担任神职人员或教会音乐人、对女性按立圣职的态度，以及与女性神职人员的合作情况。

伦理议题相关的调研内容包括：不孕治疗、同性伴侣（同性登记伴侣）的教会祝福、神职人员、教会音乐人或教会青年、行政及后勤人员能否与同性伴侣同居或公开出柜等观点。其余主题涉及工作导向、工作动机与工作环境。

调研对象需对教区开展的多项活动的重要性进行评分，这些活动包括帮扶民众、诵读与讲授圣经、礼拜仪式、传教工作、维护少数群体权益、推动正义与平等等。此外还询问了工作对受访者的意义（如谋生手段、成就感来源、职业天职等），并调研了对工作与薪酬的满意度、期望从教会获得的精神支持等内容。

其余问题则围绕兼职工作、特定任务的工作时长、休息日、工作量、工作自主性、工作与生活的平衡、压力与倦怠症状、个人信仰、祈祷与圣经阅读等内容展开。

调研收集的背景变量包括：受访者出生年份（已分类）、性别、婚姻状况、按立圣职年份（已分类）或教会音乐人毕业年份（已分类）、职位与身份、主要职责、在教区的工作年限、合同类型、失业时段、管理岗位情况、自治市类型与规模、教区（diocese）以及精神背景。