Study title

Sociobarometer 2004

Dataset ID Number

FSD2111

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2111
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2111

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health (STKL)

Abstract

This wide-ranging survey charted expert opinion on the welfare of Finnish citizens, and on the present state of welfare services. Respondents were managers or management groups of municipal social services, municipal health centres, employment offices, major social and health organizations (voluntary organisations), or local offices of the Social Insurance Institution.

Respondents evaluated the welfare of various population groups, and rated the possibilities of their own organisation/sector to support these population groups (e.g. single-parent families, the unemployed, immigrants, chronically ill persons). Respondents rated the importance of different bodies (e.g. parishes, private social and health enterprises, neighbours) in providing welfare. The role and importance of voluntary organisations (social and health sector) were charted. Public social and health services, employment services, services provided by the Social Insurance Institution, and services provided by private enterprises were evaluated. Respondents were asked whether there had been changes in the services of their sector and what kind of changes. Co-operation between different bodies was surveyed.

Further questions covered whether there is citizen evaluation of services provided. Socio-economic situation of the municipalities was charted. Respondents were asked whether it was possible to provide the services citizens need with the present resources. Impact of the policies adopted by the EU, the government or the municipality were assessed. Changes in staff numbers in their own sector, staff sufficiency, and prevailing working conditions were estimated. Some questions explored public service contracts and the impact of competitive tendering. Other topics covered the situation of persons providing informal care for other people, and whether citizens have to queue for social and health services.

The voluntary organisation questionnaire also carried a set of questions focusing on the activities of the organisation. Questions covered service production, staff, public service contracts, budget, funding, regional and local activities, service feedback, biggest challenges, policies, the role of the organisation etc.

Background variables included the respondent's organisation, occupational status and the location of the organisation.

Keywords

care of dependants; employment services; health services; medical centres; organizations; personnel; public services; resources; social services; social welfare; social workers; voluntary organizations; welfare policy

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Medical and health sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social welfare systems/structures (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Health care services and policies (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Sociobarometers

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health

Data Producers

• Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health

Time Period Covered

2003

Collection Dates

2003-12-08 – 2004-02-06

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Organization/Institution

Universe

Municipal social administration offices, health centres, and employment offices of all Finnish municipalities plus the local offices of the Social Insurance Institution, and the major Finnish social and health organisations (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The Sociobarometer 2004 questionnaire was sent to social administration offices, health centres, and employment offices of all Finnish municipalities (the Åland Islands excluded), to the "full service" offices of the Social Insurance Institution, and to major social and health organisations (voluntary organisations). The questionnaire was addressed to managing directors. A link to the web questionnaire was sent to respondents twice in December 2003, and a paper questionnaire was posted to non-respondents in January.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

46.5

Data File Language

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

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Number of Cases and Variables

511 variables and 616 cases.

Data Version

1.1

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Responses to open-ended questions have been removed from the data. Variables 'Municipality' and 'Name of the voluntary organisation' have been removed from the data.

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

Finnish Federation for Social Welfare and Health (STKL): Sociobarometer 2004 [dataset]. Version 1.1 (2006-08-07). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2111

Deposit Requirement

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

Special Terms and Conditions for Access

Users of the data shall send the Suomen sosiaali ja terveys ry (SOSTE) a copy of all reports, theses, articles, other publications or material based on or using the data. If printed, to the mail address: SOSTE Suomen sosiaali ja terveys ry, Tutkimus, Yliopistonkatu 5, 00100 HELSINKI, FINLAND. If electronic, to the e-mail address: tutkimus@soste.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

Londén, Pia & Perälahti, Anne & Selkälä, Arto & Siltaniemi, Aki & Särkelä, Riitta (2004). Sosiaalibarometri 2004: hyvinvointipalvelujen tuottajien ajankohtainen tilanne ja näkemys kansalaisten hyvinvoinnista. Helsinki: Sosiaali- ja terveysturvan keskusliitto.

Selkälä, Arto (2008) Tutkijan valintojen seurauksista lomaketutkimuksessa. Teoksessa Lempiäinen, Kirsti & Löytty, Olli & Kinnunen, Merja (toim.) Tutkijan kirja. Vastapaino. Tampere.

Selkälä, Arto (2013) Kansalaisuuden hallinta suomalaisessa sosiaali- ja terveyspolitiikassa. Akateeminen väitöskirja. Yhteiskuntatieteiden tiedekunta. Lapin yliopisto. Lapin yliopistokustannus. Rovaniemi.