Select variable
[fsd_no] FSD study number
[fsd_vr] FSD edition number
[fsd_id] FSD case id
[otos] Sample type
[a1] Including yourself, how many people live in your household?
[a2a] Are there children under the age of 18 living in your household?
[a2b] How many children under the age of 18?
[a3] The respondent's marital status
[a4] Which of the following best describes your economic activity?
[a5] (IF NOT A STUDENT) What is/was your status in employment?
[a6a] (IF AN ENTREPRENEUR) Do/did you have employees?
[a6b] (IF AN ENTREPRENEUR) How many employees do/did you have?
[taus8d] (IF AN ENTREPRENEUR) Does your business activity face a danger of bankruptcy or failure in the following 12 months?
[a7] (IF AN EMPLOYEE) What is your current or most recent occupation? (Statistics Finland: Classification of occupations 2011; occupation codes on the three-digit level)
[a8] (IF CURRENTLY IN PAID WORK) Is your current employment contract:
[a9] (IF CURRENTLY IN PAID WORK) Is your job full-time or part-time?
[taus8a] (IF CURRENTLY IN PAID WORK) Do you think there will be any of the following uncertainty elements in your job in the next 12 months: Risk of layoffs
[taus8b] (IF CURRENTLY IN PAID WORK) Do you think there will be any of the following uncertainty elements in your job in the next 12 months: Risk of termination
[taus8c] (IF CURRENTLY IN PAID WORK) Do you think there will be any of the following uncertainty elements in your job in the next 12 months: Fixed-term contract will not be renewed
[a12] (IF UNEMPLOYED) How many months has your current (continuous) period of unemployment or layoff lasted, including participation in government-funded labour market training?
[taus16b] (IF UNEMPLOYED) How likely do you think it is that you will gain employment in the following six months?
[tal7] To what extent are the housing costs of your household a burden? Is paying them:
[tal6] Does your household have a housing loan?
[tal8] Does your household have loans other than a housing loan? Payday loans (short-term high-cost loans) are also included here.
[tal9] Is paying these loans and interests:
[b1] A household may have different sources of income and several of its members may have income. If you think about the total income of your household, is covering expenses with this income:
[toim1] At the moment, the amount of social assistance for one person is 477 euros per month after rent has been paid. Do you think it is:
[toim2] How much money do you think a one-person household needs per month in order to survive, after taxes and housing expenses, such as rent, have been paid? (euros per month)
[b2a] If so desired, can your household afford to: Pay for a week's holiday once a year?
[b2b] If so desired, can your household afford to: Buy new pieces of furniture to replace worn ones?
[b2c] If so desired, can your household afford to: Buy new clothes rather than used ones?
[tal12b] In the past 12 months, have you: Been in a situation where you have run out of money for food?
[tal12d] In the past 12 months, have you: Sought help from a bread queue or food bank?
[palv1_a] Has your household received financial support from the following in the past 12 months: Relatives
[palv1_a1] Was the significance of the support received (from relatives):
[palv1_b] Has your household received financial support from the following in the past 12 months: Friends, neighbours or acquaintances
[palv1_b1] Was the significance of the support received (from friends, neighbours or acquaintances):
[palv1_f] Has your household received financial support from the following in the past 12 months: Church, organisations or associations?
[palv1_f1] Was the significance of the support received (from church, organisations or associations):
[taus3] If you think about the time you were 15 years old, was your childhood home:
[b3] At the moment, do you live:
[tal1a] Is your house/apartment:
[b4c] Thinking about your present housing situation and neighbourhood, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with: Cost of housing
[b4e] Thinking about your present housing situation and neighbourhood, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with: Public services in the neighbourhood
[b4d] Thinking about your present housing situation and neighbourhood, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with: Safety of the neighbourhood
[c1] Do you feel lonely?
[c3] Do you participate in the activities of a club, association, organisation, hobby group or spiritual/religious community, such as a sports club, neighbourhood group, political party, choir, congregation?
[c4] Did you vote in the last parliamentary elections in 2011?
[d1] What would you say your health is like these days:
[d2] Do you have any long-term illness, disability or health problem which limits your daily activities?
[d3] How much does the illness, health problem or disability impede your activities?
[d4] Have you been under stress lately?
[d5] (WOMEN UNDER 46) Have you been pregnant in the past 12 months?
[d6] Have you visited a doctor in the past 12 months because of an illness or health problem you had?
[d7a] Did you visit in the past 12 months: General practitioner in a public health centre?
[d7b] Did you visit in the past 12 months: General practitioner in a public health centre? Yes, how many times?
[d8a] Did you visit in the past 12 months: Hospital clinic?
[d8b] Did you visit in the past 12 months: Hospital clinic? Yes, how many times?
[d9a] Did you visit in the past 12 months: General practitioner in an occupational health centre?
[d9b] Did you visit in the past 12 months: General practitioner in an occupational health centre? Yes, how many times?
[d10a] Did you visit in the past 12 months: General practitioner in a private health care facility?
[d10b] Did you visit in the past 12 months: General practitioner in a private health care facility? Yes, how many times?
[d11a] Did a general practitioner visit you at home in the past 12 months?
[d11b] Did a general practitioner visit you at home in the past 12 months? Yes, how many times?
[d12a] Did you visit in the past 12 months: General practitioner somewhere else?
[d12b] Did you visit in the past 12 months: General practitioner somewhere else? Yes, how many times?
[d13a] In the past 12 months, because of your own health problem (or pregnancy or childbirth): Did you visit an occupational health nurse?
[d13b] In the past 12 months, because of your own health problem (or pregnancy or childbirth): Did you visit an occupational health nurse? Yes, how many times?
[d14a] In the past 12 months, because of your own health problem (or pregnancy or childbirth): Did you visit other nurse or public health nurse?
[d14b] In the past 12 months, because of your own health problem (or pregnancy or childbirth): Did you visit other nurse or public health nurse? Yes, how many times?
[d15a] In the past 12 months, because of your own health problem (or pregnancy or childbirth): Did a nurse visit you at home?
[d15b] In the past 12 months, because of your own health problem (or pregnancy or childbirth): Did a nurse visit you at home? Yes, how many times?
[d16] In your view, have you received adequate treatment for your illnesses / health problems in the past 12 months?
[d17a] Did the following deter you from receiving treatment: Lack of money
[d17b] Did the following deter you from receiving treatment: Taking care of matters related to work or home, or other matters
[d17c] Did the following deter you from receiving treatment: Lack of services
[d17d] Did the following deter you from receiving treatment: Distance to services
[d17e] Did the following deter you from receiving treatment: Doubts about the efficacy of treatment
[d18] In the past 12 months, have you had to wait unreasonably long for the treatment you required for your health problem or illness?
[d19a] Have you had to wait unreasonably long for: Appointment with a general practitioner in a public health centre?
[d19b] Have you had to wait unreasonably long for: Appointment with a general practitioner in a public health centre? Yes, how many weeks?
[d20a] Have you had to wait unreasonably long for: Appointment with a general practitioner in an occupational health centre?
[d20b] Have you had to wait unreasonably long for: Appointment with a general practitioner in an occupational health centre? Yes, how many weeks?
[d21a] Have you had to wait unreasonably long for: Appointment with a general practitioner in a private health care facility?
[d21b] Have you had to wait unreasonably long for: Appointment with a general practitioner in a private health care facility? Yes, how many weeks?
[d22a] Have you had to wait unreasonably long for: Being admitted to hospital clinic?
[d22b] Have you had to wait unreasonably long for: Being admitted to hospital clinic? Yes, how many weeks?
[d23a] Have you had to wait unreasonably long for: Medical procedure in a hospital?
[d23b] Have you had to wait unreasonably long for: Medical procedure in a hospital? Yes, how many weeks?
[d24a] Have you had to wait unreasonably long for: Appointment with a dentist in a public health centre?
[d24b] Have you had to wait unreasonably long for: Appointment with a dentist in a public health centre? Yes, how many weeks?
[laa] In the past 12 months, have you left some medicine prescribed to you by doctor unpurchased because of your lack of money?
[vaka] Do you (or someone in your family) have a private health insurance?
[vakb_1] Who in your household has a private health insurance: Yourself
[vakb_2] Who in your household has a private health insurance: Child or children
[vakb_3] Who in your household has a private health insurance: Spouse/partner
[vakb_4] Who in your household has a private health insurance: Some other family member
[d32] (IF D6=1 or D13-15=1) How would you assess the quality of public health services you have received?
[d33] (IF D6=1 or D13-15=1) How would you assess the quality of private health services you have received?
[sop1a] Have you ever used the following municipal social services: Child day care
[sop1b] Have you ever used the following municipal social services: Home care services for the elderly
[sop1c] Have you ever used the following municipal social services: Home care services for families with children
[sop1d] Have you ever used the following municipal social services: Services for the disabled
[sop1e] Have you ever used the following municipal social services: Guidance or counselling services provided by a social worker
[sop1f] Have you ever used the following municipal social services: Child welfare services
[sop1g] Have you ever used the following municipal social services: Services for substance abusers
[sop2a] Have you used child day care services:
[sop2b] Have you used home care services for the elderly:
[sop2c] Have you used home care services for families with children:
[sop2d] Have you used services for the disabled:
[sop2e] Have you used guidance or counselling services provided by a social worker:
[sop2f] Have you used child welfare services:
[sop2g] Have you used services for substance abusers:
[e4b] Was the service you most recently used:
[e4c] Do you think the fee charged for the most recently used service was reasonable?
[sop3] Do you think you had to wait unreasonably long to receive the service?
[sop4a] Did lack of money deter you from receiving the service?
[sop4b] Did lack of services deter you from receiving the service?
[sop4c] Did distance to services deter you from receiving the service?
[sop4d] Did the doubt that the service would not be helpful deter you from receiving the service?
[sop4e] Did the fact that dealing with the matter was complicated and hard deter you from receiving the service?
[e5a] Have you ever applied for social assistance?
[e5a2] When did you last apply for social assistance?
[e5b] Was the social assistance you received:
[e5c] How long did you have to wait to receive social assistance?
[toim] Do you think you had to wait unreasonably long to receive social assistance?
[e7] How would you assess the quality of public social services you have received?
[e8] Have you used private social services in the past 12 months?
[e9] How would you assess the quality of private social services you have received?
[f1] Do you aid / care for a relative or friend who is unable to manage by him/herself because of age, disability or illness?
[f2a] Which of the persons close to you do you aid / care for:
[f2b] Which relative or friend do you aid / care for? (open-ended)
[f3] Are you the primary carer of this person?
[f4] How often do you help this person?
[f5a] If you think about the person you aid / care for, how would you assess the quality of the following services on the following scale: very good, good, satisfactory, poor or very poor? Public health care services
[f5b] If you think about the person you aid / care for, how would you assess the quality of the following services on the following scale: very good, good, satisfactory,poor or very poor? Private health care services
[f5c] If you think about the person you aid / care for, how would you assess the quality of the following services on the following scale: very good, good, satisfactory, poor or very poor? Public social services
[f5d] If you think about the person you aid / care for, how would you assess the quality of the following services on the following scale: very good, good, satisfactory, poor or very poor? Private social services
[f6] Have you made an informal care agreement on the care of the person close to you with his/her municipality of residence?
[g1] In the past two weeks: What would you say the quality of your life is like?
[g2] In the past two weeks: How satisfied are you with your health?
[g7a] To what extent have you experienced the following in the past two weeks: Do you have enough energy and drive for your daily life?
[g7c] To what extent have you experienced the following in the past two weeks: Do you have enough money for your needs?
[g9b] Have you been very dissatisfied, fairly dissatisfied, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, fairly satisfied or very satisfied with the following in the past two weeks: How satisfied are you with your ability to manage your daily activities?
[g9d] Have you been very dissatisfied, fairly dissatisfied, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, fairly satisfied or very satisfied with the following in the past two weeks: How satisfied are you with yourself?
[g9e] Have you been very dissatisfied, fairly dissatisfied, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, fairly satisfied or very satisfied with the following in the past two weeks: How satisfied are you with your social relationships?
[g9g] Have you been very dissatisfied, fairly dissatisfied, [...] fairly satisfied or very satisfied with the following in the past two weeks: How satisfied are you with the state and characteristics of your neighbourhood?
[syrja] Do you think there is discrimination against the elderly in Finland a lot, to some extent or not at all?
[syrjb] Do you think there is discrimination against young people in Finland a lot, to some extent or not at all?
[syrjc] Do you think there is discrimination against immigrants in Finland a lot, to some extent or not at all?
[syrjd] Do you think there is discrimination against disabled people in Finland a lot, to some extent or not at all?
[syrje] Do you think there is discrimination against sexual minorities in Finland a lot, to some extent or not at all?
[syrjf] Do you think there is discrimination against ethnic minorities in Finland a lot, to some extent or not at all?
[syrjg] Do you think there is discrimination against women in Finland a lot, to some extent or not at all?
[syrjh] Do you think there is discrimination against men in Finland a lot, to some extent or not at all?
[asvait1a] Who should be mainly responsible for elderly care in Finland? Which of the following do you regard the most important:
[asvait1b] Who should be mainly responsible for elderly care in Finland? Which of the following do you regard the second most important:
[asvait1c] Should elderly people voluntarily use more of their wealth and savings to fund their care?
[asvait1d] Should elderly people be obliged to use more of their wealth and savings to fund their care?
[apu10] In your opinion, what is the best housing solution for an elderly person who needs personal care and support?
[apu10muu] In your opinion, what is the best housing solution for an elderly person who needs personal care and support? Other solution, which? (open-ended)
[asvait1] Is the level of social security in Finland at the moment:
[tal3] Do you expect the financial situation of your household in the near future will:
[asvait4] Do you expect your situation in life in the near future will:
[asvait5] What is your opinion of the following statements? The gap between the rich and the poor is too wide in Finland. Do you:
[asvait3b] What is your opinion of the following statements? Private social services should be increased. Do you:
[asvait3c] What is your opinion of the following statements? Private health services should be increased. Do you:
[e1a] What is your opinion of the following statements? On the whole, social services work well in Finland. Do you:
[e1a2] What is your opinion of the following statements? On the whole, health services work well in Finland. Do you:
[asvait4a] To what extent would you like tax revenue to be used to finance: Health care
[asvait4b] To what extent would you like tax revenue to be used to finance: Social services
[asvait4c] To what extent would you like tax revenue to be used to finance: Transfer payments, such as social security benefits
[asvait5b] What is your opinion of the following statements? It is best not to trust anyone. Do you:
[asvait5e] What is your opinion of the following statements? People trust each other in our society. Do you:
[asvait5f] What is your opinion of the following statements? Our society's public sector and administration can be trusted. Do you:
[suh1a] Thinking about your life at the moment, are you:
[suh1b] Thinking about the amount of your leisure time, are you:
[a11] Thinking about your current job, are you:
[bv1] The respondent's gender
[bv2] The respondent's age at the end of year 2013
[bv3_1] The respondent's level of education (Classification of Statistics Finland: Levels of education 2012)
[bv3_2] The respondent's education (Classification of Statistics Finland: Finnish Standard Classification of Education 2012)
[bv5] Region (NUTS 3)
[bv6] Major region (NUTS 2)
[bv7] Statistical grouping of municipalities
[bv8] Hospital district
[bv9] Net income at the disposal of the respondent's household in 2012 (total household income after taxes)
[paino1_1] Expansion weight, persons
[paino1_2] Sampling weight, persons
[paino2_1] Expansion weight, households
[paino2_2] Sampling weight, households