FSD3686 Public Employment and Business Services in Finland: Survey for Job Seekers 2021
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Study title
Public Employment and Business Services in Finland: Survey for Job Seekers 2021
Dataset ID Number
FSD3686
Persistent identifier
urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3686Data Type
Quantitative
Authors
- Mäkinen, Niklas (Tampere University. Faculty of Social Sciences)
- Ojala, Satu (Tampere University. Faculty of Social Sciences)
Abstract
The survey charted Finnish job seekers' views on public employment and business services in three regions of Finland. The survey was conducted as part of a research project examining how public employment and business services made a difference in finding part-time or full-time employment. FSD holdings contain two related datasets: FSD3687 Public Employment and Business Services in Finland: Survey for Employers 2021 and FSD3688 Public Employment and Business Services in Finland: Survey for Experts in TE Offices and Local Government 2021.
First, the respondents were asked which employment and business services they had used during unemployment or when looking for a job, and whether they had received any job offers from the TE Office for part-time or temporary work. Part-time or temporary work not offered by the TE Office that the respondents had done between job seeking periods was also surveyed. Further questions examined whether the respondents had received adjusted unemployment benefit when working part-time or temporarily and whether they had continued searching for a job while in part-time or temporary work. The respondents were asked whether they had received help from the employment and business services with finding full-time employment while being employed part-time, or whether their employer had offered them more working hours or a full-time employment contract. Questions also surveyed whether the respondents knew about or had used the incomes register.
Background variables included the respondent's age group, TE Office region, level of education, gender, mother tongue, and occupation before unemployment.
Keywords
employment; employment programmes; employment services; job hunting; labour market; part-time employment; return-to-work incentives; temporary employment; unemployed; unemployment; unemployment benefits
Topic Classification
- Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
- Employment (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Unemployment (CESSDA Topic Classification)
- Social welfare systems/structures (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Series
Individual datasetsDistributor
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Access
The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.
Data Collector
- Mäkinen, Niklas (Tampere University. Faculty of Social Sciences)
- Ojala, Satu (Tampere University. Faculty of Social Sciences)
Funders
- Finnish Government (VN TEAS)
Time Period Covered
2020 – 2021
Collection Dates
2021-06 – 2021-08
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland, South Savo, Lapland, Pirkanmaa
Analysis/Observation Unit Type
Individual
Universe
Clients of TE Offices in Lapland, South Savo and Pirkanmaa and of local government pilots in Rovaniemi, Savonlinna, Mikkeli and Tampere in 2020 and 2021
Time Method
Cross-section
Sampling Procedure
Non-probability: Availability
The invitation to participate that was targeted at job seekers was sent by email to job seekers selected from the client register of TE Services (URA register) who were seeking a job in the Lapland, South Savo or Pirkanmaa regions between 1 January 2020 and 31 May 2021. The sample was formed according to the following criteria: the job seeker had either 1) done part-time work, 2) received an offer for part-time work, or 3) been interested in receiving temporary work. The aim was to reach job seekers who had personal experience with part-time and/or temporary work. The survey was sent to 15,272 persons, of whom 1,055 responded.
Collection Mode
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)
Research Instrument
Semi-structured questionnaire
Response Rate
6.9
Data File Language
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Data Version
1.0
Related Datasets
FSD3687 Public Employment and Business Services in Finland: Survey for Employers 2021
Completeness of Data and Restrictions
To prevent identification of respondents, all open-ended responses of the type "other, please specify" were removed at FSD. Open-ended responses left in the data were anonymised by, for example, removing organisation names, specific dates of events, specific job descriptions, and names of educational programmes. Additionally, the respondent's age was categorised in the open-ended responses according to the age group variable G01Q3. Variable G01Q6 denoting the respondent's mother tongue was also categorised. Changes made at FSD were marked with [square brackets].
Responses to variables G05Q02aaa denoting whether the respondent had not applied for or received an unemployment benefit because they were not familiar with their rights and G06Q01 surveying the respondents' suggestions for improving the appeal of doing part-time or temporary work during job seeking were not delivered to FSD.
Weighting
There are no weight variables in the 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
Mäkinen, Niklas (Tampere University) & Ojala, Satu (Tampere University): Public Employment and Business Services in Finland: Survey for Job Seekers 2021 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2022-11-16). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3686
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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.
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Kauhanen, M., Ojala, S., Mäkinen, N., Kyyrä, T. ja Pesola, H. (2022), Palvelujärjestelmän toiminta: osa-aikatyö, tilapäinen työ ja siirtymät kokoaikatyöhön. Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminnan julkaisusarja 2022:25. Valtioneuvoston kanslia. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-383-032-5
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