FSD3220 Finnish Working Life Barometer 2016
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Study title
Finnish Working Life Barometer 2016
Dataset ID Number
FSD3220
Persistent identifiers
https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3220https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3220
Data Type
Quantitative
Authors
- Statistics Finland. Interview and Survey Services
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
Abstract
The annual survey studied employee opinion on the quality of working life in Finland. Main themes included organisation of work, development opportunities and flexibility, learning and training at work, wages, workplace bullying, capacity to work, and changes in working life. Questions in the barometer have mainly remained the same each year. The 2016 collection round included new questions regarding automation at work, the flexibility of work and free time, and dividing work tasks between employees.
First, the respondents were asked about the number of people employed at their workplace, changes in the number of staff, distribution of work and tasks, and implementation of new working methods and systems over the past 12 months. Satisfaction in the working environment was charted with questions about openness, encouragement and equality in the workplace, job stability, and opportunities for employees to develop and apply new ideas. Further questions covered measures taken to improve employees' capacity to work, safety of work environment, and skills of employees. Discrimination at work based on ethnic group, age, gender, type of job contract, and health status was explored. Incidents of bullying, harassment and violence at work were surveyed.
The next set of questions investigated the respondents' membership in a trade union or professional association, flexible working time arrangements at the workplace, pay and bonus systems, and satisfaction with the pay level. The respondents' participation in job-related training and the development of the workplace was investigated. The use of virtual workspaces and social media services such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs as part of work tasks was charted.
Autonomy at work was surveyed by asking about influence over the respondents' own work tasks and working pace, over the distribution of work in the workplace, and about working on a tight schedule. The respondents were asked about working outside the main workplace in the past 12 months and work-related emails they had had to tend to outside their official working hours.
One set of questions investigated the employees' perceived workload, capacity to work, estimates of own mental and physical capacity to work, and sickness absences. The respondents were asked how likely they thought it was that they would be dismissed or laid off, or that their tasks would change over the next year. Views were probed on the respondents' likelihood of getting an equal job if they became unemployed, on the general employment situation in Finland, possible changes in working life in general, and the employer's financial situation. Finally, the respondents were asked how often they felt a community spirit at work, received appreciation from colleagues and partners, were able to fully utilise their professional skills, and had time to come up with new ideas.
Background variables from the Labour Force Survey 2016 were utilised in the Finnish Working Life Barometer. Background variables included, among others, the respondent's year of birth, age, gender, region, type of municipality, education, economic activity, status in employment, industry of employment, occupational group, employer type, type of contract, weekly working hours, overtime, and additional jobs.
Keywords
career development; employment; employment opportunities; flexible working time; job characteristics; job satisfaction; labour and employment; occupational life; social media; wages; working conditions; workloads; workplace bullying
Topic Classification
- Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
- Equality, inequality and social exclusion (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Employment (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Labour relations/conflict (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Working conditions (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Occupational health (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Series
Finnish Working Life BarometersDistributor
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Access
The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.
Data Collector
- Statistics Finland
Time Period Covered
2016
Collection Dates
2016-08-08 – 2016-09-23
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis/Observation Unit Type
Individual
Universe
Finnish-speaking employees aged 18-64 who regularly worked at least 10 hours a week
Time Method
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Sampling Procedure
Probability: Simple random
For its Labour Force Survey 2016, Statistics Finland drew a random sample of people aged between 15-74 living in Finland. From the Labour Force Survey sample, Finnish-speaking employees aged 18-64 who had responded being employed for at least 10 hours a week were selected for the Working Life Barometer. The number of respondents was 1,631.
Collection Mode
Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Response Rate
80.3
Data File Language
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Number of Cases and Variables
122 variables and 1631 cases.
Data Version
1.0
Weighting
There are no weight variables in the data.
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Bibliographical Citation
Statistics Finland & Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment: Finnish Working Life Barometer 2016 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2018-03-29). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3220
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