Study title

Gender, Education and Career Choice: Follow-up Study 1994

Dataset ID Number

FSD1218

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1218

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Nummenmaa, Anna Raija (University of Joensuu. Faculty of Education)

Abstract

This study is part of a research project "Education, gender and life course" funded by the Ministry of Labour of Finland. The project was launched with a survey in 1983 and follow-up surveys were conducted in 1987, 1991 and 1994.

The follow-up survey of 1994 charted young adults' life cycles in a period of social change. Respondents answered questions about their post-comprehensive school education, vocational education, work history, family history and specified their activities in six-month periods during 1990-1994 (e.g. studying, working, unemployed, in military service, on maternity leave, retired). Some questions asked whether respondents had succeeded in reaching their educational or career goals. Factors that had had a positive or negative impact on their education level, career and life in general were investigated. Future plans were queried.

Respondents' satisfaction with their education, occupational life, family life, spare time and hobbies, relations with other people and life on the whole were charted. Respondents also rated their life priorities. Background variables included basic and vocational education, marital status and number of children.

Keywords

career development; education; employment; family environment; gender; interpersonal relations; labour market; life cycle; occupations; satisfaction; social change; values; women's education

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Educational policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Gender and gender roles (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Nummenmaa, Anna Raija (University of Joensuu. Faculty of Education)

Data Producers

• Ministry of Labour

Time Period Covered

1994

Collection Dates

1994-10 – 1994-12

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Tampere, Imatra, Satakunta, Kainuu, Kokemäki, Huittinen, Äetsä, Punkalaidun, Alastaro, Kuusamo, Suomussalmi, Kuhmo

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Persons who were 9th grade students in lower secondary schools or third grade students in upper secondary schools in any of the 35 sample municipalities at the time of the original study in 1983.

Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

The original judgment sample in 1983 consisted of 9th grade students in lower secondary schools and third grade students in upper secondary schools. Four areas differing from each other in terms of economic structure, rate of change, employment situation, and educational possibilities were selected as study areas. Tampere was selected to represent an urban area of sustainable development, Imatra to represent an urban area of unsustainable development, Satakunta (Kokemäki, Huittinen, Äetsä, Punkalaidun, Alastaro) to represent a rural area of sustainable development, and Koillismaa-Kainuu (Kuusamo, Suomussalmi, Kuhmo) to represent a rural area of unsustainable development. The size of the sample was 3,210 and the number of respondents 2,546. Of the original 2,546 respondents 51,7% participated in the 1994 follow-up survey.

The 1994 follow-up survey contained a somewhat higher proportion of persons with higher secondary school education than the original 1983 survey. The proportion of women was also higher than in the original study. There were no differences in the regional distribution.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Semi-structured questionnaire

Response Rate

51,70

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

114 variables and 1318 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD1217 Gender, Education and Career Choice: Data 1983-1991

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The follow-up study of 1994 did not contain a question on the respondent's gender. The gender variable (bv5) has been constructed from the combined data of the previous surveys (FSD1217).

Answers to open-ended categories of questions 3, 6, 9, 19 and 21 are missing.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Nummenmaa, Anna Raija (University of Joensuu): Gender, Education and Career Choice: Follow-up Study 1994 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2003-04-23). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1218

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Related Publications

Puhakka, Helena (1997). Sukupuoli, pystyvyysodotukset ja ammatillinen suuntautuminen. Kasvatus 28(2), 166-179.

Puhakka, Helena (1998). Naisten elämänkulku nuoruudesta aikuisuuteen: koulutuksen merkitys elämän kulussa. Joensuu: Joensuun yliopisto. Joensuun yliopiston kasvatustieteellisiä julkaisuja; 42.

Nummenmaa, Anna Raija (1996). Koulutus, sukupuoli ja elämänkulku: nuoruudesta aikuisuuteen yhteiskunnallisessa muutoksessa. Helsinki: Työministeriö. Työpoliittinen tutkimus; 149.