Study title

School Well-being Profile 2017-2018: Personnel

Dataset ID Number

FSD3275

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3275
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3275

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Konu, Anne (University of Tampere. Faculty of Social Sciences. Health Sciences)

Abstract

The data examined the well-being of personnel at Finnish basic and upper secondary level schools and institutions. The themes of the survey included school conditions, social relations, possibilities of self-actualisation and state of health. The questions were presented as attitudinal statements and multiple-choice questions. The statements were evaluated on a five-level scale ranging from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree".

Questions charting conditions at the institution covered school facilities and activities. The respondents were asked, for instance, about satisfaction with the size, temperature and ventilation of classrooms, toilet facilities as well as the cleanliness and safety of school buildings and yard areas. They were also asked to evaluate if it was possible to work in peace in the classrooms, if their personal workload was appropriate, if rules and disciplinary actions at the institution were sensible, and if it was easy to get to visit occupational healthcare or workplace coaching personnel. Some statements examined social relations between teachers as well as between students and teachers, along with the attitudes of the students' family toward studying. The respondents were asked, for example, if the school's employees enjoyed their time together, if coworkers offered help, if students were friendly, and if the students' parents respected the school's work and helped the school with possible problems relating to their child. It was also charted whether the respondents had been bullied at the workplace during the current semester and whether they had themselves bullied a coworker.

Some questions pertained to self-actualisation. These questions covered e.g. whether the respondents felt respected in the school community, if their opinions were taken into consideration in the school's decision-making, whether the respondents had found a suitable work method and took care of their work duties, if they were thanked for good work, if they felt that their work is important and whether they received help from coworkers when needed. Questions concerning the respondents' general health examined if they had suffered from a variety of symptoms during the current study term (e.g. stomach pains, difficulty falling asleep or waking up at night, headaches, feeling sad, fears).

Background variables included gender, duration of working for the current institution, and type of contract (fixed-term/permanent, part-time/full-time).

Keywords

health status; lower secondary schools; primary schools; school buildings; schools; schoolteachers; social interaction; teacher-student relationship; teachers; upper secondary schools; vocational education institutions; well-being (health); workplace bullying; workplace relations

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Compulsory and pre-school education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Working conditions (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

School Well-being Profile

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Konu, Anne (University of Tampere. Faculty of Social Sciences. Health Sciences)
• Kainulainen, Lauri
• Finnish National Board of Education

Data Producers

• University of Tampere. School of Health Sciences
• Finnish National Board of Education

Time Period Covered

2017-08 – 2018-05

Collection Dates

2017-08 – 2018-05

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Employees at basic and upper secondary level schools and institutions in Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The sample is self-selected; institutions found out about the study in seminars or from other institutions and volunteered to participate. The study was not advertised to institutions extensively. The well-being profile was meant as a development and self-assessment tool for institutions. By participating, however, the institutions also allowed the use of the data for research.

The questionnaire was available on a web page hosted by the Finnish National Board of Education, and an identification code was required for responding to the survey. The institutions registered for the survey and generated identification codes for the employees. The employees filled out the questionnaire and inserted their personal identification codes. Only responses with these identification codes were saved, so that each employee could only respond once. Technical solutions also ensured that all background information was filled out (with the exception of age) and that at least two thirds of questions in each question category were answered.

The employees' chances of being included in the sample depended on the school's activity, internet access, and willingness to use web-based tools for development. Institutions differ in their internet connection speeds, IT equipment and how this equipment is used.

A total of 88 schools or institutions participated in the survey. Responses were received from 1,542 employees.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

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 names of schools, municipalities, or contact persons are not included in the data, nor open-ended responses.

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

Konu, Anne (University of Tampere): School Well-being Profile 2017-2018: Personnel [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2018-06-19). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3275

Deposit Requirement

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

Leivo, V (2024). Työhyvinvoinnin johtaminen kasvatusorganisaatiossa. Opettajien työhyvinvointi julkisjohtamisen kysymyksenä. Kasvatustieteiden pro gradu -tutkielma. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto.

Konu Anne & Viitanen Elina & Lintonen Tomi (2010). Teachers' well-being and perceptions on leadership practices. Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. 3 Iss: 1, pp. 44-57.

Konu Anne & Lintonen Tomi (2006). School well-being in Grades 4-12. Health Education Research 2006;21(5): 633-642.

Konu Anne & Lintonen Tomi (2006). Theory-based survey analysis of well-being in secondary schools in Finland. Health Promotion International 2006; 21(1): 27-36.

Lintonen Tomi & Konu Anne (2006). The Well-being Profile: An Internet tool for school health promotion. Promot & Educ 2006; 8(4): 230-235.

Konu Anne & Koivisto Anna-Maija (2011). The School Well-being Profile. A valid instrument for evaluation. In LG Chova, M Belenguer, AL Martinez: EDULEARN11 Publications. Barcelona 4th-6th of July 2011, pp. 1842-1850, IATED.

Konu Anne (2010). Koululaisten hyvinvoinnin arviointi ja alakoulujen hyvinvointi 2000-luvulla. [The Evaluation of the Well-being of Schoolchildren, and the Well-being of Elementary Schools during 21st Century] In Joronen K and Koski A: Tunne- ja sosiaalisten taitojen vahvistaminen kouluyhteisössä. Tampere: Tampere University Press, 13-32.

Konu Anne (2005). Hyvinvointiprofiili koulun kehittämisen välineenä [The Well-being Profile as a Tool for School Development]. Teoksessa Peltonen Heidi (toim.) Opiskelun tuki esi- ja perusopetuksessa. 2005. Opetushallitus, 256-265.

Konu, Anne & Joronen, Katja & Lintonen, Tomi (2015). Seasonality in School Well-being. The Case of Finland. Child Indicators Research 8, 265-277. DOI: 10.1007/s12187-014-9243-9

Kylliäinen, Saija (2015). Sosiaaliset suhteet koulun työyhteisön hyvinvoinnin voimavaroina. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. Terveystieteiden yksikön pro gradu -tutkielma. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:uta-201502181118

Konu A, Rimpelä M. 2002. Well-being in Schools - a conceptual model. Health Promot Int 17(1):79-87.

Rantaeskola, Anne (2017). Alakoululaisten kokema kouluhyvinvointi lukuvuosina 2005-2006 ja 2015-2016. Itä-Suomen yliopisto. Kasvatustieteen pro gradu -tutkielma.