Study title

ISSP 2002: Family and Changing Gender Roles III: Finnish Data

Dataset ID Number

FSD0119

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD0119
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd0119

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
• Blom, Raimo (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)
• Melin, Harri (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)
• Tanskanen, Eero (Statistics Finland)

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Borg, Sami (University of Tampere. Finnish Social Science Data Archive)
• Anttonen, Anneli (University of Tampere. Department of Social Policy and Social Work)
• Jalovaara, Marika (University of Helsinki. Department of Sociology)
• Nieminen, Markku (Statistics Finland)

Abstract

The year 2002 survey concentrated on household work strategies and how to combine work and family life. Respondents were asked whether family responsibilities had ever got in the way of their career prospects and had they ever changed their working hours or working arrangements to look after a relative. Respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with a number of statements relating to gender roles at work and at home and how to combine work and family life. Statements charted respondents' opinions on working mothers, housework sharing, marriage, divorce, maternity leave and childcare.

Respondents living with a spouse or a partner were asked about the division of domestic responsibilities: who takes care of household money matters, who does the laundry, makes small repairs, does everyday shopping, household cleaning and cooking. Further questions asked how many hours respondents and their spouses/partners spend on household work, whether housework was equally shared and how often they disagree about the sharing of the work. Some questions asked who makes decisions about how to bring up children or how to spend the weekend.

All respondents were asked whether their occupational or family life was stressful and whether they had recently felt tired because of family responsibilities or work. Happiness in general and satisfaction with work and family life were studied. Respondents with children were asked whether they and their spouse/partner had had a paid job before they had children, when children were at school and after the children left home. The survey also queried whether respondents' mothers had had a paid job before the respondents were 14 years old. Views on whether women should work outside the home when a couple does not have children were probed.

Background variables included respondents' sex, year of birth, marital status, education, occupation, status in employment, trade union membership, political attitudes, membership in a church or a religious community, social class, gross income, occupation of the spouse, household income, household size and age structure, type of place of residence and region.

Keywords

attitudes; domestic responsibilities; everyday life; exhaustion; family life; gender role; happiness; interpersonal relations; occupational life; women's role

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Family life and marriage (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Gender and gender roles (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

ISSP (International Social Survey Programme)

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Statistics Finland

Data Producers

• University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology
• Statistics Finland
• Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Time Period Covered

2002

Collection Dates

2002-10-25 – 2003-01-07

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finns aged 15-74

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Data Sources

Province and mother tongue variables are based on population register information.

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Systematic random

Systematic sampling from Finland's population register. Sorting order: municipal code and year of birth.

The size of the sample was 2,498 persons, of which 2,360 (94.5%) were Finnish-speaking and 138 (5.5%) Swedish-speaking. Address unknown or abroad for 10 sampled persons, so the questionnaire was sent to 2,488 persons. The number of non-respondents 1,120 and 15 refusals.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

54.3

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

2.0

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Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The occupation variables have been changed to comply with the ISCO88 classification.

Weighting

The data contain two weight variables, which were created using a calibration method in order to improve estimation efficiency and to correct non-response bias. The weights are based on the following population distributions: 1) gender, 2) age groups (15-24, 25-34, ..., 65-74), 3) NUTS2 areas so that Greater Helsinki area was treated separately, and 4) municipality type (urban, semi-urban, rural). The first weight variable (paino_1) weights the results to match the whole Finnish population (the sum of the weights equals to the size of the Finnish population). The second weight variable (paino_2) does not produce this kind of extension (the weighted mean is 1 and the sum equals to the number of cases). Both variables are based on the same calibration process, only the scale is different.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) & Blom, Raimo (University of Tampere) & Melin, Harri (University of Tampere) & Tanskanen, Eero (Statistics Finland): ISSP 2002: Family and Changing Gender Roles III: Finnish Data [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-12). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD0119

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Other Material

See downloadable files at the top of the page.

ZA3880: International Social Survey Programme: Family and Changing Gender Roles III - ISSP 2002 data and further information in English available at GESIS pages.

Related Materials

The classification of occupations used in the data set: ISCO-88 (COM) - the European Union variant of ISCO-88

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