The fluidity of Finnish youths’ Personal worldviews

Figures & data

Figure 1. Reasons to belong to a religion or other worldview.

Table 1. Why do you belong to your religion or worldview?

	Frequencies and percentages
Statement	1	2	3	4	5	M	SD	N
1. My religion/worldview is a part of my culture	96 11%	103 11%	227 25%	416 43%	94 10%	3,3	1,1	936
2. I was born as a member of this religion/worldview	77 8%	77 8%	170 18%	411 44%	210 22%	3,6	1,1	935
3. I share my religion/worldview with my family	138 15%	144 15%	214 23%	313 34%	118 13%	3,1	1,3	927
4. My religion/worldview is my own choice.	45 5%	77 8%	173 19%	293 32%	335 36%	3,9	1,1	926
5. My religion/worldview defines who I am	207 22%	184 20%	279 30%	181 20%	72 8%	2,7	1,2	932
6. My religion/worldview gives me help, joy and benefit	138 15%	152 16%	340 37%	207 23%	82 9%	3,0	1,1	919
7. My religion/worldview tells me things that are important to me	183 17%	140 15%	338 37%	210 23%	73 8%	2,9	1,2	924

Table 2. Sum variables of students’ evaluations, how they see themselves as belonging in their religion or worldview: Means, standard devotions and alpha coefficient.

Sum variables	M	s	α
SUM 1 Religion/worldview is a part of my personal worldview	2,8	1,1	0,9
SUM 2 Religion/worldview is a part of my environment and culture	3,4	0,9	0,7

Figure 2. Evaluations of dimensions of religions or other worldviews with regard to belonging.

Table 3. Students evaluate how they see themselves from the perspective of certain dimensions of their worldview.

I consider myself to be … .	Frequencies and percentages
	1	2	3	4	5	M	SD	N
religious	325 34%	315 34%	198 21%	77 8%	30 3%	2,0	1,2	945
a seeker in worldview questions	512 55%	214 23%	138 15%	51 6%	11 1%	1,6	1,0	926
a believer	440 47%	236 25%	128 14%	87 10%	37 4%	2,0	1,0	928
spiritual	394 43%	243 27%	158 17%	92 10%	31 3%	1,7	1,1	917
an atheist	339 37%	229 25%	137 15%	149 16%	73 8%	2,4	1,4	927
a sceptic in worldview questions ‘an agnostic’	178 20%	285 31%	189 21%	167 18%	96 10%	2,4	1,4	915
tolerant	93 10%	107 12%	196 22%	274 30%	234 26%	3,5	1,3	904

Figure 3. Sources of information for the construction of one’s personal worldview.

Table 4. Sources of information for the construction of one’s personal worldview.

Sources	Frequencies and percentage
	1	2	3	4	5	M	Sd.	N
Family	192 21%	222 24%	247 26%	211 23%	60 6%	2,7	1,2	932
School	73 8%	87 9%	238 26%	410 44%	125 13%	3,5	1,1	933
Friends	216 23%	234 25%	303 33%	125 14%	42 5%	2,5	1,1	920
Religious Community (e.g., congregation or group)	202 22%	159 17%	244 26%	218 24%	100 11%	2,8	1,3	923
Books	171 19%	185 20%	260 28%	241 26%	65 7%	2,8	1,2	922
Newspapers, radio and TV	188 20%	194 21%	320 35%	194 21%	29 3%	2,6	1,1	925
Internet	91 10%	82 9%	212 23%	318 34%	229 25%	3,6	1,3	932
Social media	217 23%	199 22%	287 31%	180 20%	43 5%	2,6	1,2	926

Table

	1	2	α
SUM 1 Religion/worldview is a part of a personal worldview			0,87
5. My religion/worldview defines who I am	0,885
7. My religion/worldview tells me things that are important to me	0,883
6. My religion/worldview gives me help, joy and benefit	0,845
SUM 2 Religion/worldview is a part of my environment and culture			0,73
2. I was born as a member of this religion/worldview		0,883
3. I share my religion/worldview with my family		0,778
1. My religion/worldview is a part of my culture		0,667
The variable 4. “Religion/worldview is my own choice” has been left out of the solution