Aineiston nimi

ISSP 2017: Social Networks and Social Resources III: Finnish Data

Aineistonumero

FSD3237

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3237
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3237

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
• Melin, Harri (University of Tampere. School of Social Sciences and Humanities)

Muut tekijät

• Laaksonen, Helena (University of Tampere. Finnish Social Science Data Archive)
• Nieminen, Markku (Statistics Finland)

Sisällön kuvaus

The study charted the social networks of Finnish people, namely family and neighbour relations and friendships. It was examined which occupations people in the respondents' social networks represented, and the respondents were asked questions about income disparity as well as who should provide geriatric and healthcare services. Next, the respondents were presented with a set of situations that they could face in their lives and asked who they could seek for help in these situations.

After this, the survey enquired whether the respondents felt that people could be trusted or if they would try to take advantage of them. The respondents' trust in courts of law and large privately owned Finnish enterprises was also surveyed. The respondents were also asked if members of their family attempted to exert influence on their life choices, and whether family, relatives or friends tended to make demands on the respondent.

The next set of questions charted how many people the respondents interacted with on a daily basis and how many of these interactions happened face to face. Finally, the extent to which the respondents kept in touch with family, relatives and friends was examined, and it was queried if they experienced a significant amount of hardship in their life and whether they felt unhappy or depressed.

Background variables included, among others, gender, year of birth, marital status, education level, economic activity and occupation, trade union membership, socioeconomic class, the respondent's gross income and household gross income, household composition, and region (NUTS3).

Asiasanat

appointments; families; family members; friends; neighbours; social environment; social interaction; social networks; social status; trust

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

ISSP (International Social Survey Programme)

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Statistics Finland

Ajallinen kattavuus

2017

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2017-09-20 – 2017-12-31

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Finnish people aged 15 - 74

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Systematic random

Systematic random sample drawn from the population register. Sorting order: municipality code and birthday

Sample size 2,496 persons, of which 95.2% were Finnish-speaking and 4.8% Swedish-speaking. A total of 1,074 filled questionnaires were received. The total number of non-respondents was 1,422 (unknown address 3, ill or otherwise unable to answer 2, language problems 1, refused 2, returned an empty questionnaire 2, and other reasons for non-response 1,412).

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

43.0

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

1.0

Painokertoimet

The data contain two weight variables (bv3 and bv4), which were created using a calibration method in order to improve estimation efficiency and to correct non-response bias. The weights are based on the following population distributions: 1) gender, 2) age groups (15-24, 25-34, ..., 65-74), 3) NUTS3 regions (altered to consider Greater Helsinki Region as its own region), and 4) municipality type (urban - semi-urban - rural). The first weight variable (bv3) weights the results to match the whole Finnish population (the sum of the weights equals to the size of the Finnish population). The second weight variable (bv4) does not produce this kind of extension (the weighted mean is 1 and the sum equals to the number of cases (1,074)). Both variables are based on the same calibration process, only the scale is different.

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) & Melin, Harri (University of Tampere): ISSP 2017: Social Networks and Social Resources III: Finnish Data [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2018-03-06). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3237; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3237

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Muu materiaali

Katso ladattavat tiedostot sivun ylälaidasta.

ZA6980: International Social Survey Programme: Social Networks and Social Resources III - ISSP 2017 data and further information in English available at GESIS pages.

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