Study title

Finnish Working Life Barometer 1992

Dataset ID Number

FSD2654

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2654

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Ministry of Labour
• Statistics Finland

Abstract

The survey studied employee opinion on the quality of working life in Finland. This is the first survey in the Finnish Working Life Barometer series.

First, the respondents were asked how many years/months they had worked for the employer they were working for at the time, the number of persons at the workplace, what kind of changes there had been in staff numbers, working hours, contracts and organisational structure during the past 12 months and whether people had been transferred to other units. Further questions covered whether there had been conflicts at the workplace and between what groups.

Autonomy at work, influence of trade unions and professional associations at workplace, overtime and its compensation, working time, changes at workplace over the past year, pay systems and pay level were investigated. The respondents were asked how likely it was that they would be dismissed or laid off or their tasks would be changed over the next year. Views were charted on the likelihood of getting a new job if becoming unemployed, employment situation in Finland in general, possible future changes in Finnish working life and financial situation of R's workplace in the future.

Background variables included the respondent's region of residence, employer type, industry of employment, occupational group, working hours per week, year of birth, mother tongue, gender, age group, marital status, status in employment and basic and vocational education. Most background variables were obtained from the Labour Force Survey 1992 telephone interviews.

Keywords

arrangement of working time; autonomy at work; employees; job characteristics; job security; personnel management; personnel policy; wages; working conditions; workloads

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Equality, inequality and social exclusion (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Employment (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Labour relations/conflict (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Working conditions (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Occupational health (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Finnish Working Life Barometers

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Statistics Finland

Time Period Covered

1992

Collection Dates

1992-10

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Employees living in Finland aged 18 - 64

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Data Sources

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Labour force survey 1992. Helsinki: Statistics Finland.

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

Simple random sample from the population register. For its Labour Force Survey 1992, Statistics Finland drew a random sample of people aged between 15 - 74 and living in Finland. From the Labour Force Survey sample, Finnish-speaking employees aged 18 - 64 who had responded being employed for at least 10 hours a week were selected for the Working Life Barometer.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

82

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

77 variables and 880 cases.

Data Version

2.0

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Ministry of Labour & Statistics Finland: Finnish Working Life Barometer 1992 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-27). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2654

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Disclaimer

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Related Publications

Ylöstalo, Pekka & Kauppinen, Timo & Alasoini, Tuomo & Pekkola, Juhani (1992). Työolobarometri. Lokakuu 1992. Helsinki: Työministeriö. Työpoliittinen tutkimus; 38

Alasoini, Tuomo (2006). Työnteon mielekkyyden muutos Suomessa vuosina 1992 - 2005. Työolobarometrin aineistoihin perustuva analyysi. Helsinki: Työministeriö. Työelämän kehittämisohjelman Tykesin raportteja 45.