FSD2587 Finnish Drinking Habits Survey 2008

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Study title

Finnish Drinking Habits Survey 2008

Dataset ID Number

FSD2587

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2587

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

  • Mäkelä, Pia (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES))
  • Mustonen, Heli (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES))

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

  • Hakkarainen, Pekka (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES))
  • Huhtanen, Petri (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES))
  • Härkönen, Janne (Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies)
  • Järvinen-Tassopoulos, Johanna (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES))
  • Metso, Leena (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES))
  • Raitasalo, Kirsimarja (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES))

Abstract

The survey charted alcohol consumption and illegal drug use in Finland, type and volume of alcohol consumption and its consequences, general attitudes towards alcohol and gambling. Funding for the research was provided by the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES), Academy of Finland, Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, and the Alcohol Programme of the Finnish Government. Similar surveys have been conducted at eight-year intervals in 1968, 1976, 1984, 1992 and 2000 but these are not archived at the FSD.

First, attitudes to alcohol were studied with several statements (e.g. one should not use alcohol in the presence of small children, people use too much alcohol in Finland, those who drink have more fun than those who don't). Alcohol use was charted with questions on beverage used with meals on Sundays, use of alcohol for medicinal purposes and general use of different beverages (beer, wine, home-brew, spirits etc). The data contain a constructed variable b27 defining the respondents as users or non-users of alcohol.

Non-users were presented with various statements charting the reasons for their abstinence. They were also asked about other people's attitudes and reactions to their non-use and previous alcohol consumption habits. Users of alcohol were asked about their alcohol consumption patterns, maximum volume used in one day, frequency of using various beverages, volume used generally at a time and where consumed, and how often they drank so much they could really feel it ('binge drinking'). The data also contain the following constructed variables: annual alcohol use (vkqfto08) and annual use by beverage type (vkqfol08, vkqfvi08, vkqfsi08 and vkqfvak08).

One theme pertained to importing, home distillation/brewing and smuggling alcohol. Questions covered the type and volume of alcohol imported, home-brewed or smuggled. Type and volume of smuggled alcohol bought were charted as well.

The survey covered instances of alcohol-related harm and other consequences of alcohol use. The respondents were asked how often they drink more or more frequently than they would have liked or had planned, could not stop drinking once had started, or had suffered from hangover. Problems caused for family, friendships, financial situation, health, work etc were investigated, likewise whether someone had tried to make them cut down on drinking. Further questions charted how often the respondents, when drinking, had gotten into a fight or a quarrel, had lost money or other property, been late for something, had got into an accident, been drink-driving, done things they regretted afterwards, etc. Problems caused for them by other people's alcohol consumption were also charted. The respondents evaluated whether their parents, spouse, children or other persons close to them had problems with alcohol.

Gambling, its frequency, winnings, sums used, self-perceived gambling problems and the relationship between drinking and gambling were also charted. A number of questions focused on the respondent's health, psychosocial health, control over own life, long-terms illnesses, weight and height, smoking and financial situation.

The paper questionnaire contained the ten-question Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) which studies alcohol consumption, drinking patterns and alcohol-related problems. Other questions covered use of sleeping pills, tranquillisers, or pain killers for non-medicinal purposes. Glue sniffing and other inhalant abuse was explored. The respondents were asked whether they knew persons who used illegal drugs, and whether they themselves had been offered or used drugs. Type and volume of drugs used (marihuana, hashish, heroin, LSD, ecstasy, amphetamine, GHB or GBL, crack or cocaine etc) and use of alcohol and drugs at the same time were investigated.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, marital status, number of persons in the household, household composition, basic education, vocational education, economic activity, R's and spouse's socioeconomic status, degree of urbanisation of the municipality of residence, province, region (NUTS3), major region (NUTS2) and mother tongue.

Keywords

addiction; alcohol smuggling; alcohol use; alcoholism; drinking behaviour; drinking offences; drug abuse; gambling; health

Topic Classification

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (D) available only by permission from the data depositor/creator.

Data Collector

  • Statistics Finland

Data Producers

  • National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health

Time Period Covered

2007 – 2008

Collection Dates

2008-09-08 – 2008-11-21

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 15-69 at the end of the year 2007 and living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands inhabitants and those living in institutions)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

The sample of 3,750 persons was randomly selected from the population register maintained by Statistics Finland. Of the sampled persons, 46 had died or were living abroad/in institutions. The final sample was thus 3,704 persons. The sampled persons were sent an information leaflet and a cover letter before the interview. 140 persons, included in the sample but not consenting to the face-to-face interview, were interviewed over the telephone with the same questions as in the face-to-face interview. The answer cards and a paper questionnaire on drug use were posted to them before the telephone interview. In the face-to-face interview, the respondents were given a drop-off paper questionnaire on drug use to be filled in (and returned later). The number of returned paper questionnaires was 2,593. Of these, 2,559 could be connected to the corresponding face-to-face/telephone interview, and are thus included in the archived data. The total number of respondents in the data was 2,725.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

73.6

Data File Language

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Data Version

3.0

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Completeness of Data and Restrictions

A special permit must be obtained from Statistics Finland for using the background variables based on their registers and removed from the archived data.

Three parts of the original research data are not included in the archived data: 1) background variables combined to the interview data and obtained from the registers of Statistics Finland (except gender, year of birth, region and first language variables which are included)(see Data Appraisal and Notes), 2) the variables connected to the questions b26 and 16 in the paper questionnaire, 3) data from a methodological test, a smaller-scale telephone interview using some key questions from the face-to-face interview to test the validity of the questions and impact of the interview method, and 3) separate recorded interviews on the respondents' latest instance of alcohol use.

Weighting

The data contain two weight variables 'kpaino' and 'apaino'. The post-stratification weight 'kpaino' weighs the respondents to the population distribution of Finland in November 2008 by age group, gender and region. The age groups used are 15-24, 25-39, 40-54 and 55-70 years old. The region distribution was based on the major region classification (NUTS2), with the capital area forming an extra region. The analysis weight variable 'apaino' was derived by dividing kpaino with the average of the weights, so that the average of the analysis weight variable in the data is 1.

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

Mäkelä, Pia (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES)) & Mustonen, Heli (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES)): Finnish Drinking Habits Survey 2008 [dataset]. Version 3.0 (2018-07-20). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2587

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

The data may be distributed for research (including Master's and doctoral theses), but not for other theses, study or teaching purposes. A special permission is required to access the data.

Users of the Finnish Drinking Habits Survey 2008 shall send a copy of all publications based on or using the data to National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). THL and STAKES were merged in 2009. The mail address to send the publications: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos, Alkoholi ja huumeet -yksikkö, PL 30, 00271 HELSINKI, FINLAND.

Disclaimer

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

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Huhtanen, Petri & Hokka, Päivi & Mäkelä, Pia (2009) [verkkodokumentti]. Juomatapatutkimus 2008: aineistokuvaus. Helsinki: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos (THL). Avauksia; 16/2009. http://www.thl.fi/thl-client/pdfs/a8b2883f-5a53-471d-97a1-0d7e6b3b8aeb [viitattu 18.11.2010].

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Suomi juo: suomalaisten alkoholinkäyttö ja sen muutokset 1968-2008 (2010). Toim. Mäkelä, Pia & Mustonen, Heli & Tigerstedt, Christoffer. Helsinki: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos (THL).

Mäkelä, Pia & Mustonen, Heli & Huhtanen, Petri (2009). Suomalaisten alkoholinkäyttötapojen muutokset 2000-luvun alussa. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 74(3): 268-289.

Mustonen, Heli & Mäkelä, Pia & Huhtanen, Petri (2009). Miten suomalaisten alkoholin käyttötilanteet ovat muuttuneet 2000-luvun alussa? Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 74(4):387-399.

Huhtanen, Petri & Hokka, Päivi & Mäkelä, Pia (2009). Juomatapatutkimus 2008: aineistokuvaus [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos (THL). Avauksia; 16/2009. http://www.thl.fi/thl-client/pdfs/a8b2883f-5a53-471d-97a1-0d7e6b3b8aeb [viitattu 18.11.2010].

Huhtanen, Petri & Miekkala, Mari & Mustonen, Heli & Mäkelä, Pia (2011). Suomalaisten alkoholinkäyttötavat 1968-2008. Juomatapatutkimusten tuloksia. Helsinki: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos (THL); 26/2011

Törrönen, Jukka & Härkönen, Janne (2016). Juomisen ritualistiset ja yksilölliset motiivit ja niiden yhteys humalaan 2000-luvun Suomessa. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 81:2, 161-173.

Oksanen, Atte & Kokkonen, Hanna (2016). Consumption of wine with meals and subjective well-being: A Finnish population-based study. Alcohol & Alcoholism, 51(6), 716-722. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agw016.

Mäkelä, Pia & Härkönen, Janne (2017). Suomalaisten alkoholinkulutus on vähentynyt. Keiden ja millainen kulutus? Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 82:5, 513-526. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2017102550285

Ahtinen, Suvi & Mäkelä, Pia & Nevalainen, Jaakko & Hokka, Päivi & Lintonen, Tomi (2018). Juomatapatutkimuksen vastausaktiivisuus on laskenut. Mitä vuosien 1968-2016 aikana on tapahtunut? Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 83:2, 191-198.

Härkönen, Janne & Savonen, Jenni & Virtala, Esa & Mäkelä, Pia (2017). Suomalaisten alkoholinkäyttötavat 1968-2016. Juomatapatutkimusten tuloksia. Helsinki: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos. Raportti 3/2017. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-302-873-9

Mäkelä, Pia & Härkönen, Janne & Lintonen, Tomi & Tigerstedt, Christoffer & Warpenius, Katariina (2018). Näin Suomi juo. Suomalaisten muuttuvat alkoholinkäyttötavat. Helsinki: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-343-146-1

Raitasalo, K. (2017). Suomalaisten alkoholin käyttö lasten seurassa ja siihen liittyvät asenteet. Helsinki: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos, Tutkimuksesta tiiviisti 13. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-302-885-2

Österberg, E. & Raitasalo K. & Karlsson T. & Mäkelä P (2017). Alkoholipoliittiset mielipiteet. Helsinki: THL. Tilastoraportti 12/2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201705036297

Härkönen, Janne (2013). Not a wet generation but a wet nation. The dynamics of change and stasis in Finnish drinking culture from 1968-2008. Academic Dissertation. [Ei märkä sukupolvi vaan märkä kansakunta. Juomiskulttuurin muutos ja pysyvyys Suomessa vuosina 1968-2008. Tutkimus 104.]. Helsinki: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-245-872-8

Tigerstedt, Christoffer & Huhtanen, Petri (2013). Päihtyneiden aiheuttamat häiriöt julkisilla paikoilla. Teoksessa: Warpenius, Katariina ym. (toim.): Alkoholi- ja päihdehaitat läheisille, muille ihmisille ja yhteiskunnalle, s. 90-99. Helsinki: THL.

Mäkelä, Pia & Raitasalo, Kirsimarja & Wahlbeck, Kristian (2015). Mental wellbeing and the use of alcohol. European Journal of Public Health, 25(2):225-31. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cku133

Rossow, I & Mäkelä, P & Kerr, W. (2014). The collectivity of changes in alcohol consumption revisited. Addiction, 109(9): 1447-1455. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12520

Huhtanen, Petri & Tigerstedt, Christoffer (2012). Women and young adults suffer most from other people's drinking. Drug and Alcohol Review 31:841-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00480.x

Mäkelä, Pia & Tigerstedt, Christoffer & Mustonen, Heli (2012). The Finnish drinking culture: change and continuity in the past 40 years. Drug and Alcohol Review 31, 831-40. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00479.x

Mäkelä, P & Havio, ML & Seppä K. (2011). Alcohol-related discussions in health care. A population view. Addiction 106(7): 1239-1248. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03356.x

Tigerstedt C, Mäkelä P, Karlsson T, Härkönen J, Lintonen T, Warpenius K (2020) Change and continuity in Finnish drinking in the 21st century. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 37(6)609-618.https://doi.org/10.1177/1455072520954324

Warpenius K, Mäkelä P (2020) The Finnish Drinking Habits -survey: implications for alcohol prevention and policy. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 37(6) 619-631.https://doi.org/10.1177/1455072520954328

Mäkelä P, Warpenius K (2020) Night-time is the right time? Late night drinking in Finnish public and private settings. Drug and Alcohol Review 39(4) 321-329. https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.13068

Lintonen T, Niemelä S, Mäkelä P (2019) Korkean riskin alkoholin käyttäjiä on Suomessa vähintään viisi prosenttia väestöstä. Vuoden 2016 Juomatapatutkimuksen tuloksia. Duodecim, 135(16):1459-66.

Tolonen H, Honkala M, Reinikainen J, Härkänen T, Mäkelä P (2019) Adjusting for non-response in the Finnish Drinking Habits Survey. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 47(4):469-73. https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494819840895

Ahtinen S., Mäkelä P., Nevalainen J., Hokka P., & Lintonen T. (2018) Juomatapatutkimuksen vastausaktiivisuus on laskenut - mitä vuosien 1968-2016 aikana on tapahtunut? Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 83(2), 191-198.

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