FSD2116 European Social Survey 2004: Finnish Data
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Study title
European Social Survey 2004: Finnish Data
Dataset ID Number
FSD2116
Persistent identifiers
https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2116https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2116
Data Type
Quantitative
Authors
- Jowell, Roger (City University. Centre for Comparative Social Surveys)
- ESS Central Coordinating Team
- Ervasti, Heikki (University of Turku. Department of Social Policy)
Other Identification/Acknowledgements
- Kiianmaa, Nelli (Statistics Finland)
- Tiainen, Tuula (Statistics Finland)
Abstract
The survey studied several themes, including the use of media, social trust, political participation and interest, political trust, political orientation and commitment, satisfaction with own circumstances and certain public services, perceptions of own well-being, religious views, experiences of discrimination, and national and ethnic identity. These themes are recurring in different ESS rounds.
Themes for the rotating modules in this collection round included health, use of medication and natural remedies, medical treatment and doctor's appointments, economic morality, trust and interaction between producers and consumers, balance between different areas of life, division of household work, family, work and well-being.
The self-administered follow-up questionnaire included the Schwartz Human Values Scale as well as test questions controlling the main questionnaire. Questions about alternative medicine, science and technology, and paranormal phenomena were also asked.
The respondents' socio-demographics were widely charted, including, among others, household composition, gender, age, type of neighbourhood, education, occupation, background information on spouse and parents, trade union membership, household income, and marital status.
Keywords
complementary therapies; family life; folk medicine; labour and employment; medical care; political behaviour; political participation; public services; social networks; trust; values; well-being (health)
Topic Classification
- Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
- Media (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Consumption and consumer behaviour (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Health care services and policies (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Minorities (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Series
ESS (European Social Survey)Distributor
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Original Archive
Sikt - Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research. Data Archive and distributor of ESS data for ESS ERIC.
Access
The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.
Data Collector
- Statistics Finland
Time Period Covered
2004
Collection Dates
2004-09-20 – 2004-12-17
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis/Observation Unit Type
Individual
Universe
People aged 15 years and older
Time Method
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Sampling Procedure
Probability: Simple random
2,900 people aged 15 or older living in Finland were selected for the sample from the Statistics Finland population database. After removing the overcoverage (deceased persons and persons residing abroad or in institutions), the net sample was 2,857 people. The population was divided by place of residence, gender and age. Each person selected for the sample was contacted at least four times before the case was classified as a non-contact. Each target person was sent a letter and brochure about the study and contacted by phone after. A smaller dataset was collected using a follow-up questionnaire. The response rate of face-to-face interviews was 70.8%. Out of the interviewed respondents, 85% responded to the follow-up survey.
Collection Mode
Self-administered questionnaire: Paper
Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Response Rate
70.8
85
Data File Language
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Data Version
3.0
Completeness of Data and Restrictions
A clarifying filter question was added to the Finnish question C9 (Do you consider yourself as belonging to any particular religion or denomination?) two weeks after the fieldwork began: If responded "no", ask: Are you a member of a church? This filter question is not present in the original source questionnaire and it also affects subsequent questions C10, C11 and C12. The variables corresponding to these questions are included in the dataset available at FSD but missing from the combined international data. Because question F46 was only included in the Finnish questionnaire on 13 October 2004, the variable corresponding to it has a great deal of missing information (99 = "No answer"). The weight variable in the Finnish data differs from the weight variables in the combined data. An international classification was used in questions about education, and the fourth category is missing on purpose, as this category is included in the third category in Finland.
Four Finnish and four Swedish questionnaires were used to collect the data. The dataset first lists variables A1-P6 based on the face-to-face interviews (questionnaire quF2116_1). The statements of the Human Values Scale beginning with GS and the questions only asked in Finland beginning with L were the same in both follow-up questionnaires. The follow-up questionnaires also included test questions with similar content but different wording (quF2116_2: IS1-IS13, quF2116_3: IS14-IS27, and quF2116_4: IS28-IS42).
Weighting
There is a weight variable in the data that weights the sample to match the general population characteristics (gender-age distributions, mother tongue, major region, statistical grouping of municipalities). The weights were computed by using Deville and Särndal's calibration method (JASA, 1992). The following distributions were used in weighting: 1) gender by age group: 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-79, 80 and over, (2*13=26 categories), 2) respondent's mother tongue: Finnish and Sami; Swedish, Norwegian and Danish; others (3 categories), 3) modified major region classification (NUTS2): capital area, Southern Finland (not including the capital area) + Åland Islands, Eastern Finland, Western Finland, Northern Finland (5 categories) and 4) statistical grouping of municipalities: urban municipalities, densely populated municipalities, rural municipalities (3 categories). The original weight was calculated as follows: the sampling weight divided by the probability of responding at the level of population. Thus, the weight was the same for each person selected for the sample. The final weights were computed by using the the population distributions mentioned above. The calibration was done using a logit distance function and the bounds for the so-called g-weights were 0.6 and 2.1. The coefficient of variation for the final weights was 19.4 percent. The data were weighted using the CALMAR SAS macro (see Sautory 1993). The final weights were scaled so that their mean equals 1 and their sum equals the net sample size.
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Bibliographical Citation
Jowell, Roger (City University) & ESS Central Coordinating Team & Ervasti, Heikki (University of Turku): European Social Survey 2004: Finnish Data [dataset]. Data version 3.0 (2018-07-19). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2116; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2116
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