Aineiston nimi

Finnish Sex Survey 1971

Aineistonumero

FSD1242

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1242
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1242

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Koskelainen, Osmo (Academy of Finland. Research Council for the Social Sciences)
• Leppo, Kimmo (Academy of Finland. Medical Research Council)
• Sievers, Kai (University of Turku. Department of Hygiene and Social Medicine)

Sisällön kuvaus

This is the first national, representative survey on Finnish sexual life, sexual habits and sexual behaviour. At first, respondents were asked to indicate to what extent they agreed with attitudinal statements relating to sexual freedom, sex without love, women's right to take the sexual initiative, homosexual relationships, polygamy of men and monogamy of women, casual affairs, viewing pornography, sexual behaviour of young people and whether it is worthwhile to have children.

Respondents' health was charted by asking whether they had suffered from certain symptoms (e.g. headache) or illnesses (e.g. angina pectoris, cancer) during the past year. Smoking and drinking habits were surveyed. Women were asked about pregnancies, number of births (live or stillborn), miscarriages and abortions, and how many live children they had. They were also asked whether they had been pregnant at the time of their wedding and whether this was the reason for getting married.

Sex education received was surveyed. Other questions examined the number of persons respondents had been in love with, did they fall in love easily, about disappointments in love and whether they loved and were loved by someone. Respondents were asked at what age they had experienced their first kiss, first steady relationship, first intercourse. Several questions pertained to the first-ever intercourse: where it happened, use of contraception, had the respondent wanted it, what was it like and did she/he regret it later and did she/he marry the first partner.

Married respondents evaluated the happiness of their marriage and how important sex was to happiness. They were asked whether it was easy to discuss sex with their spouse. Questions covered how much sex respondents would like to have, how satisfactory sex was, how often they had sex, when was the last time and whether they had used contraception. The most recent intercourse was studied in detail: with whom, was alcohol consumed, who made the initiative, pleasantness of the experience, position used. Sexual foreplay habits were also charted.

Female respondents were asked about reaching orgasm, fear of pregnancy, impotence of the partner and impact of menopause on sex. Male respondents were asked about experiencing impotence or other sexual problems and whether they had sought medical help. Other topics included extra-marital affairs, masturbation and sexual orientation. Respondents evaluated how satisfactory their sex life was on the whole.

Background variables included region of residence, municipality type, sex, mother tongue, education, marital status, age when married, number of children, employment, social class of the respondent and his/her father, family income, church membership and age and education of the spouse.

Asiasanat

attitudes; courtship; dating; health; interpersonal relations; living conditions; love; moral values; sexual behaviour; sexual health; sexual identity; sexual intimacy; sexuality

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Family life and marriage (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Reproductive health (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• General health and well-being (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Koskelainen, Osmo (Academy of Finland. Research Council for the Social Sciences)
• Leppo, Kimmo (Academy of Finland. Medical Research Council)
• Sievers, Kai (University of Turku. Department of Hygiene and Social Medicine)

Tuottajat

• Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
• Academy of Finland. Medical Research Council
• Academy of Finland. Research Council for the Social Sciences

Ajallinen kattavuus

1971

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

1971-11 – 1971-12

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged 18-54 living in Finland (poislukien people in residential care and those suffering from serious mental or physical illnesses)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Systematic random

Systematic sampling from the Finnish population register of persons aged 18-54 (born 1917-1953)

The target population consisted of persons aged 18-54, living in Finland in November-December 1971, speaking either Finnish or Swedish, not in residential care and nor suffering from any serious mental or physical health problems. The size of the original sample was 2492 persons, of whom 138 were abroad, in residential care or unable to participate because of ill health. The net sample size was therefore 2354, of whom 81 refused to participate, 73 were not reached and 12 were not interviewed for some other reason. The number of respondents was 2188.

In connection with the sex survey, a separate survey on fertility and family planning was conducted. Therefore, for the age group 18-44 the original sample included twice as many women as men. The original sample consisted of 902 men and 1590 women.

The sampled persons received a letter beforehand, informing them of the survey. Interviews were conducted by 1000 midwives and district nurses wearing their uniform. Most interviews took place in the respondent's home but about 10 per cent were conducted in the work place of the interviewer. On average, interviews took about 1,4 hours for men and 1,7 hours for women. After the face-to-face interview, the respondents were given a self-administered questionnaire containing the sensitive questions. This questionnaire was completed by the respondent in the presence but out of sight of the interviewer. The completed questionnaire was placed in an envelope, which was then sealed by the respondent. Of the interviewed persons, 36 did not complete the questionnaire properly. The final sample size was therefore 2152 persons.

Keruumenetelmä

Face-to-face interview

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

92

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Havaintojen ja muuttujien lukumäärä

139 muuttujaa ja 2152 havaintoa.

Datan versio

2.0

Katso myös

FSD1243 Finnish Sex Survey 1992

FSD1244 Estonian Sex Survey 2000

FSD1245 St. Petersburg Sex Survey 1996

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

There were 186 non-respondents. Women aged 30-44 had the smallest non-response rate (6,2%) whereas men aged over 45 had the highest (16,1%). The overall response rate was 89,2% for men and 92,7% for women. The overall non-response rate was low but biased, making the validity lower for people living in bigger population centres and for older persons. However, even in those respondent categories where the non-response rate was the highest, it was still relatively low compared to non-response rates for surveys in general.

The variables connected to the face-to-face interview begin with denotation a_q and those connected to the self-administered questionnaire with the denotation b_q. Variable numbers correspond with the question numbering in the original forms.

The data do not contain responses to the questions 19 - 20, 22 - 30, 32 - 37, 39b - 42, 44, 46 - 50, 52 - 70, 72 - 73c, 75 - 76 and 78 - 81 of the interview questionnaire nor responses to the questions 10, 13, 17, 21, 23 - 27, section What am I like, 29, 32 - 35, 38 - 40, 45 - 53, 71_2, 79 - 83, 104, 107 - 108 and 110 - 111 of the self-administered questionnaire.

Painokertoimet

The data contain a weight variable which can be used to compensate for the sex bias in the sample (the disproportional number of women).

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

Koskelainen, Osmo (Academy of Finland) & Leppo, Kimmo (Academy of Finland) & Sievers, Kai (University of Turku): Finnish Sex Survey 1971 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-08-10). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1242

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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Varaumat

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

Julkaisut aineistosta

Suomalainen seksi: tietoa suomalaisten sukupuolielämän muutoksesta (1993). Toim. Osmo Kontula & Elina Haavio-Mannila. Juva: WSOY.

Sievers, Kai & Koskelainen, Osmo & Leppo, Kimmo (1974). Suomalaisten sukupuolielämä. Porvoo: WSOY.

Leppo, Kimmo & Koskelainen, Osmo & Sievers, Kai (1973). Seksuaalikäyttäytymistä ja ehkäisytapoja koskevan tutkimuksen metodiraportti. Helsinki: Väestöntutkimuslaitos. Väestöntutkimuslaitoksen julkaisuja B; 33.

Kontula, Osmo & Haavio-Mannila, Elina & Suoknuuti, Helena (1994). Finnish sex: the tables of all the questions of the 1992 survey and the comparable questions of the 1971 survey. Helsinki: Kansanterveystieteen laitokset. Kansanterveystieteen julkaisuja M; 113.

Kontula, Osmo & Haavio-Mannila, Elina (1995). Sexual pleasures: enhancement of sex life in Finland 1971-1992. Dartmouth: Aldershot.

Haavio-Mannila, Elina & Roos, J.P. & Rotkirch, Anna (2004). Olivatko suuret ikäluokat murroksen moottoreita? Sukupolven ja periodin vaikutuksen erittelyä seksin, politiikan ja vapaa-ajan suhteen. Teoksessa: Yhteiskunnan moottori vai kivireki? Suuret ikäluokat ja 1960-lukulaisuus (toim. Jani Erola & Terhi-Anna Wilska), 215-238. Jyväskylä: Sophi.

Haavio-Mannila, Elina & Kontula, Osmo (1994). Sexual behavior changes in Finland during the last 20 years. Nordisk Sexologi 12(3), 196-214.

Haavio-Mannila, Elina & Kontula, Osmo & Kuusi, Elina (2001). Trends in sexual life: measured by national sex surveys in Finland in 1971, 1992 and 1999, and a comparison to a sex survey in St. Petersburg in 1996. Helsinki: Family Federation of Finland, Population Research Institute. Working papers E; 10.

Haavio-Mannila, Elina & Kontula, Osmo (2001). Seksin trendit meillä ja naapureissa. Helsinki: WSOY.

Haavio-Mannila, Elina & Kontula, Osmo (2003). Sexual Trends in the Baltic Sea Area. Helsinki: The Family Federation of Finland. The Population Research Institute. Publications of the Population Research Institute, Series D 41/2003.

Zhuk, Iryna L. (2013). Transformation of culture of sexual relations in Ukraine: experience of intercultural comparative analysis. Doctoral dissertation, Institute of Sociology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine (only Title in English).

Frisk, Matleena & Taavetti, Riikka (2020) FINSEX-tutkimusten sokea piste: Ohitetun väkivallan yhteiskunnalliset seuraukset Sukupuolentutkimus 33(4), 39-44.

Taavetti, Riikka (2021). Suomalaisuus ja seksi: FINSEX-tutkimusten käsitteelliset rajat 1971-1999. Teoksessa Matias Kaihovirta & Tiina Lintunen (toim.) Työväki ja seksi. Väki Voimakas 34. Helsinki: Työväen historian ja perinteen tutkimuksen seura, 319-351. https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/334554