FSD3316 Welfare and Inequality in Finland 2017-2018

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Study title

Welfare and Inequality in Finland 2017-2018

Dataset ID Number

FSD3316

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3316

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

  • Kainulainen, Sakari (Diaconia University of Applied Sciences)
  • Niemelä, Mikko (University of Turku. Department of Social Research)

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

  • Suomen Kyselytutkimus

Abstract

The study charted Finnish opinions on welfare and inequality. The study was as part of a project entitled Tackling Inequalities in Time of Austerity (TITA) funded by the Strategic Research Council of the Academy of Finland (decision number: 293103).

First, the respondents were asked about their life satisfaction, mood, ability to achieve things, perceived status in society and trust in other people.

Regarding income and personal finance, net income of the household and the ease of covering usual expenses with the income was surveyed as well as the monthly costs incurred by debt. The respondents were asked whether their parents had been unemployed or received social security benefits when they were in their teens and whether the respondents themselves had received social assistance in the previous year.

The respondents were asked how much they cared about the well-being of different groups (e.g. the homeless, immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, children in poor families, the elderly). The respondents were presented statements about whether the differences in income, health, neighbourhoods and education were too high in Finland. A number of statements about social assistance (the social security benefit of the last resort) were presented. Finally, the respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with statements about their own welfare and well-being.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, year of birth, household composition, housing tenure, education, economic activity and choice of political party.

Keywords

costs; housing; income; satisfaction; social inequality; social security benefits; unemployment; well-being (health)

Topic Classification

Series

Welfare and Inequality in Finland

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

  • Suomen Kyselytutkimus

Time Period Covered

2017 – 2018

Collection Dates

2017-11-17 – 2018-02-14

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finnish-speaking Finns aged 18-79 residing in mainland Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified: Proportional

Probability: Simple random

The selection of the sample was based on a stratified sampling with the regions of residence as strata. The respondents were selected from each stratum using simple random sampling.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

66 variables and 2402 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

All open-ended responses to "Other, which?" questions were removed from the data for privacy reasons. In addition, questions with exact job titles (k22a, k22b, k22c) were classified into dichotomies (Open-ended response and Can't say / No answer).

Weighting

There is a weight variable (bv1) in the data that adjusts the sample to the age and gender distributions in the population.

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Bibliographical Citation

Kainulainen, Sakari (Diaconia University of Applied Sciences) & Niemelä, Mikko (University of Turku): Welfare and Inequality in Finland 2017-2018 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2019-06-18). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3316

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Related Publications Tooltip

Kainulainen, Sakari & Saari, Juho (2019). Samassa veneessä: empatiakuilujen poliittinen ulottuvuus Suomessa. Politiikka 60:4, s.310-323.

Kallio, Johanna & Lintunen, Lotta & Niemelä, Mikko & Blomberg-Kroll, Helena & Kroll, Christian (2020). Lurjuksista kunnon kansalaisia? Kansalaisten asennoituminen toimeentulotuen saajiin 2012-2018. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 85(3), 246-257. URN:NBN:fi-fe2020061042664

Kiiskinen, Sanna (2020). SYYTÖKSIÄ VAI EMPATIAA - KANSALAISTEN ASENNOITUMINEN TOIMEENTULOTUEN SAAJIIN VUODEN 2018 SUOMESSA. Joensuu: Itä-Suomen yliopisto. Yhteiskuntatieteiden pro gradu -tutkielma. http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uef-20201273

Niemi, Tuukka & Winter, Torsten (2020). OSALLISUUTTA RUOKA-AVUN RINNALLE? Havaintoja ja näkökulmia toiminnan ääreltä. Sininauhaliiton julkaisuja. Helsinki: Sininauhaliitto.978-952-7284-14-8

Kainulainen, Sakari (2019). Milloin tulot riittävät edes kohtuulliseen elämään? Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 84:1, s. 92-101. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe201902144962

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