Study title

Finnish Experiences of Nighttime Parenting in Families with Small Children 2022

Dataset ID Number

FSD3653

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3653
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3653

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Eerola, Petteri (University of Jyväskylä. Faculty of Education and Psychology)

Abstract

The data consists of writings by parents of young children about their children's night sleep. The gathering of writings sought parents with children under school age in the family who had experienced night wakings, interrupted sleep and/or constant tiredness caused by children's night sleepiness.

Background information includes gender, age, family structure, labour market status and education. The data is organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

Keywords

child care; children; families; gender role; infants; parent participation; parental role

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Children (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Family life and marriage (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Eerola, Petteri (University of Jyväskylä. Faculty of Education and Psychology)

Collection Dates

2022-01-12 – 2022-02-28

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Parents with children under school age in the family.

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The writing call was distributed on notice boards in child health clinics, in the magazine "Lapsen maailma" and on the magazine's information channels, as well as on the social media of some family organisations. The call was also distributed on the researcher's own Twitter account.

Collection Mode

Self-administered writings and/or diaries: Web-based (Penna textual data collection tool)

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Self-administered writings guide

Data Files

48 files in txt format. Additionally, the data were organised into an easy to use HTML version and a CSV version.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data were collected for the purposes of academic or literary expression. Some personal information essential for the reuse of the data, such as indirect identifiers referring to the writer, was purposely not removed.

The original data included 53 writings, but four authors did not give the archiving permission. These four writings have been removed from the archived data set. In addition, one writing with only the respondent's background information was removed from the archived 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

Eerola, Petteri (University of Jyväskylä): Finnish Experiences of Nighttime Parenting in Families with Small Children 2022 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2022-11-07). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3653; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3653

Deposit Requirement

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

Special Terms and Conditions for Access

The data may contain indirect identifiers. When publishing quotations from the data, users need to consider very carefully in each specific case what information needs to be removed or altered according to research ethical guidelines.

Disclaimer

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

FSD has not been informed of any publications related to the data.