Valitse muuttuja

[q1] Respondent's year of birth

[q2] Respondent's gender

[q3] Respondent's marital status

[q5] Respondent's basic education

[q6] Respondent's vocational education

[q7] Respondent's present economic activity

[q8] Respondent's employment status

[q9_1] Respondent's occupation (open question)

[q9_2] Respondent's socio-economic status (open question)

[q10] How long have you been working with your present job contract (years)?

[q11] For how long is your present employment contract valid?

[q12] If you suddenly became unemployed, would you receive:

[q13] Have you been unemployed or laid off in the past three years?

[q14] Respondent's employment status

[q15] Respondent's average monthly net income (in Finnish Marks)

[q16_1] Has the workload or stressfulness of your work tasks increased considerably in recent years?

[q16_2] Is your wage fair compared to the demands of your job?

[q16_3] Is your job interesting, and does it provide opportunities to make full use of your skills and knowledge?

[q16_4] Do you believe that your employer will be able to provide you with work in the future?

[q16_5] Have you thought about getting further training/education?

[q16_6] Would you be willing for job-sharing in order to provide work for the unemployed, even if it lowered your income but increased your spare time?

[q16_7] In the past 5 years, have you had to change jobs because you were made redundant or were under threat of redundancy?

[q17] Have you been unemployed or laid-off during the past three years?

[q18] If you are unemployed or laid-off at present, how long has this been the case?

[q19] How soon do you think you will get a job?

[q20] Have you participated in government-funded labour market training for the unemployed during your unemployment?

[q21] Amount of unemployment benefit after taxes (Finnish Marks/month)

[q22_1] Have you seriously considered the possibility of employing yourself, e.g. by setting up your own business?

[q22_2] Are you getting or planning to get further education/training to improve your chances of getting a job?

[q22_3] Has your unemployment caused insurmountable financial difficulties, like, for example, losing your apartment?

[q22_4] Does your present unemployment benefit guarantee a reasonable standard of living?

[q23] What is your present state of health?

[q24_1] Do you have an ailment, injury or chronic disease which affects your ability to work?

[q24_2] Ailment, injury or chronic disease mentioned first (open question)

[q24_3] Ailment, injury or chronic disease mentioned second (open question)

[q24_4] Ailment, injury or chronic disease mentioned third (open question)

[q25] Do you receive continuous medical treatment or rehabilitation for a chronic disease?

[q26] Do you regularly use prescribed medication for a chronic disease?

[q27_1] Have you recently suffered from: Over-stress

[q27_2] Have you recently suffered from: Melancholy or depression

[q27_3] Have you recently suffered from: Nervousness or tension

[q27_4] Have you recently suffered from: Weakness or tiredness

[q27_5] Have you recently suffered from: Insomnia

[q27_6] Have you recently suffered from: Forgetfulness

[q28] Is there a person with whom you can discusss difficult matters confidentially?

[q29] How often do you usually meet people close to you (excluding household members or work colleagues)?

[q30_1] Have you experienced life-altering events in the past year: Beginning of studies

[q30_2] Have you experienced life-altering events in the past year: Divorce or separation

[q30_3] Have you experienced life-altering events in the past year: Losing your place of residence (flat/house)

[q30_4] Have you experienced life-altering events in the past year: Serious financial set-back

[q30_5] Have you experienced life-altering events in the past year: You yourself fell seriously ill or had a serious accident

[q30_6] Have you experienced life-altering events in the past year: A person close to you fell seriously ill, had a serious accident or died

[q30_7] Have you experienced life-altering events in the past year: Job loss

[q30_8] Have you experienced life-altering events in the past year: Retirement

[q31_1] Does any of the above mentioned changes put great pressures on you or cause conflicts?

[q31_2] Which of the changes puts great pressure on you or causes conflicts?

[q32_1] Satisfaction with the following things: Ability to influence your own life

[q32_2] Satisfaction with the following things: Respect shown by other people towards you

[q32_3] Satisfaction with the following things: Possibility to participate in meaningful leisure activities

[q32_4] Satisfaction with the following things: Ability to influence social issues

[q33_1] Did you vote in the 1994 presidential elections?

[q33_2] Did you vote in the 1994 referendum on EU membership?

[q34] Which party did you vote for in the 1995 parliamentary elections?

[q35_1] It makes no difference whether the municipality or private companies provide social and health services, as long as the service is competent and friendly

[q35_2] Social security does not respond to people's needs, because it is too bureaucratic

[q35_3] People should be able to decide more themselves how their social security is arranged

[q35_4] To ensure freedom of choice within social and health services, people could pay more for the services

[q35_5] Free social and health services should be discontinued

[q35_6] User fees of public services (medical centers, day care etc.) should be increased

[q35_7] Everyone shoud receive universal basic income (UBI) (2000 Finnish Marks/month) regardless of their income. Taxation would then be used to reduce UBI if a person's income increased.

[q35_8] Income disparities between citizens are too large in Finland

[q35_9] Tax rates should be lowered, even if it meant cuts in social security

[q35_10] Graduates should get a job corresponding to their qualifications, but first year's wage could be half of the average wage

[q35_11] Child benefits should be means-tested, so that the benefits would decrease when the household income increases

[q35_12] The government should subsidise the costs of job creation in the private sector

[q35_13] The government should increase tax rates to fund for new jobs

[q35_14] The government should take loan to fund the creation of new jobs

[q36_1] How often do you feel that you are in a strange situation and do not know what to do?

[q36_2] Do you sometimes feel that you do not know what is going to happen to you?

[q36_3] How often do feel indifferent to what is going on around you?

[q36_4] How often do you find your life interesting?

[q36_5] How often do feel that your daily tasks have no meaning?

[q36_6] When you think about possible difficulties one encounters in life, do you feel that you:

[q36_7] When you have to co-operate with others at work to carry out some task, do you feel that:

[q37_1] How important are the following things to you: Religion and spiritual values

[q37_2] How important are the following things to you: Opportunities to consume

[q37_3] How important are the following things to you: Political participation

[q37_4] How important are the following things to you: Health services

[q37_5] How important are the following things to you: Work, entrepreneurship and gainful employment

[q37_6] How important are the following things to you: Nature and outdoor hobbies

[q37_7] How important are the following things to you: Good standard of housing

[q37_8] How important are the following things to you: Educational and study opportunities

[q37_9] How important are the following things to you: Living environment

[q37_10] How important are the following things to you: Social services

[q37_11] How important are the following things to you: Culture, arts and art hobbies

[q37_12] How important are the following things to you: World peace and global problems

[q37_13] How important are the following things to you: Activity in voluntary organisations

[q37_14] How important are the following things to you: High standard of living

[q37_15] How important are the following things to you: Science and scientific hobbies

[q38] Household composition at present

[q39_1] Number of dependent children younger than 6 in the household

[q39_2] Number of dependent children aged 7-17 in the household?

[q40] Amount of diposable net income of your household (Finnish Marks/month), including wage income, pensions, social security benefits and capital income

[q41_1] How much does your household spend on child day care (Finnish Marks/month)?

[q41_2] How much does you household spend on medical expenses

[q41_3] How much does your household spend on loan payments (Finnish Marks/month)?

[q42_1] Social benefits and income transfers your household has received in the past year: Income support

[q42_2] Social benefits and income transfers your household has received in the past year: Child home care allowance

[q42_3] Social benefits and income transfers your household has received in the past year: Student grant

[q42_4] Social benefits and income transfers your household has received in the past year: Sick pay

[q42_5] Social benefits and income transfers your household has received in the past year: Old-age pension

[q42_6] Social benefits and income transfers your household has received in the past year: Earnings-related pension

[q42_7] Social benefits and income transfers your household has received in the past year: Unemployment pension

[q42_8] Social benefits and income transfers your household has received in the past year: Incapacity pension

[q42_9] Social benefits and income transfers your household has received in the past year: Parent's benefit

[q42_10] Social benefits and income transfers your household has received in the past year: Basic unemployment benefit

[q42_11] Social benefits and income transfers your household has received in the past year: Earnings-related unemployment benefit

[q42_12] Social benefits and income transfers your household has received in the past year: Housing benefit (Marks/month)

[q43] Housing tenure of the household at present

[q44] What is the usable floor area of your dwelling in square metres?

[q45] Average housing costs of the household excluding loan payments and housing benefit (Finnish Marks/month)

[q46_1] Satisfaction with current housing situation and living environment: Living space

[q46_2] Satisfaction with current housing situation and living environment: Amenities

[q46_3] Satisfaction with current housing situation and living environment: General attractiveness of the living environment

[q46_4] Satisfaction with current housing situation and living environment: Accessibility of health services

[q46_5] Satisfaction with current housing situation and living environment: Accessibility of child day care services

[q46_6] Satisfaction with current housing situation and living environment: Accessibility of educational facilities and services

[q47] Are you satisfied with your household's current standard of living and opportunities to consume?

[q48] How would you grade your household's current standard of living compared to the situation five years ago?

[q49] If the standard has become lower, what is the most important reason for it in your opinion? (open question)

[q50] What do you think the living standard of your household will be in five years?

[q51] How easy/difficult is it for your household to manage on its current income?

[q52] Have possible recent financial diffculties affected relationships between household members?

[q53_1] Has your household had to go short of something in the past year: Food

[q53_2] Has your household had to go short of something in the past year: New clothes

[q53_3] Has your household had to go short of something in the past year: Leisure activities

[q53_4] Has your household had to go short of something in the past year: Health care

[q53_5] Has your household had to go short of something in the past year: Holiday trips

[q53_6] Has your household had to go short of something in the past year: Housing

[q53_7] Has your household had to go short of something in the past year: Newspapers, the media

[q53_8] Has your household had to go short of something in the past year: Debt payments

[q54] Income support for one-adult household (single person household) is currently 1900 Marks/month after rent. In your opinion, is this:

[q55] In your opinion, how much money does a one-adult household need monthly, after taxes and excluding rent?

[q56_1] Considering your present situation, do you feel you live in poverty?

[q56_2] Considering your income and loan payments, do you feel you are over-indebted?

[q57] What is your spouse's/partner's present economic activity?

[q58] Spouse's/partner's employment status

[q59_1] Spouse's/partner's occupation (open question)

[q59_2] Spouse's/partner's socio-economic status (open question)

[q60] For how long is your spouse's/partner's employment contract valid?

[q61] Has your spouse/partner been unempolyed or laid off in the past three years?

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