Aineiston nimi

ISSP 2021: Health II: Finnish Data

Aineistonumero

FSD3662

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3662

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
• Melin, Harri (Tampere University. Faculty of Social Sciences)
• Borg, Sami (Tampere University. Faculty of Management and Business)

Muut tekijät

• Tampere University. Finnish Social Science Data Archive
• Taloustutkimus

Sisällön kuvaus

This survey examined opinions on health policy and health services in Finland as well as the respondents' own state of health. Additionally, the survey charted the handling of epidemics and other current topics of discussion in society.

Questions relating to health and health services surveyed the respondents' satisfaction with life and trust in the Finnish health care system. The respondents were asked how fair or unfair they thought it was that people with better income could buy better healthcare, the extent to which they agreed with statements relating to the health care system, and how willing they would be to pay more taxes to improve the health care in Finland. The respondents were asked about public funding of different health measures, who should get treatment, and whether they thought getting access to health care was easier for some groups over others. Views were probed on the causes of severe health problems, alternative medicine and trust in doctors.

The respondents were asked whether they had used the internet to look for health or medical information, and if yes, which topics they had researched (vaccinations, anxiety, healthy lifestyle). The respondents' opinions on the usefulness and reliability of information found on the internet were surveyed, and their views on the safety of vaccinations were charted. Next, the respondents were asked about (mental and physical) symptoms experienced, treatment received, reasons for forgoing medical treatment, and the probability of receiving the best possible treatment. Satisfaction with the health care system as well as the latest treatment when visiting a doctor and an alternative health care practitioner were investigated. Questions covered smoking and drinking habits, exercise and nutrition, perceived status of health, chronic illnesses and conditions, and height and weight. Other questions investigated what kind of health insurance the respondents had and who they thought should primarily provide health care services for the sick and elderly in Finland (e.g. government, private companies, family).

Finally, the respondents' opinions on issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic were examined. The respondents were asked whether they thought Finnish authorities should have the right to, for example, shut down businesses or demand that people stay at home at times of severe epidemics, as well as whether their trust in the health care system and the government had increased or decreased based on how the pandemic had been handled in Finland. Questions also surveyed how the respondents' work activity, income and social life had been affected by the pandemic.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, age, level and length of education, status in employment, occupation, economic activity, marital status, spouse's status of employment and occupation, religious affiliation, political party choice in the previous parliamentary elections, household composition, monthly gross income, monthly gross household income and degree of urbanisation.

Asiasanat

COVID-19; Internet; complementary therapies; health; health policy; health services; health status; lifestyle and health; naturopathy; physicians; vaccination; well-being (health)

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Medical and health sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Health care services and policies (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Medication and treatment (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• General health and well-being (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

ISSP (International Social Survey Programme)

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Taloustutkimus

Ajallinen kattavuus

2021

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2022-01-24 – 2022-04-05

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged 15-74 living in Finland

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Simple random

The respondents were drawn from among the Finnish population register using simple random sampling. Sample size was 4,000 persons, of whom 1,003 responded. An invitation to participate in the study was sent to the respondents, along with a paper questionnaire which the respondents could mail back to the data collector in a pre-paid envelope. Alternatively, the respondents could respond to an online questionnaire using their unique login information provided in the invitation to participate. A website (www.isspkysely.fi) was created for the respondents to login and access the Finnish or Swedish questionnaire. The website also provided information on the survey and the privacy policy.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

25.1

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Datan versio

3.0

Katso myös

FSD2703 ISSP 2011: Health: Finnish Data

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

Most respondents who responded to the paper questionnaire did not, for some reason or other, respond to variables q67a and q67b denoting the country of birth of the respondent's parents. In variable Q63D (the number of children aged under 7 in the household), respondents who used the Swedish paper questionnaire have been marked as missing, because there was a spelling mistake in the Swedish paper questionnaire.

To prevent identification of respondents, variable Q62_muu denoting ethnicity was removed from the data. Additionally, variables q67a and q67b denoting the country of birth of the respondent's parents were coarsened and the variable denoting NUTS3 region of residence was categorised into NUTS2 regions. Variables denoting number of supervised employees, income, and number of children aged under 7 were top-coded.

The related files of the dataset include two questionnaires: the paper questionnaire sent to the respondents by post and the online questionnaire. The content of the questions is the same for both questionnaires.

Painokertoimet

The data contain two weight variables that weight the data based on gender, age, degree of urbanisation (DEGURBA) and NUTS3 region. WEIGHT1 matches the sample to Finland's population, and WEIGHT2 is a sampling weight with N = number of respondents.

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

International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) & Melin, Harri (Tampere University) & Borg, Sami (Tampere University): ISSP 2021: Health II: Finnish Data [dataset]. Version 3.0 (2023-05-31). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3662

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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

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

Ahtikari, Santeri (2023) Aikuisväestön luottamus Suomen terveydenhuoltojärjestelmään 2011-2021. Sosiaalipolitiikan pro gradu -tutkielma. Turku: Turun yliopisto.