Finnish Youth Survey 2008

The youth survey focused on Finnish young people's employment, education, the Internet, the future, participation in local policy, and relationship to society. First, questions related to work and education were presented. The respondents were asked about the nature of their work, whether they had been unemployed, and how much unemployment benefit they had received during their period of unemployment. The respondents also assessed the importance of various school subjects and the characteristics they considered important in getting on in life. They also estimated how various characteristics affect one's employment possibilities. The respondents were asked which services offered by their municipality of residence they used, how often they used them, and whether they knew where to find those services. They were also asked how important they considered municipal youth facilities, youth council, organised afternoon activities, and other services aimed at young people. Participation in local decision-making was charted. The respondents were asked whether there was a youth council in their municipality of residence, whether they felt they could influence matters in their municipality of residence, whether they were going to vote in municipal elections, and whether they considered online voting to be a factor that would activate voters. Internet use was queried by asking the respondents how much time they spent on the Internet weekly, which services they used, and the amount of money they had spent on the Internet. In addition, they gave their opinions on the amount of influence their families, friends, school, the media, and society had on their hobbies, political orientation, use of intoxicants, and career choice. The respondents' political orientation, values, and interest in political issues were charted by presenting them with a series of questions. Their identification with various groups, such as their family, city, Europe and church was also examined. Finally, the respondents were asked how they viewed their possibilities of influencing their own future, how important they considered for instance traditional values, partying, studying, school success, possibilities of seeing foreign cultures, money, and success with their hobbies. Background variables included the respondent's age, gender, mother tongue, household composition, level of education and economic activity.

本次青年调查聚焦于芬兰青年的就业、教育、互联网、未来展望、地方政策参与以及与社会的关系。首先，调查内容涵盖了工作与教育相关的问题。受访者被询问其工作的性质、是否曾失业以及在其失业期间所获得的失业救济金数额。受访者还评估了不同学科的重要性以及他们认为对人生成功至关重要的特征。他们还估计了各种特征如何影响个人的就业可能性。受访者还被询问其居住地的市政府提供的服务类型、使用频率以及他们是否知道如何找到这些服务。他们还被询问他们认为市政府为青年提供的服务设施、青年议会、有组织的下午活动和其他针对青年的服务有多么重要。地方决策参与情况也被记录在案。受访者被询问其居住地是否有青年议会、他们是否觉得自己能够影响居住地的相关事务、是否打算参加市政选举以及他们认为在线投票是否是能够激发选民的因素。通过询问受访者每周在互联网上花费的时间、使用的服务以及他们在互联网上的消费金额来调查互联网使用情况。此外，他们还就其家庭、朋友、学校、媒体和社会对其爱好、政治倾向、毒品使用和职业选择的影响发表了意见。通过一系列问题，调查了受访者的政治倾向、价值观以及对政治问题的兴趣。他们的群体认同感，如家庭、城市、欧洲和教堂，也被考察。最后，受访者被询问他们如何看待自己影响未来可能性的能力，他们认为传统价值观、派对、学习、学校成功、接触外国文化、金钱以及其爱好成功的可能性有多么重要。背景变量包括受访者的年龄、性别、母语、家庭构成、教育水平和经济活动水平。