Study title

Housing Conditions and Preferences of Higher Education Students in Tampere 2011

Dataset ID Number

FSD3021

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3021
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3021

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Huovila, Antti-Jukka (National Union of University Students in Finland)
• Lehtinen, Jarmo (City of Tampere. Urban Development)

Abstract

The survey charted the housing conditions of higher education students in Tampere, Finland. The survey was divided into three main themes: current housing situation, housing preferences, and housing situation during studies.

Regarding housing situation at the time of the survey, the questions surveyed type of housing the respondents lived in (housing type and housing tenure), household composition (number of roommates, children), size of housing (number of rooms and surface area), housing costs, distance to own university and city centre, travel time from home to university, and satisfaction with and opinions on housing.

Concerning housing preferences, the respondents were asked which type of housing they would have preferred to live in, whether they were looking for new accommodation and what kind, what their attitude towards student housing was, how important they thought different things when looking for accommodation, in which neighbourhoods they would have wanted to live during their studies, how much they would be prepared to pay for housing of their preference per month, and how much they thought reasonable housing costs for a student would be per month.

Finally, with regard to housing situation during studies, the respondents were asked whether they first moved out of their parents' house for studies, whether they had had diffculties in finding accommodation at the beginning of studies, how many different places and student apartments they had lived in during studies, how many months in total they had lived in student apartments, and, if they had moved house, reasons for moving.

Background variables included the respondent's employment situation, marital status, disposable income per month, expected year of graduation, education level, and education and occupations of parents.

Keywords

apartments; cost of living; home sharing; housing; housing conditions; income; living conditions; neighbourhoods; rented accommodation; rents; students (college)

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Housing (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Community, urban and rural life (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• Hautakangas, Sami (University of Tampere. Study Services)
• Huovila, Antti-Jukka (National Union of University Students in Finland)
• Kurlin, Ari (University of Tampere. Study Services)
• Lampinen, Tarja (City of Tampere. Urban Development)
• Lehtinen, Jarmo (City of Tampere. Urban Development)

Time Period Covered

2011

Collection Dates

2011-04-04 – 2011-05-25

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Students in higher education institutions in Tampere

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The survey was sent by email to all 28,624 enrolled students of higher education institutions in Tampere. Responses were received from 2,680 students.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

9.4

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

3.0

Related Datasets

FSD3127 Housing Conditions and Preferences of Higher Education Students in Tampere 2016

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Variables containing information on the respondents' municipality of residence and nationality were categorised during archiving for privacy reasons. In addition, variables denoting year of birth and year of starting studies were coarsened.

Weighting

There are no weight variables 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

Huovila, Antti-Jukka (National Union of University Students in Finland) & Lehtinen, Jarmo (City of Tampere): Housing Conditions and Preferences of Higher Education Students in Tampere 2011 [dataset]. Data version 3.0 (2019-01-09). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3021; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3021

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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

Partanen, Jussi (2014). Tampereen korkeakouluopiskelijoiden asuminen. Tampere: Tampereen kaupunki. Kaupunkikehitysryhmä. Asuntotoimi.

Related Publications

Partanen, Jussi (2014). Tampereen korkeakouluopiskelijoiden asuminen. Tampere: Tampereen kaupunki. Kaupunkikehitysryhmä. Asuntotoimi.