Study title

Violence 2001

Dataset ID Number

FSD1252

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1252
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1252

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Räty, Reetta (Helsingin Sanomat. Weekly supplement Nyt)

Abstract

The data contain the structured parts of a reader survey conducted by the weekly supplement NYT of the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. The survey studied violence in Finland and invited the participation of those readers of the NYT supplement who had sometimes behaved aggressively or violently or had been victims of such behaviour. The number of respondents was 556.

The questionnaire contained questions about what kind of violent behaviour respondents themselves had engaged in and what kind of violent behaviour they had been subjected to. Respondents were asked whether they had physically punished their children or been themselves punished as children. Violence against or by partners was surveyed. Questions also covered violent behaviour between friends, stranger violence, sexual violence and whether drugs or alcohol had contributed. Respondents were asked to choose from a list of actions which ones that they regarded as violent and which one they considered justified in certain situations. Revenge as well as regret and other possible mental consequences of violence were also charted.

Background variables included age group, sex, education/occupation and marital status.

Keywords

aggressiveness; antisocial behaviour; assault; bullying; child abuse; domestic violence; domestic violence; offences; sexual abuse; sexual offences

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Crime and law enforcement (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (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

• Räty, Reetta (Helsingin Sanomat. Weekly supplement Nyt)

Data Producers

• Sanoma Corporation

Time Period Covered

2001

Collection Dates

2001-11-15 – 2001-11-28

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Those readers of the NYT supplement of Helsingin Sanomat who have behaved violently or aggressively, or have been subjected to such behaviour.

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The survey was announced to all readers of the NYT supplement and respondents volunteered to participate.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Semi-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

3.0

Related Datasets

FSD1286 Experiences of Domestic Violence 2001

FSD1287 Experiences of Violence 2001

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The questionnaire contained several open-ended questions, the responses to which are missing from the data. Letters sent by readers in connection with the survey and the responses of those who filled in a paper questionnaire are not included in the data. With Internet surveys it is impossible to control whether anyone responds to the survey more than once.

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

Räty, Reetta (Helsingin Sanomat): Violence 2001 [dataset]. Data version 3.0 (2018-07-12). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1252; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1252

Deposit Requirement

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

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

Hakkarainen, Petri & Laitio, Tommi & Räty, Reetta & Silfverberg, Anu (2001). Maailma mustana. Helsingin Sanomat, Viikkoliite Nyt 50/2001, 8-12.

Waldèn, Camilla. (2023). Lähisuhdeväkivaltaa tehneiden katumus: lisäävänä tekijänä uhrin näkökulman otto. Määrällinen tutkimus. Sosiaalipsykologian pro gradu -tutkielma. Itä-Suomen yliopisto.