Study title

Attitudes towards Corporal Punishment of Children in Finland 2007

Dataset ID Number

FSD2766

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2766
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2766

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Sariola, Heikki (Central Union for Child Welfare)

Abstract

The dataset continues the Central Union for Child Welfare study that investigates the use of corporal punishment in upbringing and attitudes towards it in Finland. Face-to-face interviews were carried out in September 2007 as part of an Omnibus study monthly conducted by Taloustutkimus.

The respondents were asked whether they thought corporal punishment was acceptable, at least in exceptional circumstances. Those who did not have children were asked whether they thought they would use corporal punishment in raising their own children. Those who had children under 18 in the household were asked whether they had used different forms of corporal punishment (pulling hair, slapping, pinching etc.) The respondents' views on actions that count as corporal punishment or assault or neither were investigated. Other questions focused on whether the respondents had been physically punished by their parents as children, how the respondents would act if they noticed someone in their social network using corporal punishment against children, whether they had noticed any news or campaigns about corporal punishment of children in the media during the previous month and which media they had noticed them in. The respondents were asked whether the campaign they had noticed had sparked any discussion among their social network. The final question probed opinions on the justification of using "moderate" violence to solve conflicts between children and parents.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, age, municipality of residence, employment status, marital status, household composition, level of education, consumer durables in the household, number of inhabitants in the municipality of residence, municipality type, and number and ages of children living in the household.

Keywords

child abuse; child protection; child safety; children; corporal punishment; domestic violence; parent attitude; parental role; parents

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Children (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Attitudes towards Corporal Punishment of Children in Finland

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Taloustutkimus

Data Producers

• Central Union for Child Welfare

Time Period Covered

2007

Collection Dates

2007-09

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 15-79 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Quota

Quotas based on the age, gender, region, and municipality type distributions of the target population.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

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

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Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

For reasons of privacy, the municipal of residence bv24 was removed from the data.

Weighting

The data include a weight variable [pkerr] that weights the sample to correspond to the target population based on age, gender and region of residence distributions.

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

Sariola, Heikki (Central Union for Child Welfare): Attitudes towards Corporal Punishment of Children in Finland 2007 [dataset]. Data version 2.0 (2018-07-20). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2766; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2766

Deposit Requirement

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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

Sariola, Heikki (2012). Kuritusväkivaltaa koskevat asenteet ja lapsiin kohdistuvan väkivallan kehitystrendejä Suomessa. Lastensuojelun Keskusliiton Taloustutkimuksella teettämän kyselyn tulokset. Helsinki: Lastensuojelun keskusliitto.

Sariola, Heikki (2008). How Historical Attitudes to Violence to Children were Changed [verkkodokumentti]. Children Webmag 1.6.2008. http://www.childrenwebmag.com/articles/child-care-social-issues/how-historical-attitudes-to-violence-to-children-were-changed [viitattu 4.7.2012].

Älä lyö lasta! Kansallinen lapsiin kohdistuvan kuritusväkivallan vähentämisen toimintaohjelma 2010-2015. Helsinki: Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön julkaisuja 2010:7

Sariola, Heikki (2014). Herra Koivuniemi pantu viralta - 30 vuotta ruumiillisen kurittamisen kieltämisestä. Helsinki: Lastensuojelun keskusliitto. urn:isbn:978-952-7002-04-9

Seppälä, Mire (2017). Korvapuusteista kasvatuskeskusteluihin. Vanhempien kuritusväkivalta-asenteiden ja lasten kuritusväkivaltakokemusten muutos 1981-2014. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän avoin yliopisto. Sosiaalityön kandidaatintutkielma.

Hyvärinen, Sauli (2017). Piiskasta jäähypenkkiin. Suomalaisten kasvatusasenteet ja kuritusväkivallan käyttö 2017 [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Lastensuojelun Keskusliitto. Lastensuojelun Keskusliiton verkkojulkaisu, 2/2017. https://www.lskl.fi/materiaali/lastensuojelun-keskusliitto/Piiskasta-jaahypenkkiin-1.pdf [viitattu 14.11.2018]

Hyvärinen, Sauli (2017). Finländernas attityder till uppfostran och bruk av våld i uppfostringssyfte 2017. Sammandrag [online]. Helsingfors: Centralförbundet för barnskydd. https://www.lskl.fi/verkkokauppa/finlandernas-attityder-till-uppfostran-och-bruk-av-vald-uppfostringssyfte-2017/ [hämtad 14.11.2018]

Hyvärinen, Sauli (2017). Finn's attitudes to parenting and the use of corporal punishment 2017. Summary [online]. Helsinki: Central Union for Child Welfare. https://www.lskl.fi/verkkokauppa/finns-attitudes-to-parenting-and-the-use-of-corporal-punishment/ [cited 14.11.2018]