Study title

Family Barometer 2000: Child-Rearing

Dataset ID Number

FSD1114

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1114
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1114

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Seppälä, Nina (Finnish Family Federation. Population Research Institute)

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• The research project was led by Doc. Ismo Söderling. Research assistant Paula Jäntti helped in collecting the material.

Abstract

The survey studied the views of parents, pre-primary school teachers, kindergarten teachers, and day-care centre staff on child-rearing, and especially the sharing of child-rearing responsibility within the family, between spouses, parents, and professional educators. The division of responsibility within the family was studied by asking the parents' opinions on to whom certain daily educative functions belonged in their family. The child-rearing responsibilities of parents and professional educators was studied by asking opinions on to whom certain more general child-rearing responsibilities belonged. Furthermore, there were questions about conflicts, co-operation, and support in child-rearing between parents, and between parents and education professionals. There were questions on pre-school education, on the importance of its goal, and on the relationship between pre-school education and child-rearing responsibility. The parents were also asked about problems in balancing work and family life, and suggestions for improvements.

Background variables were the respondent's sex, age, marital status, education, type of municipality of residence, social group, employment, satisfaction with present job, and number and age of children.

Keywords

child care; child day care; parent participation; parental role; pre-primary education; pre-primary school teachers

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Compulsory and pre-school education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Family life and marriage (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Family Barometers

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Seppälä, Nina (Finnish Family Federation. Population Research Institute)

Data Producers

• Finnish Family Federation. Population Research Institute

Time Period Covered

2000

Collection Dates

2000-03 – 2000-03

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Family

Universe

Teachers of the four first classes of comprehensive school (primary school), the staff of daycare centres, and parents to children in these classes or daycare centres. (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

Following Finland's former regional division, the capital of each province was picked to the sample along with a nearby municipality within commuting distance, and a rural municipality. 33 municipalities of varying sizes and located in different parts of the country were thus sampled. The number of observed persons varied according to both the inhabitant numbers in the municipality and regional distribution of the population. The aim was to choose day-care centres and schools so that they would give a balanced representation of the municipality's different regions. The day-care centres and schools forwarded the questionnaires to the parents.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

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.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data have been gathered with four separate questionnaires from four different groups: male and female breadwinners of the family, teachers and the staff of day-care centres. These groups can be distinguished from each other by the first variable in the computer file called "tunniste".

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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

Seppälä, Nina (Finnish Family Federation): Family Barometer 2000: Child-Rearing [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2001-10-05). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1114

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Special Terms and Conditions for Access

Users of the data shall send Väestöliitto [Family Federation of Finland] a copy of all research publications based on or using the data. Publications shall be sent to the mail address: Väestöliitto, Väestöntutkimuslaitos, PL 849, 00101 HELSINKI, FINLAND.

Disclaimer

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

Related Publications

Seppälä, Nina (2000). Yhteispelillä lapsen parhaaksi. Vanhempien ja ammattikasvattajien näkemyksiä lasten kasvatuksesta. Perhebarometri 2000. Helsinki: Väestöliitto, Väestöntutkimuslaitos. Katsauksia E; 9/2000.

Korpela, Noora (2004). Naisten ja miesten näkemykset lastenkasvatuksesta: tutkimus huoltajien näkemyseroista vanhempien välisessä työnjaossa sekä ammattikasvattajien kasvatustehtävästä. Turku: Turun yliopisto. Sosiaalipolitiikan pro gradu -tutkielma.

Härkönen, Annamari (2008). Työn ja perhe-elämän yhteensovittaminen 2000-luvun Suomessa: tutkimus työssäkäyvien vanhempien työhön ja perheeseen liittyvien roolien välisen konfliktin ja tuen kokemuksista. Rovaniemi: Lapin yliopisto. Kasvatustieteen pro gradu -tutkielma.