FSD1358 Alcohol Problems and Policy 1995: Group Interviews

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

Download the data

Study description in other languages

Related files

  • No other files available

Study title

Alcohol Problems and Policy 1995: Group Interviews

Dataset ID Number

FSD1358

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1358

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

  • Törrönen, Jukka (Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies)

Abstract

The data consist of focus group interviews with topics such as alcohol advertising, drinking habits, and causes and effects of alcohol problems at the personal and societal levels. Group discussions were also conducted on the basis of two texts on alcohol policy, as well as comparisons between alcohol problems, drug problems, and environmental problems.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

advertising; alcohol use; alcoholism; drinking behaviour

Topic Classification

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

  • Törrönen, Jukka (Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies)
  • Hanhinen, Sari

Time Period Covered

1995

Collection Dates

1995-05-04 – 1995-05-11

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Group

Universe

Randomly selected workplaces in the economic (marketing), media (public opinion formation), and administrative (state) sectors

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability

Groups interviewed were selected from the economic (marketing), media (public opinion formation), and administrative (state) sectors.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Research Instrument

Participant tasks

Data Files

Six RTF text files, approximately 230 pages in total

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Names of the interviewees were removed from the data and each interviewee was given a pseudonym. The data were transcribed verbatim, but breaks

Only the transcripts of the interviews were archived, not the original videotapes. In addition to the transcripts, the data package contains alcohol advertisements discussed during the interviews as pdf files.

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

Törrönen, Jukka (Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies): Alcohol Problems and Policy 1995: Group Interviews [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2004-05-19). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1358

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 Tooltip

Journalists, Administrators and Business People on Social Problems. A Study around the Baltic Sea (1998). Hanhinen, Sari & Törrönen, Jukka (eds.). Nordic Council for Alcohol and Drug Research (NAD). Helsinki.

Törrönen, Jukka (1999). Juomisen vapaus ja vastuu. Sosiosemioottinen analyysi alkoholipoliittisesta liberalismista maallikkoajattelussa. Helsingin yliopiston sosiologian laitoksen tutkimuksia; 234.

Törrönen, Jukka (1999). Transition, alcohol problems, and mundane social policies. Teoksessa Törrönen Jukka. Juomisen vapaus ja vastuu. Sosiosemioottinen analyysi alkoholipoliittisesta liberalismista maallikkoajattelusta. Helsingin yliopiston sosiologian laitoksen tutkimuksia; 234.

Törrönen, Jukka (2000a). Subjektiaseman käsite empiirisessä sosiaalitutkimuksessa. Sosiologia 37(3), 243-255.

Törrönen, Jukka (2000b). Mundane social policies in the context of the fragmentation of welfare state-oriented alcohol policy in Finland. Contemporary Drug Problems Vol. 27/ Spring 2000, 137-162.

Törrönen, Jukka (2001). The concept of subject position in empirical social research. The Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 31(3), 313-330.

Törrönen, Jukka (1998). Social problems and responsibility. The construction of sovereign identities among the influential groups in Helsinki and Tallinn in the context of transition. Teoksessa Journalists, Administrators and Business People on Social Problems, toim. Sari Hanhinen ja Jukka Törrönen. Nad publication; 35.

Törrönen, Jukka (2010). Kuvaus, näkökulma ja ääni: Representaatioiden analyysi empiirisessä sosiaalitutkimuksessa. Teoksessa Tarja Knuuttila & Aki Lehtinen (toim.). Representaatio. Tiedon kivijalasta tieteiden työkaluksi. Helsinki, Gaudeamus. 276-304.

Study description in machine readable DDI-C 2.5 format

Creative Commons License
Metadata record is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.