Study title

Finnish Attitudes to Rescue Services, Safety and Emergencies 2005

Dataset ID Number

FSD2966

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2966
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2966

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Ministry of the Interior. Department for Rescue Services

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• TNS Gallup Finland

Abstract

The study charted Finnish views on rescue and emergency services. Aim of the study is to collect data on perceptions of safety, preparedness and the impact of information provided by rescue services.

The respondents were asked to assess the likelihood of them experiencing or being affected by different accidents, disasters and conflicts (e.g. traffic accident, fire, accident at home, environmental disaster, nuclear war) in the following 12 months. Opinions were charted on the performance of rescue services, public services that could be cut down on, and the efficiency of rescue services in different accidents and crisis situations (e.g. traffic accident, flood, nuclear accident, industrial fire). Relating to emergency preparedness, the respondents were asked how useful they considered different preventive measures and devices (e.g. fire detector, public shelter, evacuation plans), and which measures they had taken to prepare for emergencies (e.g. had iodine tablets/first aid kit/evacuation plan at home, had completed a first aid course, had fire extinguishing equipment at home).

Factual knowledge was tested with questions about the emergency phone number, steps to take during an emergency population warning and a fire, information to provide when calling the emergency number, and measures to take when clothing catches fire. The respondents were asked where they had received information on matters related to rescue services, and on which matters they wished to have more information. Questions about accidents at home charted knowledge of the number of home and leisure-time accidents annually as well as information received on home accident prevention and opinions on the institution primarily responsible for teaching children accident prevention. Finally, the respondents were asked whether a fire safety inspector had visited their house/apartment in the previous 12 months and if so, whether they considered the inspection useful or not.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, age, economic activity and occupational status, municipality type, education, household composition, region of residence, and political party choice in parliamentary elections as well as whether the respondent was the person with the highest income in the household, gross income of the household, number of children in the household and their ages.

Keywords

accidents; accidents at work; accidents in the home; disasters; domestic safety; emergency and protective services; fire; fire safety measures; hazards; rescue services

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Conflict, security and peace (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Finnish Attitudes to Rescue Services, Safety and Emergencies

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• TNS Gallup Finland

Data Producers

• Ministry of the Interior. Department for Rescue Services

Time Period Covered

2005-01 – 2005-12

Collection Dates

2005-01-02 – 2005-01-21

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 15 and over living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

Interviews of 1,026 persons were conducted as part of TNS Gallup Finland's face-to-face omnibus study. The sample represents the Finnish population aged 15 or over, Åland Islands excluded. Sampling was conducted as stratified sampling. The target population was first divided regionally by province.

In the second stage, the target population was divided by municipality type within each province. Municipalities were grouped into municipality types as follows: towns were divided into big and small towns by population and rural municipalities were divided into three groups by economic activity. Municipalities were selected for the study in a representative manner.

In the third stage of sampling, a number of addresses in each municipality were selected as starting points depending on the number of inhabitants in the municipality. Interviews were conducted by progressing from a randomly selected starting point, visiting four consecutive households and interviewing a person who met the gender and age prerequisites in each household.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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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

The same question (whether there is a fire detector at home) was asked three times, in variables Q31a, Q31h and Q31i. Variables Q31h and Q31i are not included in the data.

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

Weighting

There is a weight variable (bv2) in the data that weights the data to be representative by age, gender, municipality type and province of residence.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Ministry of the Interior: Finnish Attitudes to Rescue Services, Safety and Emergencies 2005 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-08-22). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2966

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 Materials

Kansalaisten pelastusasenteet 2005, Gallup Omnibus tutkimusraportti. Espoo: TNS Gallup Oy, 2005.

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