Study title

Effectivity of Promotion of Social Inclusion, Well-being, and Activeness (ESF): Interviews 2019-2022

Dataset ID Number

FSD3836

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3836
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3836

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Nousiainen, Marko (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)

Abstract

The data consists of interviews with participants in ESF projects promoting inclusion. The interviews cover the interviewees' experiences of the project and its impact on their well-being, inclusion and activity. The interviews aimed to collect small success stories describing changes in the experience of inclusion and the mechanisms of impact in the implementation of the projects.

The interviews started with the interviewee's background information and life situation, followed by an inquiry on how the interviewee got involved in the project. The interviewee was then asked to describe the project's activities and what he or she had been able to do. Next, the interviewee was asked about his or her feelings in more detail: how they felt about the activities, what the relationships between the participants were like and whether there was a sense of community. In addition, the interviewee was asked about his or her empowerment and self-actualisation. Next, the interviewee was asked about the impact on health, mental well-being, alertness or self-confidence, for example. In the final section, the interviewee was asked project-specific questions about the initial findings of the survey on the impact of the activity. For example, had you noticed any differences in the project activities in terms of participation of men and women.

Background information included interviewee's gender, type of municipality of residence, date of the interview and information of the inclusive approach of the project. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

Keywords

citizen participation; citizenship; community action; community behaviour; development; participation; social influence; well-being (society)

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• General health and well-being (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Social conditions and indicators (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Nousiainen, Marko (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)
• Mohamed, Hodan (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)

Funders

• European Union. European Social Fund (S20220)

Time Period Covered

2019 – 2022

Collection Dates

2019-09 – 2022-02

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Event/Process/Activity

Universe

Persons aged 15-64 participating in five ESF priority axis 5 projects in Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

The interviewees were selected from among participants in five European Social Fund (ESF) Axis 5 projects aimed at promoting inclusion, by selecting people who were likely to have had a positive experience of the project and were therefore able to describe the inclusive impact mechanisms of the activity. Project staff suggested suitable participants to be interviewed. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, interviews had to be conducted by telephone and via Microsoft Teams in 2020 and 2021.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Telephone interview

Web-based interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

26 interviews 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: English, multilingual and Finnish.

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

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The researcher has anonymised the data by removing or coarsening implicit identifiers referring, for example, to location, occupation, work, family and project. In addition, age has been classified and names have been replaced by invented names.

To prevent identification of respondents, the date of the interview were coarsened at FSD. In addition, the information related to the interviewee's role was coarsened in one data file and a section related to the project was anonymised in line with the researcher's previous anonymisation. Changes made at FSD are marked with [[double square brackets]].

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

Nousiainen, Marko (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare): Effectivity of Promotion of Social Inclusion, Well-being, and Activeness (ESF): Interviews 2019-2022 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2024-05-08). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3836

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.

Related Publications

Nousiainen, Marko & Leemann Lars (2024). Realistic evaluation of Social Inclusion. European Evaluation Society (EES). 30(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/13563890231210328