Study title

St. Petersburg Sex Survey 1996

Dataset ID Number

FSD1245

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1245

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Gronow, Jukka (University of Helsinki. Department of Sociology)
• Haavio-Mannila, Elina (University of Helsinki. Department of Sociology)
• Kivinen, Markku (University of Lapland. Department of Social Studies)
• Rotkirch, Anna (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Policy)

Abstract

A survey of the lifestyles and sexual habits of persons living in St. Petersburg, Russia. The topics covered included occupational life: relations with co-workers, stressfulness and independence of work and the respondent's possibility to influence decisions in the workplace. Fringe benefits, changes in them and changes in the work generally during the past 5-10 years were surveyed. Respondents were also asked about property owned and sources of income.

Social networks were also studied. Questions focused on who takes care of the household work (domestic responsibilities) in the family, how close respondents feel to their near relatives, did they meet their friends less often than five years earlier and why. Respondents were asked whether they had helped relatives, friends, colleagues or neighbours in the following matters: to get a job, find inexpensive food, acquire durable goods, get medicine or receive medical treatment, acquire or renovate a house/flat etc. Membership in groups, associations, voluntary organizations and church were charted, likewise political attitudes and political interest. Respondents were asked whether they had had problems with the authorities for political, ethnic or religious reasons. Respondents rated the importance of certain factors (e.g. hard work, wealthy family, good education) for succeeding in their society at the time of the survey and 10-15 years earlier.

Lifestyles were covered with several questions about leisure time habits and readership of newspapers. Smoking, alcohol consumption, use of hygiene and beauty products, respondents' general state of health, satisfaction with life, exercise habits, height and weight were surveyed. One topic pertained to respondents' childhood home.

The survey contained data on respondents' sexual life and sexual morality. Questions covered sex education, current steady relationship and its happiness. Respondents were asked whether it was easy to talk about sex with parter and friends and whether they loved or were loved by someone. The survey also carried a set of attitudinal statements relating to women's right to take sexual initiative, homosexuality, casual affairs, abortion, prostitution, sex between young people. Sexual harassment and affairs in the workplace (office affairs) and their consequences were studied. Some questions focused on contraception use at present and 5-10 year before and problems connected with acquiring and using contraception.

Respondents were asked about their most recent sexual intercourse (time of occurrence, position), how satisfactory sex was on the whole and whether they would like to have more sex. The total number of sexual partners and the age of first intercourse were queried. Other questions pertained to reaching orgasm/climax, experiences of oral sex or masturbation, sexual interest in the same sex and casual affairs outside the steady relationship (extra-marital affairs).

Background variables included, among other, respondents' sex, marital status, age, nationality, number of marriages/cohabiting unions, education, occupation, second job, main activity, employer sector, employment type, number and ages of children, children's school, housing tenure, household characteristics, duration of residence in St. Petersburg, occupation of parents and age, nationality and occupation of the spouse/live-in partner.

Keywords

abortion; birth control; fringe benefits; interpersonal relations; life styles; occupational life; sexual behaviour; sexual intimacy; sexuality; social networks; workplace relations

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Medical and health sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Family life and marriage (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Reproductive health (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• General health and well-being (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

• Gallup St. Petersburg

Data Producers

• University of Helsinki. Department of Sociology
• University of Helsinki. Department of Social Policy
• Academy of Finland

Time Period Covered

1996

Collection Dates

1995-12 – 1996-03

Nation

Russia

Geographical Coverage

St. Petersburg

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Residents of St. Petersburg, aged 18-74, who have the right to vote in Russian elections

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

The sample of 3500 persons was randomly selected from the voting register of St. Petersburg.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

61

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

558 variables and 2081 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD1242 Finnish Sex Survey 1971

FSD1243 Finnish Sex Survey 1992

FSD1244 Estonian Sex Survey 2000

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Problems with data entry in connection with the questions 35 and 36 may have affected the values given. A mistake in the data entry form relating to category i of the question 74 may have affected the entry of data regarding the question 75.

Responses to the open-ended question 67 and responses connected with the category i of the question 74 are missing. The variable denoting the district of residence in St. Petersburg has been removed from the data. The variable denoting the political party/group voted for in the latest parliamentary elections was dropped because party names were available only in Finnish.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Gronow, Jukka (University of Helsinki) & Haavio-Mannila, Elina (University of Helsinki) & Kivinen, Markku (University of Lapland) & Rotkirch, Anna (University of Helsinki): St. Petersburg Sex Survey 1996 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2003-09-10). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1245

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Disclaimer

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Related Publications

Haavio-Mannila, Elina & Rotkirch, Anna (1998). Generational and Gender Differences in sexual Life in St. Petersburg and Urban Finland. Yearbook of Population Research in Finland XXXIV, 133-160. Helsinki: The Population Research Institute.

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.

Haavio-Mannila, Elina & Kontula, Osmo (2003). Single and Double Sexual Standards in Finland, Estonia, and St. Petersburg. The Journal of Sex Research, 40(1), 36-49.