Study title

Sociobarometer 2014

Dataset ID Number

FSD3042

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3042
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3042

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• SOSTE Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health

Abstract

The sociobarometer is a wide-ranging survey charting expert opinion on the welfare of Finnish citizens, and on the present state of welfare services. Themes for the 2014 survey included current state and future of the services, municipal welfare report, youth services, the reform of social security benefits, joint provision of services, and the role of health and social service organizations in providing services. The respondents were managers or management groups of municipal health and social service offices, employment offices, and local offices of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela).

There were separate questionnaires for each organisational sector, with somewhat differing questions for each.

The questions common to all organisations studied opinions on the general well-being of the population in the municipality/area as well as joint provision of services in the form of one stop shops.

The respondents were first asked there were sufficient resources to provide the required services at the time of the survey and 12 months after the survey. The respondents were asked to assess how certain factors would shape social and health services in the future. The representatives of the health and social services were also asked about the impact of possible austerity measures, and which areas of health and social services they thought would be emphasized in the next 10 years. The respondents representing employment offices were asked about the impact of 2013 employment office reform.

Regarding youth services, the respondents were asked about the implementation and impact of the Youth Guarantee (a government project aiming to help young people gain access to education and employment) in their area, and about youth guidance and service networks in the area. The representatives of health and social service offices were also asked about their views on children's daycare services, preparation of a municipal welfare report, and the economic assessment of services.

Kela offices and health and social service offices were also asked about a possible social security benefits reform. Opinions on the use of social assistance and who should be responsible for which social security benefit were charted. Finally, the respondents were asked about role of different organisations and institutions in the welfare of Finnish citizens at the time of the survey and in the future.

The background variables included, depending on the organisation, the name of the organisation, municipality/area, and the number of inhabitants in the municipality/area.

Keywords

administration; employment services; local government services; public services; social security benefits; social services; social welfare; social welfare expenditure; social welfare organizations; welfare policy; youth

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Health care services and policies (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social welfare policy (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social welfare systems/structures (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Sociobarometers

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• SOSTE Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health

Data Producers

• SOSTE Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health

Time Period Covered

2014

Collection Dates

2013-11-13 – 2014-01-14

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Organization/Institution

Universe

>Finnish municipal health and social services offices, employment offices, and local offices of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The Sociobarometer 2014 questionnaire was sent to the executive managers of municipal health and social services, employment offices, and the offices of the Social Insurance Institution. Names and contact details of health and social service managers were gathered from each organisation's website. The Social Insurance Institution of Finland provided the contact details for their executive managers, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment provided the contact details of the managers of employment offices. The respondents were selected based on the 2013 municipalities and organisations, and the available contact details in October 2013. In some cases the survey was sent to more than one respondent in an organisation.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

44

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

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

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The questionnaire for muncipial health service managers has been named as 'questionnaire E' like in previous Sociobarometers. However, in the data the municipial health and social managers (questionnaire A), and municipial health managers (questionnaire E) are treated as one group.

The variable disclosing the respondent's municipality as well as some identifiers that revealed detailed information about the municipality were removed from the data during archiving. The variable for number of residents was categorised. Open-ended answers are not available at FSD, but inquiries can be made to SOSTE (Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health).

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

SOSTE Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health: Sociobarometer 2014 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2017-07-06). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3042

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

Users of the data shall send the Suomen sosiaali ja terveys ry (SOSTE) a copy of all reports, theses, articles, other publications or material based on or using the data. If printed, to the mail address: SOSTE Suomen sosiaali ja terveys ry, Tutkimus, Yliopistonkatu 5, 00100 HELSINKI, FINLAND. If electronic, to the e-mail address: tutkimus@soste.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 Materials

Eronen, Anne & Hakkarainen, Tyyne & Londén, Pia & Peltosalmi, Juha (2014). Sosiaalibarometri 2014. Ajankohtainen arvio hyvinvoinnista, palveluista sekä palvelujärjestelmän muutoksesta. Helsinki: SOSTE Suomen sosiaali ja terveys ry.

Related Publications

Eronen, Anne & Hakkarainen, Tyyne & Londén, Pia & Peltosalmi, Juha (2014). Sosiaalibarometri 2014. Ajankohtainen arvio hyvinvoinnista, palveluista sekä palvelujärjestelmän muutoksesta. Helsinki: SOSTE Suomen sosiaali ja terveys ry.

Nykänen, Jenna (2018). Sosiaali- ja terveysjärjestöjen merkitys sosiaalipalvelujen järjestämisessä. Turku: Turun yliopisto. Sosiaalityön kandidaatin tutkielma.