Study title

Finnish Female Student Interviews 2008-2009

Dataset ID Number

FSD2461

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2461

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Mary, Aurelie (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)

Abstract

This interview data is a comparative analysis on young adults' social and economic situation in Finland and France. The research concentrates on young people in their twenties, experiencing transition from university to working life.

In the first part of the interview the research subjects were asked about their education e.g. what they were studying, how far along were the studies, why they had decided whatever they were studying, how educated was the rest of their family and what they thought of the Finnish university system. The next set of questions were about employment, for example what kind of work they wanted to do, what kind of working experience they had, how they see the job market and working life and how they feel about entering working life. After this the subjects were asked about their living arrangements, where they lived, how they financed their living and whether they wished to own their own houses at some point. The next questions were about family, whether the interviewees placed more stress on family or their careers, if they wanted to marry and/or have children and how they would manage to balance a career and the role of motherhood. The last set of questions was about the transition from youth to adulthood. The interviewees were asked about their conceptions of adulthood, how the transition from university to the working world will be for them and whether they were happy with their life in general.

The second part of the interview was done with the same themes and questions as the first, only this time the interviewees were asked to answer the questions with the regard on their friends and close relations.

The third part of the interview was done with the same themes and questions as the first and second, this time the interviewees were asked to answer the questions from their own perspectives on their parents at the same age.

In the last part of the interview the interviewees were asked to describe their future situations, whether they felt that being a woman was a hindrance or an aid in the transition to working/adult life and whether they viewed their generation as unique or special.

Keywords

educational background; employment; family life; generation gap; generations (age); hobbies; life styles; standard of living; students; undergraduates; women's employment; youth employment

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Employment (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Mary, Aurelie (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)

Collection Dates

2008-10-08 – 2008-12-12

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Female Finnish students aged from twenty to thirty about to finish their studies and starting working life.

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Non-probability: Respondent-assisted

Several participants have been recruited via the e-mail lists of the Departments of the University of Tampere. An announcement explaining the need for research informants has been forwarded to a variety of departments e-mail lists and several young women who were interested in the research responded. Several informants were also contacted and found via the international hospitality service network Couch Surfing (an international non-profit organisation). In addition, the snowball process was used, mostly asking fellow students if they knew any female students who might agree to take part in the research.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

11 rtf-files in English, approximately 350 pages.

Data File Language

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

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

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Any references to full or first names, cities, towns or specific places or companies, locations or organizations that might identify a place or a person have been removed.

The Finnish material has been archived in its entirety, the French material is unavailable.

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

Mary, Aurelie (University of Tampere): Finnish Female Student Interviews 2008-2009 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2009-10-08). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2461

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

Mary Aurélie (2012). The Illusion of the Prolongation of Youth. Transition to Adulthood among Finnish and French Female University Students. Tampere: Tampere University Press. NTS/NTV publications 130. Acta Electronica Universitatis Tamperensis 1242. urn:isbn:978-951-44-8927-3