FSD2795 Everyday Experiences of Poverty 2012: Follow-up Study
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Study title
Everyday Experiences of Poverty 2012: Follow-up Study
Dataset ID Number
FSD2795
Persistent identifiers
https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2795https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2795
Data Type
Qualitative
Authors
- Isola, Anna-Maria (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Policy)
Abstract
The dataset contains texts written in 2012 by persons who had taken part in the writing competition titled 'Everyday Experiences of Poverty' in 2006 in Finland (see FSD2413). The invitation for the study was sent to selected participants of the 2006 competition. The purpose of the study was to explore what the situations of the persons were like six years after the original writing competition.
In the data, the respondents describe their life and experiences relating to poverty or overcoming poverty in the time after the 2006 writing competition. The styles and lengths of the text vary between the respondents, and the data consist of, for instance, poems, prose and notes written in the manner of diary entries.
The respondents were also offered a possibility to take part in an interview (the transcriptions of which will potentially be archived as a separate dataset at a later date).
The dataset is only available in Finnish.
Keywords
debts; everyday life; experiences; life events; living conditions; low pay; poor persons; poverty; social disadvantage; social exclusion; social mobility; social services; unemployment
Topic Classification
- Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
- Social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Equality, inequality and social exclusion (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Series
Individual datasetsDistributor
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Access
The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.
Data Collector
- Isola, Anna-Maria (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Policy)
Time Period Covered
2006 – 2012
Collection Dates
2012-03-01 – 2012-07-31
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis/Observation Unit Type
Individual
Media unit: Text
Event/Process/Activity
Universe
Persons who had participated in the 'Everyday Experiences of Poverty' writing competition in 2006 (excluding persons who had reminisced and written about poverty in their childhood or written as an outsider without personal experiences of poverty. Persons who had written their texts as poems were also excluded. Some writers were excluded because the invitations could have ended up not reaching the participants or reaching the wrong people.)
Time Method
Cross-section ad-hoc follow-up
Sampling Procedure
Non-probability: Purposive
Invitations to participate in the study were sent to 362 people who had participated in the writing competition in 2006. Twelve invitations did not reach the addressees. The remaining 350 invitations yielded contacts from 159 participants.
Collection Mode
Self-administered writings and/or diaries
Research Instrument
Data collection guidelines: Self-administered writings guide
Data Files
141 texts 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
2.0
Related Datasets
FSD2413 Everyday Experiences of Poverty: Self-administered Writings 2006
FSD2518 Everyday Experiences of Poverty: Study, Research and Teaching Material 2006
FSD3475 Everyday Experiences of Poverty: Self-administered Writings 2019
FSD3732 Everyday Experiences of Poverty: Self-administered Writings by Young People 2022
Completeness of Data and Restrictions
Information that enables connecting participants to the 2006 data (FSD2413) was removed (12/2018) as well as names of persons appearing in the texts, excluding obvious pseudonyms, and public figures, such as politicians, authors and researchers.
Interviews conducted during the study are not included in the 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
Isola, Anna-Maria (University of Helsinki): Everyday Experiences of Poverty 2012: Follow-up Study [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-12-04). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2795
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
Isola, Anna-Maria (2012). Miten köyhyydestä voi selviytyä? Syrjäytymisestä selviytymiseen Suomessa -seurantatutkimus. Tutkiva sosiaalityö. Sosiaalityön tutkimuksen luonne ja odotukset tässä ajassa. Käytännön ja tutkimuksen menetelmällinen rikkaus (toim. Raitakari, Suvi & Valokivi, Heli ), 24-28. Helsinki: Talentia & Sosiaalityön tutkimuksen seura.
Isola A-M., Turunen E., Hänninen S., Karjalainen J, ja Hiilamo H. (2015): Syrjäytynyt ihminen ja kunta. Tutkimusjulkaisusarjan julkaisu nro 84. Helsinki: Kunnallisalan kehittämissäätiö.
Sergejeff, Katja (2015). Köyhyys ja selviytyminen yhden aikuisen talouksissa: havaintoja laadullisesta pitkittäisaineistosta. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. Sosiaalitieteiden laitos. Sosiaalipolitiikan pro gradu -tutkielma.
Grekula, Eeva-Maria (2017). Suomalaiset eläkeläisnaiset ja köyhyyteen liittyvä häpeä. Turun yliopisto, sosiaalitieteiden laitos. Sosiologian pro gradu -tutkielma.
Leipämaa-Leskinen, Hanna & Syrjälä, Henna & Laaksonen, Pirjo (2018). Silenced pride in scarce consumption. In Syrjälä, Henna & Leipämaa-Leskinen, Hanna (Eds.). Seven deadly sins in consumption, p 19-37. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK & Northampton, MA, USA.
Viitanen-Fält, Susanna (2019). "Vakiintuneen niukkuuden aika" - Kokemuksia arjen köyhyydestä ja selviytymisen keinoista ikääntyneiden naisten elämänkulussa. Helsingin yliopisto. Valtiotieteellinen tiedekunta. Sosiaalitieteiden laitos. Sosiaalityön maisteritutkielma.
Pajula, Annika (2021). Lapsiperheiden vanhempien köyhyyden kokemuksia osallisuuden ja osattomuuden näkökulmasta. Lapin yliopisto. Sosiaalityön pro gradu -tutkielma.
Chavda, Kirsi (2021) Taloudellinen toimintakykyisyys köyhyyttä kokeneiden kertomana. Sosiaalityön pro gradu -tutkielma. Kokkolan yliopistokeskus Chydenius, Jyväskylän yliopisto.
Piironen, Anni (2021). Tunteet ja tunteiden kiinnekohdat vähävaraisten arjessa. Sosiaalityön pro gradu -tutkielma. Itä-Suomen yliopisto. http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uef-20210447
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