Leppänen et al. 2011 | National Survey on the English Language in Finland | tables 16.1-16.5
Table 16.1. Gender distribution in question 16: “What is your opinion about the fact that some Finnish children attend
English-speaking schools in Finland?”
Gender
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Very positive
Moderately positive
Moderately negative
Very negative
No opinion
Total
respondents
Male
Female
n=1442
n=720
n=722
%
%
%
47.6
40.6
2.8
0.6
8.3
44.9
41.7
2.8
0.6
10.1
p
50.4
39.6
2.9
0.7
6.4
0.060
Table 16.2. Age group distribution in question 16: “What is your opinion about the fact that some Finnish children
attend English-speaking schools in Finland?”
Age
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Very positive
Moderately positive
Moderately negative
Very negative
No opinion
Total
respondents
15–24
25–44
45–64
65–79
n=1442
n=227
n=503
n=544
n=168
%
%
%
%
%
47.6
40.6
2.8
0.6
8.3
41.2
43.0
2.6
2.2
11.0
49.8
40.8
3.6
0.2
5.5
49.9
39.8
2.0
0.6
7.7
42.5
39.5
3.0
0.6
14.4
p
0.003a
a
Over 20 % of expected frequencies fall below five.
Table 16.3. Residential distribution in question 16: “What is your opinion about the fact that some Finnish children
attend English-speaking schools in Finland?”
1: city with over 50 000 inhabitants, 2: town with less than 50 000 inhabitants, 3: rural centre, 4: countryside.
Area
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Very positive
Moderately positive
Moderately negative
Very negative
No opinion
Total
respondents
1
2
3
4
n=1442
n=627
n=308
n=242
n=265
%
%
%
%
%
50.9
39.2
2.4
0.4
7.2
47.7
41.4
3.0
0.4
7.6
40.9
45.4
2.4
1.3
10.0
46.1
38.6
4.0
1.3
10.0
47.6
40.6
2.8
0.6
8.3
p
0.253
Leppänen et al. 2011 | National Survey on the English Language in Finland | tables 16.1-16.5
Table 16.4. Educational distribution in question 16: “What is your opinion about the fact that some Finnish children
attend English-speaking schools in Finland?”
1: Primary school (grades 1-6 in the Finnish system), 2: Lower secondary school (grades 7-9/10 in the Finnish system),
3: Upper secondary school, upper secondary school graduate or vocational education graduate, 4: Polytechnic degree, 5:
University degree.
Education
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Very positive
Moderately positive
Moderately negative
Very negative
No opinion
Total
respondents
1
2
3
4
5
n=1442
n=161
n=240
n=654
n=146
n=220
%
%
%
%
%
%
47.6
40.6
2.8
0.6
8.3
45.0
32.5
0.6
0.6
21.3
44.6
42.9
1.7
0.8
10.0
49.7
41.0
2.9
0.6
5.8
46.9
49.0
0.7
0.7
2.8
47.7
39.5
6.8
0.5
5.5
p
< 0.001a
Table 16.5. Occupation distribution in question 16: “What is your opinion about the fact that some Finnish children
attend English-speaking schools in Finland?”
1: Managers, 2: Experts, 3: Office and customer service workers, 4: Healthcare workers, 5: Manual workers.
Occupation
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
a
Very positive
Moderately positive
Moderately negative
Very negative
No opinion
Total
respondents
1
2
3
4
5
n=1442
n=76
n=393
n=331
n=83
n=386
%
%
%
%
%
%
47.6
40.6
2.8
0.6
8.3
39.5
44.7
5.3
1.3
9.2
46.8
45.0
3.3
0.3
4.6
55.8
37.3
2.7
0.3
3.9
53.0
37.3
2.4
0
7.2
45.5
37.4
2.8
0.8
14.3
Over 20 % of expected frequencies fall below five.
p
< 0.001a