Aineiston nimi

Attitudes towards Corporal Punishment of Children in Finland 2021

Aineistonumero

FSD3600

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3600

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Central Union for Child Welfare

Sisällön kuvaus

The data are part of a Central Union for Child Welfare study that investigates the use of corporal punishment in upbringing and attitudes towards it in Finland. The data collection was carried out in spring 2021 by Taloustutkimus as an internet panel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The respondents were asked whether they thought corporal punishment was, at least in some cases, acceptable. The same question was asked about pulling a child's hair or flicking them. Further questions included whether using "moderate" violence to solve conflicts between children and parents is justified, and whether using "mild" or "moderate" corporal punishments is, at least in exceptional circumstances, acceptable. The respondents were then asked whether they thought yelling at a child was a justified way of intervening in misbehaviour, threatening with corporal punishment was acceptable in exceptional circumstances, and repeatedly ordering a child to calm down alone, e.g. in a time-out, was acceptable.

Next, those respondents who had children under the age of 18 in the household were asked whether they had used different forms of corporal punishment (pulling hair, spanking etc.) and whether they had threatened their children with violence. The respondents were also asked whether the Finnish law allows corporal punishment or not and whether their parents had used corporal punishment to discipline them when they were under the age of 18. Finally, the respondents were asked how harmful they thought various actions were for a child's development when done by a parent (e.g. spanking or ignoring a child, reprimanding a child, exposing a child to violence between the parents).

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, age, age group, region of residence (NUTS2 and NUTS3), number of inhabitants in the municipality of residence, municipality type, household composition, number and ages of children living in the household, employment status, economic activity and occupational status, level of education, household's gross annual income, marital status, and type of accommodation.

Asiasanat

child abuse; child protection; child safety; children; corporal punishment; domestic violence; parent attitude; parents

Tieteenala/Aihealue

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

Sarja

Attitudes towards Corporal Punishment of Children in Finland

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Kosonen, Anne (Taloustutkimus)

Ajallinen kattavuus

2021

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2021-02-18 – 2021-03-02

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged 15-79 living in Finland (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Quota

Quotas based on the age, gender, region, and municipality type distributions of the target population.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

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Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

To prevent identification of respondents, in variables bv14 denoting the number of children in the household and bv19 denoting the total number of people living in the household, the largest values were categorised into a single category by the research. For the same reason, variable bv10 denoting municipality code was removed at FSD.

Variable bv6 denoting municipality population was removed at FSD because the data included two variables with the same content.

Painokertoimet

The data include a weight variable [paino] that weights the sample to correspond to the target population based on age and gender.

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

Central Union for Child Welfare: Attitudes towards Corporal Punishment of Children in Finland 2021 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2023-06-01). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3600

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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Varaumat

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

Julkaisut aineistosta

Annukka Paasivirta (toim.): Kovemmin käsin - suomalaisten kasvatusasenteet ja kuritusväkivallan käyttö 2021. Lastensuojelun Keskusliiton verkkojulkaisu 7/2021.