Study title

Child Barometer 2020

Dataset ID Number

FSD3497

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3497

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Office of Ombudsman for Children

Abstract

The study surveyed Finnish six-year-olds' well-being and ideas of good life. The data were collected during the coronavirus pandemic.

The respondents were asked whether they liked going to preschool, whether they liked being at home, whether adults spent enough time with them, how often they received praise and whether they sometimes felt afraid. The open-ended questions (only available in Finnish) charted why the respondents liked or didn't like preschool and home, what they received praise for, what they were afraid of, what they thought was a good place for a child to live in, what made them happy, what they would have wished for from a fairy godmother and what a child needed to feel good and comfortable.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, region and major region of residence as well as the number of parents/guardians and children in the household, parents' education level and financial situation of the household.

Keywords

adults; children; emotional states; family environment; fear; happiness; preschool children

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Children (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Child Barometer

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• Taloustutkimus

Time Period Covered

2020

Collection Dates

• 2020-04-06 – 2020-05-20
• 2020-08-28 – 2020-09-08

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Children aged six living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

The sample was randomly selected from the population system of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, containing Finnish and Swedish-speaking households in mainland Finland with at least one child aged six. The data collection was targeted at children whose mother tongue was either of the official languages, Finnish or Swedish. Only people with a permanent address in the population system who had not applied for a direct marketing restriction or a non-disclosure for personal safety were included in the sample. The sample size was 5,000, but phone numbers could only be found for 1,800 persons. The information letter about the study was sent to these households. Interviews were conducted with 378 Finnish-speakers and 24 Swedish-speakers.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

Research Instrument

Semi-structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

32 variables and 402 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The interviews conducted in the spring were complemented in September 2020 because the data collected in the spring had a regional bias, which the researchers decided to correct by conducting new interviews.

A variable containing postal codes was removed and a variable charting the number of children in the family was top-coded during archiving for privacy reasons. In addition, the names of persons and pets were removed from and the names of neighbourhoods and small places were coarsened in the open-ended variables. Changes made at FSD are marked with [square brackets].

Weighting

There is a weight variable that weights the data to be nationally representative in terms of age, gender and place of residence.

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

Office of Ombudsman for Children: Child Barometer 2020 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2021-05-26). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3497

Deposit Requirement

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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

Tuukkanen, Terhi (toim.) 2020. Lapsibarometri 2020: "Unta, ruokaa, leikkejä, rakkautta ja karamelliä, juomaa" - Hyvä elämä 6-vuotiaiden kokemana. Lapsiasiavaltuutetun toimiston julkaisuja 2020:5.

Related Publications

Tuukkanen, Terhi (toim.) 2020. Lapsibarometri 2020: "Unta, ruokaa, leikkejä, rakkautta ja karamelliä, juomaa" - Hyvä elämä 6-vuotiaiden kokemana. Lapsiasiavaltuutetun toimiston julkaisuja 2020:5.