The Nordic Youth Research 2010 : A comparative research among 16 to 19 year old students in the Åland Islands, Denmark, The Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden

Abstract

The research reported on here is done so by the initiative of the Ministry for Education, Science and Culture in Iceland as a component of the Minister‘s programme in the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2009. The research received excellent support from the Nordic Co-operation Ministers, as well from NORDBUK (Nordic committee for Children and Young People). The Nordic Ministers for Social Affairs and for Education, Science and Culture also provided considerable financial support for the research. The survey was given to Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Alandic, Greenlandic and Faroese secondary education students and contained questions regarding a number of important components connected to the events, life and general state of being of youth in the eight Nordic countries. The questions numbered into the hundreds and it is therefore apparent that the body text of this report just barely scrapes the tip of the iceberg of the concerned data. There are a total of 93 figures and 65 tables contained in the body text. In all instances, results are provided for each country and in several instances they are also presented by gender of the participants. In the report‘s appendix, all questions arranged by country are displayed in a total of 510 tables. The collaborative group behind this research intends to delve more deeply into individual factors and that project should be executed over the coming semesters – for the benefit of Nordic Co-operation. There are also plans to provide access to the data to other scholars, researchers and policy makers. It is our hope as the undertakers of this research project that the presented results will further policy making and support plans for implementation concerning issues affecting youth and their families in Nordic countries. The research institute Rannsóknir & greining at Reykjavik University (e. ICSRA – Icelandic Centre for Social Research and Analysis, Reykjavik University) coordinated the work of the institutes in all of the concerned countries and provides information about the research project to those who would like to know more. Inquiries should be directed to rannsoknir@rannsoknir.is