Føroyar í slupptíðini: Frágreiðing um eina fólkalívsfrøðiliga innsavning

Abstract

The Faroe Islands from about 1900 to the Second World War. A report on an ethnological survey. In 1975 the Faroese Museum embarked on an extensive project in order to collect information on life and conditions in the Faroe Islands, from the turn of the century up to the Second World War. Questionnaires were sent out, and tape recordings made of interviews. Of primary importance in the gathering of this information was a fourteen-page questionnaire, of which 858 copies were sent out and 175 were completed and returned. This gives a reply rate of 20%, which must be regarded as reasonable for this type of survey. Besides these replies, the survey includes material of a less structured nature. In all, 227 people have contributed information.
The collected material amounts to 8500 pages. The report describes the actual work of collecting the material, the questionnaire, and how it was distributed. Finally, there is a list showing the topographical distribution of the material. Tables show the age and social position of the informants, and the number of pages per record. A map shows which villages are represented in the survey. The report ends with a short critical evaluation.