Study title

Finnish Local Government 2004: Social Services for Elderly and Disabled 1997: Managers of Service Institutions

Dataset ID Number

FSD2172

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2172
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2172

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• University of Vaasa. Faculty of Public Administration

Abstract

This survey is part of the social and health services research in the Finnish Local Government 2004 research programme. The main themes were the administration, service provision and development policies of municipal services for the elderly and the disabled. The respondents were managers of service institutions for the elderly and the disabled in research municipalities. Social services for the elderly and the disabled were also studied in 2000 and 2002.

First, the respondents were asked some basic information about service provision in their unit/institution. Questions covered the number of clients and service performances in 1995, number of clients from other municipalities, queues for treatment, total costs of the service institution in 1995, number of staff in different tasks and the ownership base of the institution. Satisfaction with the service facilities was queried as well as how many clients the facilities could accommodate, how many clients the personnel was able to handle, and whether special needs clients had been taken into account in training personnel and in planning and maintaining the facilities.

The service provision for the elderly and the disabled was investigated with questions focusing on who were responsible for providing different services in the institution, whether services had been put out to tender, whether the respondents were satisfied with the functionality of the services, which bodies made the decisions concerning the use of purchased services and the provider of those services, and whether the service institution sold home services and services for the elderly and disabled to other service units or municipalities.

In relation to management and decision-making in the institution, the respondents were asked to estimate how much different bodies and people (e.g. state authorities, municipal council, clients of the instution) had influence on the operation of the institution and whether any surveys or interviews had been conducted to assess/improve services. Use and importance of performance measures were charted.

In the final section, the development policies regarding service provision were surveyed. The respondents were asked whether the services had changed after 1992 in terms of the number of clients, financial resources, provision of private services, cooperation between municipalities etc, how they would rate different aspects of the services (e.g. number of staff, location and accessiblity of the services), the importance of different areas in terms of resourcing, and on which areas the development of services should be focused in the following years.

Background variables included, among others, municipality, the respondent's gender, mother tongue, year of birth, job experience, level of education and positions of responsibility.

Keywords

care of the disabled; care of the elderly; decision making; development; health services; local government; local government services; management; social services

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Government, political systems and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social welfare systems/structures (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Finnish Local Government 2004

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• University of Vaasa. Faculty of Public Administration

Data Producers

• Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities

Time Period Covered

1997

Collection Dates

Spring 1997 ( 1997 )

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Political-administrative area

Universe

Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Multistage

Two-stage stratified sampling in selecting project municipalities.

The research 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.

Questionnaires were sent to 255 institutions, and 165 responses were returned either fully or partially filled in. 120 responses were sent from the managers of service institutions for the elderly and 45 from the managers of service institutions for the disabled.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

65

Data File Language

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Data Version

2.0

Related Datasets

FSD2170 Finnish Local Government 2004: Social Services for Elderly and Disabled 1997: Local Government Officers

FSD2173 Finnish Local Government 2004: Social Services for Elderly and Disabled 2000: Local Government Officers

FSD2174 Finnish Local Government 2004: Social Services for Elderly and Disabled 2000: Managers of Service Institutions

FSD2175 Finnish Local Government 2004: Social Services for Elderly and Disabled 2002: Local Government Officers

FSD2176 Finnish Local Government 2004: Social Services for Elderly and Disabled 2002: Managers of Service Institutions

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

University of Vaasa: Finnish Local Government 2004: Social Services for Elderly and Disabled 1997: Managers of Service Institutions [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-20). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2172

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Related Materials

Laaksonen, Hannele & Leskinen, Anne (1999). Vanhusten ja vammaisten sosiaalipalvelut muutoksessa? Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. KuntaSuomi 2004 -tutkimuksia; 17.

Related Publications

Laaksonen, Hannele & Leskinen, Anne (1999). Vanhusten ja vammaisten sosiaalipalvelut muutoksessa? Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. KuntaSuomi 2004 -tutkimuksia; 17.