Finnish Youth Survey 2003

The main theme of the survey was entrepreneurship. First, the respondents were presented a set of attitudinal statements about work, working life, unemployment and success at work. They were asked what kind of company they would set up, if it was economically possible. The survey also charted whether there were entrepreneurs in the family of the respondent. The respondents were asked to assess how closely they identified with different groups or areas, such as family, school or work community, town or municipality, Finnish society and the European union. They also rated the importance of different life values, for example, an exciting life, national security, material well-being, clean environment and animal rights. Views on security were studied by asking respondents to evaluate social security in Finland (social security benefits), insecurities in their own life (health, studies, employment, income, world politics), and risks (stock investments, student loans, medicines, alcohol, casual sex). Lastly, the respondents' opinions on the name that characterizes their generation best were examined (e.g. generation Y or mobile phone generation). They also assessed the differences between generations and whether the differences pertained to economy, values or education. The respondents were asked to envisage the development of their generation's financial situation and political power in the future. Background variables included the respondent's gender and age, the respondent's and their parents' education level, main activity, economic activity, employment situation, province and region of residence.

本调查的主题聚焦于创业精神。首先，受访者被展示了一系列关于工作、职业生涯、失业以及工作成功态度的陈述。他们被询问，若经济条件允许，他们希望创立何种类型的公司。调查亦记录了受访者家庭中是否存在企业家。受访者还被要求评估他们与不同群体或领域的认同程度，例如家庭、学校或工作社区、城镇或市镇、芬兰社会以及欧洲联盟。他们还对不同的生活价值观进行了重要性评级，例如，精彩的生活、国家安全、物质福祉、清洁环境和动物权利。通过对受访者进行社会安全（社会保障福利）、个人生活中的不安全感（健康、学业、就业、收入、世界政治）以及风险（股票投资、学生贷款、药品、酒精、随意性行为）的评价，研究了对安全的看法。最后，调查了受访者对其所属代际最具代表性的名称的看法（例如Y世代或手机世代）。他们还评估了不同世代之间的差异，以及这些差异是否与经济、价值观或教育有关。受访者还被要求展望他们这一代在未来财务状况和政治影响力的发展。背景变量包括受访者的性别和年龄、受访者及其父母的受教育程度、主要活动、经济活动、就业状况、居住省份和地区。