FSD3743 Welfare Differences between Population Groups and Localisation of Welfare Problems 2020

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Study title

Welfare Differences between Population Groups and Localisation of Welfare Problems 2020

Dataset ID Number

FSD3743

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3743
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3743

Data Type

Quantitative

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Abstract

The aim of the survey was to get a picture of Finns' financial well-being. Respondents were first asked about their housing situation and their satisfaction with their current standard of living. Respondents were asked to assess the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on their employment and financial situation, among other things.

Respondents assessed their own family's financial situation. Respondents were asked about the necessity or non-necessity of various goods and services for today's Finnish adults. Respondents were also asked whether they considered certain goods and services necessary for themselves. Among other things, these included a mobile phone, a car, clothing, eating out, home furnishings, getting a haircut, home insurance, and health services. Families with children were asked whether they had access to regular activities or a own bedroom for their school-age children, for example.

Respondents rated their own health and satisfaction with their life situation. Respondents reported on how financial matters are handled in their family and whether there are income differences between spouses. Attitudes towards social security benefits and poverty were explored, for example by asking about income support clients or those in need of income support. They were also asked about the minimum income for one adult and whether the minimum amount of income support is adequate as it is.

Background variables in the data include year of birth, gender, type of housing, size of household and number of children, region of residence at age 14 and at present, highest level of education, main activity of self and spouse, socio-economic status and monthly income of the whole family.

Keywords

commodities; consumer goods; consumption; employment; expenditure; housing; income; poverty; social security; social security benefits; standard of living; well-being (health)

Topic Classification

Series

Poverty and Welfare Surveys

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Data Collector

  • University of Turku. Department of Social Research

Time Period Covered

2020

Collection Dates

2020-10 – 2020-11

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finnish-speaking population aged 18-79 in Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

The study was carried out by postal and online surveys with a random sample of 12,000 respondents. The sampling frame consisted of persons whose mother tongue is Finnish and who have a permanent address in Finland. The sample was sent a questionnaire, which they could fill in on paper or online if they wished.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

27.2

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

For identification reasons, the researcher has removed the option "Other" from the gender variable. For the same reason, the original id variable has been removed from the data.

To prevent identification of respondents, the variables containing open-ended responses to the response option "Other, please specify” and the open-ended variable "huono" were removed from the data at FSD if necessary.

Weighting

The dataset includes a weight variable "paino". Weight factors have been calculated as follows: combinations were formed according to gender, level of education and age group. Gender covers two categories: male and female, educational level three categories: primary, secondary, and tertiary, age group six categories: 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70-79. Every possible combination of these characteristics was formed, e.g. male, primary, 18-29; male, primary, 30-39; male, primary, 40-49, etc., and a total of thirtyone combinations were formed. For each combination, a weight factor was calculated using the formula k*N/n, where k=combination's share of the 18-70-year-old Finnish population, N=number of cases in the dataset, and n=number of cases of that combination in the dataset.

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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

Ritakallio, Veli-Matti (University of Turku): Welfare Differences between Population Groups and Localisation of Welfare Problems 2020 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2024-01-17). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3743; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3743

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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

Users of the data shall cite the following publication (in Finnish): Anttila et al. (2022) 'Hyvinvointierot väestöryhmien välillä ja hyvinvointiongelmien paikantuminen - KONSE 2020 -tutkimusaineiston esittely ja ajallinen vertailu 1995-2020', https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-8953-9.

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Anttila, Mari & Ritakallio, Veli-Matti & Mäkinen, Lauri & Forssén, Katja & Järvi, Laura & Salin, Milla (2022) Hyvinvointierot väestöryhmien välillä ja hyvinvointiongelmien paikantuminen - KONSE 2020 -tutkimusaineiston esittely ja ajallinen vertailu 1995-2020. Sosiaalitieteiden laitoksen julkaisuja 5. Turun yliopisto.

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Anttila, Mari & Ritakallio, Veli-Matti & Mäkinen, Lauri & Forssén, Katja & Järvi, Laura & Salin, Milla (2022) Hyvinvointierot väestöryhmien välillä ja hyvinvointiongelmien paikantuminen - KONSE 2020 -tutkimusaineiston esittely ja ajallinen vertailu 1995-2020. Sosiaalitieteiden laitoksen julkaisuja 5. Turun yliopisto.

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