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.

由教会专业人士联盟（AKI）所进行的调查，聚焦于成员对联盟活动、教会管理、伦理问题以及工作条件的看法。AKI成员在芬兰担任牧师或教会音乐家，该联盟由芬兰牧师联盟和芬兰教会风琴师协会组成。调查对象被问及他们对AKI的熟悉程度、了解该联盟的途径，以及他们对芬兰教会风琴师协会或芬兰牧师联盟的形象。还对联盟的满意度以及期望的联盟活动目标进行了调查。通过一系列与教区合并、新的薪酬模式、职业发展和教会组织相关的陈述，对教会管理的看法进行了梳理。其他问题涉及工作场所的性别平等、男性或女性更适合担任牧师或教会音乐家，对女性神职人员任命的态度，以及与女性牧师的合作。关于伦理问题的问题探讨了对于不孕不育治疗的看法、教会对于同性伴侣（同性伴侣的注册伴侣关系）的祝福，以及牧师、教会音乐家或青年、教会办公室或维护工作人员是否可以与同性伴侣共同生活或公开出柜。其他主题包括工作取向、动机和工作条件。调查对象被要求对教区开展的一些活动的重要性进行评级。所提及的活动包括，例如，帮助人们、阅读和教授圣经、礼拜仪式、传教工作、促进少数族裔的权利、促进正义和平等。他们还被问及工作对他们意味着什么（谋生方式、满足感的来源、职业等）。还对工作满意度和薪酬进行了调查，以及他们希望从教会获得什么样的精神支持。其他问题集中在额外工作、特定任务的工时、休息日、工作量、工作中的自主性、工作与生活的平衡、压力和疲劳症状、个人信仰、祈祷和圣经阅读。背景变量包括受访者的出生年份（分类）、性别、婚姻状况、受职年份（分类）或作为教会音乐家毕业的年份（分类）、职位和状态、主要职责、在教区工作的年数、合同类型、失业期、监督状态、市镇类型和规模、教区以及精神背景。