Nordic Study on Child Rights to Participate 2009-2010: Finland

This survey constituted the Finnish part of the Nordic Study on Child Rights to Participate 2009-2010, conducted by UNICEF. The integrated data from all Nordic countries are also archived at the FSD (see FSD2547). The Finnish survey had 1,044 respondents. The main aim of the study was to investigate to what extent children and young people can influence matters at home, school and in society and what issues they would like to have influence on. Other main themes included how much children and young people know about children's rights and human rights in general. Knowledge of child and human rights were charted by asking the respondents how much they knew about the rights of the child, where they had got the information from, and whom do the rights concern. The respondents were also asked to what extent they agreed with statements relating to human rights issues, for instance, to corporal punishment of children, whether all people have the same rights regardless of their religion, whether boys and girls have the same rights etc. One topic pertained to what extent the respondents were able influence matters at home, school and spare time and how important they considered it to be to be able to influence these matters, including use of own money, bed times, interior and decor of their own room, where to live if parents divorced, hobbies, decision which school to go to, what one learns at school, school menu, facilities in the municipality, the family's water and electricity consumption etc. Next, the respondents were asked whether they agreed with statements relating to the media, decision making at school, voting age, and climate change. In addition, they were asked to name the three most important issues they would like to have influence on and the three most important things that can be done to combat climate change. The respondents were asked whether they had participated in the school council or other school bodies, other school activities (e.g. as peer mediators/tutors), local or youth council or political party activities. Opinions were charted on the importance of different channels or methods of participation and how well these had worked in their own case. Channels/methods mentioned included petitions, demonstrations, different kinds of youth bodies, online blog postings etc. The respondents also evaluated the quality of their life on a 10-point scale. Background information included the respondent's age, gender, R's and parents' country of birth and whether the parents had university education or not.

本调查构成了2009-2010年联合国儿童基金会实施的北欧儿童参与权研究芬兰部分。所有北欧国家的集成数据亦存档于芬兰数据服务（FSD，参见FSD2547）。芬兰调查的受访者人数为1,044人。研究的主要目的是探讨儿童及青少年在家庭、学校及社会中影响事务的程度，以及他们希望影响的问题。其他主要议题包括儿童及青少年对儿童权利及一般人权了解的程度。通过询问受访者对儿童权利的了解程度、信息来源以及权利涉及的对象，绘制了儿童及人权知识的图谱。受访者还被询问他们对与人权问题相关的陈述的认同程度，例如，对儿童的体罚、所有人是否无论宗教信仰都有相同的权利、男女是否享有相同的权利等。其中一主题涉及受访者在家、学校及课余时间影响事务的能力以及他们认为能够影响这些事务的重要性，包括使用自己的金钱、就寝时间、自己房间的内部装饰、父母离婚后的居住地、爱好、选择学校的决定、在学校学习的内容、学校菜单、市政设施、家庭的水电消耗等。接下来，受访者还被询问他们对与媒体、学校决策、投票年龄和气候变化相关的陈述的认同程度。此外，他们还被要求列举出他们希望影响的前三个重要问题以及为应对气候变化可以采取的前三个重要措施。受访者还被询问是否参与过学校委员会或其他学校机构、其他学校活动（例如作为同伴调解员/导师）、地方或青年委员会或政党活动。调查了不同参与渠道或方法的重要性以及它们在他们自己案例中的效果。提到的渠道/方法包括请愿、示威、不同类型的青年团体、在线博客帖子等。受访者还对他们的生活质量进行了10分制的评估。背景信息包括受访者的年龄、性别、R的出生国以及父母是否受过大学教育。