Study title

Values and Lifestyles of Young Seasonal Employees in Lapland 2009-2010

Dataset ID Number

FSD2788

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2788

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Helve, Helena (University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities)

Abstract

The data comprise 20 transcribed interviews of young people who worked as short-term seasonal employees in ski and holiday resorts in Finnish Lapland.

The interviewees were asked questions relating to their friends, childhood family, hobbies, education, work history, and the education and jobs of their parents. Further questions focused on values and attitudes relating to short-term work and work in general, social security benefits received from the government, job seeking, the nature of their current job, shifts in the current job, leisure time, relationships, values in life, world view and future expectations.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

labour and employment; leisure time; life styles; seasonal employment; temporary employment; tourism; tourist facilities; unemployment; values; working conditions; youth employment

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Employment (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Unemployment (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Labour relations/conflict (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

• Helve, Helena (University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities)

Time Period Covered

2009 – 2010

Collection Dates

2009-03 – 2010-09

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Lapland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Seasonal employees aged 17-29 working in tourist resorts in Lapland

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

Collection Mode

Interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

Transcripts of 20 interviews in RTF and HTML file formats.

Data File Language

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

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

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The researcher removed names, addresses and dates of birth of the interviewees from the data. Names referring to third parties were removed from the data at FSD.

22 interviews were originally conducted, but recording of two of them failed. In addition to the interviews of young people, telephone interviews of public employment services and employment workshops were conducted but not recorded. The failed interviews and the telephone interviews are not included in the archived data.

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

Helve, Helena (University of Tampere): Values and Lifestyles of Young Seasonal Employees in Lapland 2009-2010 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2012-11-02). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2788

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 interviewees must not be identifiable in any publications making use of the data. The age, gender and education of an interviewee may be disclosed in the analysis of the data. The names of the workplaces and other names mentioned by the interviewees shall be coarsened in the analysis and any other publications making use of the data. The names of fells or municipalities/towns must not be disclosed in publications. The Standard Industrial Classification and Statistical Grouping of Municipalities provided by Statistics Finland may be used when coarsening the data. Alternatively, the names of restaurants, cafes, hotels and gift shops, for example, can be simply replaced with common nouns as follows: [restaurant], [cafe], [hotel] and [gift shop].

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

Helena Helve (2010) Nuorten asenteet, arvot ja maailmankuvat. Teoksessa Nuorten hyvin ja pahoinvointi. Suomalainen Lääkäriseura Duodecim, Suomen Akatemia.

Karen Evans & Helena Helve (eds.) Youth and work transitions in changing social landscapes, Tufnell Press, 2013.

Helena Helve: From higher education to working life: Work values of young Finns in changing labour markets. Teoksessa Youth and work transitions in changing social landscapes, Edited by Helve, Helena; Evans, Karen. Tufnell Press, 2013.

Helena Helve: Transitions and Shifts in Work Attitudes, Values and Future Orientations of Young Finns. Teoksessa Youth Policy in a Changing World. From Theory to Practice Edited by: Molgat, Marc; Hahn-Bleibtreu, Marina. Barbara Budrich Publishers 2012.

Arseniy Svynarenko: Regional identities future expectations and work values. Teoksessa Youth and work transitions in changing social landscapes Edited by Helve, Helena; Evans, Karen, Tufnell Press, 2013.

Helve, Helena: Valmistu töihin - Mihin? Nuoret matkalla koulutuksesta työelämään. Helsinki: Taloudellinen tiedotustoimisto TAT, Kirjapaino Kopijyvä Oy, 2012.

Kylmäkoski, Merja (2012). Nomadinen pätkätyö nuoruuden elämänpoliittisena valintana. Nuorisotutkimus 30(4), 6-20.

Matilainen, Laura (2014). Nuoret pätkätyöläiset Lapin turistikeskuksissa: pätkätöiden kokeminen, työarvot ja -asenteet sekä tulevaisuuden odotukset. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto. Yhteiskuntapolitiikan pro gradu -tutkielma. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201406172065

Helve, H.M.(2023) Values and Solidarity of Young Finnish Millennials and Generation X. Youth 2023, 3, 401-413. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth3010027