Rural Finland 2013: Political Decision-Makers

The survey studied public opinion and experiences of the countryside in Finland and beliefs about the significance, development and future of rural areas. The study is a continuation of the surveys conducted in the Landmarks Programme of the Finnish Innovation Fund (Sitra) in 2009 and 2011. First, the respondents were asked how firmly they connected certain qualities and issues to countryside and to urban areas. Images of the countryside were charted by asking what kinds of places corresponded to their view of the countryside and which areas they saw as part of the countryside (e.g. holiday villages in rural areas, rural population centres, nature areas, rural areas dominated by agricultural areas). The experience of urban/rural identity was examined by asking whether the respondents thought themselves as city or rural residents and how important this identity was to them. The respondents were presented with a number of statements relating to the countryside, its image and future development and significance. Some questions covered what the respondents would like the countryside to be like in 2025, what countryside meant to them at the time of the survey and what they believed it would mean to them in ten years' time. Further questions explored the respondents' beliefs about whether the significance of rural areas would grow or diminish in Finland. Some questions investigated what kind of business ventures they thought could have potential in the countryside (e.g. logistics services, organic production, tourism), and to what extent they agreed with a number of statements related to entrepreneurship both in general and in the countryside. Background variables included the respondent's year of birth, gender, education, political party choice if parliamentary elections were held at that time, economic activity and occupational status, job title, and gross annual income of the household.

本调查旨在探究芬兰公众对乡村的看法与体验，以及对乡村地区重要性、发展与未来的信仰。该研究是对芬兰创新基金（Sitra）于2009年和2011年进行的土地标志计划调查的延续。首先，受访者被询问他们如何将某些特质与问题与乡村和城市地区紧密相连。通过询问何种类型的场所符合他们对乡村的看法以及他们认为哪些地区属于乡村（例如乡村地区的度假村、乡村人口中心、自然区域、以农业为主的乡村地区）来绘制乡村图像。通过询问受访者是否将自己视为城市居民或乡村居民，以及这种身份对他们来说有多么重要，来考察城市/乡村身份体验。受访者被呈现一系列与乡村、其形象及未来发展意义相关的陈述。一些问题涉及受访者希望乡村在2025年呈现的状态、他们在调查当时对乡村的理解以及他们认为十年后它将意味着什么。进一步的问题探讨了受访者对乡村地区在芬兰的重要性是否会增加或减少的信仰。一些问题调查了他们认为在乡村地区具有潜在商业机会的企业类型（例如物流服务、有机生产、旅游业），以及他们对与企业家精神相关的一般和乡村地区的一系列陈述的赞同程度。背景变量包括受访者的出生年份、性别、教育程度、如果在当时举行议会选举，受访者的政党选择、经济活动与职业状态、职位名称以及家庭的总年收入。