Study title

Everyday Experiences of Poverty: Self-administered Writings by Young People 2022

Dataset ID Number

FSD3732

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3732
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3732

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Isola, Anna-Maria (University of Turku. Department of Social Research)
• Rajala, Toni (University of Turku. Department of Social Research)
• Kallio, Johanna (University of Turku. Department of Social Research)

Abstract

The data consists of writings by young people aged 15-21, sharing their experiences of poverty in their everyday lives. The data was collected using FSD's Penna textual data collection tool and contains 77 responses.

The writing guidelines directed participants to write a free-form account of how poverty is experienced and how poverty affects their everyday lives. Respondents were also asked to describe the ways in which they cope with poverty in their everyday lives. Moreover, respondents were asked to describe the situations in which they perceive themselves to be poor. Respondents were also instructed to reflect on what poverty means to them and what poverty feels like. According to the writing guidelines, the experience of poverty did not necessarily have to be related to money.

Background information included age, gender and type of place of residence. The data were organized into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

Keywords

adolescents; everyday life; living conditions; low income; poverty; quality of life; social disadvantage; standard of living; well-being (health); well-being (society)

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Income, property and investment/saving (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Equality, inequality and social exclusion (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

• Anna-Maria Isola (University of Turku. Department of Social Research)

Funders

• Kone Foundation

Collection Dates

2022-10-05 – 2022-12-09

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Young people aged 15-21 living in Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The invitation was addressed to all young people aged 15-21 living in Finland who have experienced poverty

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

77 texts in ODT file 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

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Completeness of Data and Restrictions

At FSD, direct identifiers and, where appropriate, strong indirect identifiers such as company names, details of places of residence and nicknames have been removed for reasons of identifiability. The entries made by FSD are indicated by [square brackets]

The original data set contained 105 responses, of which 88 responses were allowed to be archived to FSD. The final archived data set contains 77 responses, as some of the responses contained only background information and others were copies of previous responses.

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

Isola, Anna-Maria (University of Turku) & Rajala, Toni (University of Turku) & Kallio, Johanna (University of Turku): Everyday Experiences of Poverty: Self-administered Writings by Young People 2022 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2023-05-24). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3732; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3732

Deposit Requirement

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

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.