Aineiston nimi

Finnish Local Government 2004: Child Day Care 1999: Day Nurseries

Aineistonumero

FSD2165

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2165

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Kauppi, Ulla (University of Vaasa. Faculty of Public Administration)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey focused on the practicalities, service provision, administration, and development of child day care services in Finnish municipalities. Municipal day nurseries mind children aged under seven. The respondents were managers of either municipal or private day nurseries. Similar surveys were carried out in 1997, 1999 and 2003, from the viewpoints of day nursery managers, municipal service directors and child-minding coordinators.

First, the respondents were asked how many children there were in their day care centres, and how the children were divided in terms of the type of day care (e.g. full day care, sessional day care). The number of employees in the day nurseries and their tasks were queried, as well as the number of employees hired with the help of employment subsidies. In addition, the capacity and utilisation rate of municipal day care places were studied. The respondents were also asked whether the nurseries provided any day care services for children with special education needs. Some questions pertained to the current ownership and opening hours of the day nurseries. Opinions on day care facilities and special needs provision (e.g. for physically disabled children) were charted. The respondents were also asked how many children received free day care, and how many paid the highest fees.

In relation to service provision, the respondents were asked about competitive tendering, their satisfaction with services, and which body decided on matters such as using outsourced services. Further questions covered management and decision-making on child day care in the municipality. The respondents were also asked to assess the importance of different tasks and leadership roles in their work, and whether the significance of them had changed over the past few years. Opinions on the quality and importance of municipal day care and the use of client surveys were also examined. Finally, the development of day care services since 1995 and development policies for the future were surveyed.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, job title, work experience, level of education, and the location of the job.

Asiasanat

child day care; child-minders; child-minding; children; community development; day nurseries; local community facilities; local government; local government officers; local government policy; local government services; pre-primary education; pre-primary schools; preschool children; public services; social systems; subcontracting

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Social welfare systems/structures (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Finnish Local Government 2004

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Kauppi, Ulla (University of Vaasa. Faculty of Public Administration)

Tuottajat

• Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities

Ajallinen kattavuus

1999

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

1999 – 2000

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Political-administrative area (Municipality)

Perusjoukko/otos

Finnish municipalities (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Multistage

Two-stage stratified sampling in selecting project municipalities.

The project municipalities were selected separately from those with less than 10,000 inhabitants (28 municipalities) and from those with more than 10,000 inhabitants (19 municipalities). The selection aimed to be representative within both groups in relation to all municipalities with the same population size. Large municipalities were over-represented because 70% of the Finnish population lives in large municipalities. Representativeness criteria included regional location, age and education of the population, industry structure, municipal economy parameters, political situation and variables related to municipal policy. The selected municipalities form a small scale model of all Finnish municipalities. The Åland Islands municipalities were excluded because of special features resulting from Åland's autonomy.

The questionnaire was sent to managers of municipal and private day nurseries in the selected municipalities (N=600). 392 of them responded, out of which 239 were the same day nurseries which responded in the 1996 survey.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

64

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Datan versio

2.0

Katso myös

FSD2161 Finnish Local Government 2004: Child Day Care 1997: Service Directors

FSD2162 Finnish Local Government 2004: Child Day Care 1997: Day Nurseries

FSD2163 Finnish Local Government 2004: Child Day Care 1997: Child-Minding

FSD2164 Finnish Local Government 2004: Child Day Care 1999: Service Directors

FSD2166 Finnish Local Government 2004: Child Day Care 1999: Child-Minding

FSD2167 Finnish Local Government 2004: Child Day Care 2003: Service Directors

FSD2168 Finnish Local Government 2004: Child Day Care 2003: Day Nurseries

FSD2169 Finnish Local Government 2004: Child Day Care 2003: Child-Minding

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The data do not include opinions on the survey asked at the end of the questionnaire. In addition, variable q2 (identifying the name of the day nursery) has been removed from the data.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

Kauppi, Ulla (University of Vaasa): Finnish Local Government 2004: Child Day Care 1999: Day Nurseries [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-20). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2165

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Kauppi, Ulla (2001). Päivähoitoa täydellä teholla. Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. KuntaSuomi 2004 -tutkimuksia; 31 & Acta; 140.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Kauppi, Ulla (2001). Päivähoitoa täydellä teholla. Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. KuntaSuomi 2004 -tutkimuksia; 31 & Acta; 140.