Study title

Child Barometer 2022

Dataset ID Number

FSD3846

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3846
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3846

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Office of Ombudsman for Children

Abstract

The study surveyed Finnish six- and seven-year-olds' thoughts on safety. Safety is explored through five themes: things that promote safety, how safety is experienced in different environments, experiences of insecurity, the definition of safety and children's experiences of being interviewed.

First, the child's parent was asked for background information, followed by questions for the child. First, the child was asked about things that make him or her feel safe. The things that promote safety were divided into things, places and people. Next, the experience of safety in different environments was discussed. The child was asked about the experience of safety at preschool and outdoors. The child was also asked what makes or would make being outside safe. In relation to experiences of insecurity, the children's experiences of fear, things and places that cause fear and things that ease fear were explored. The definition of safety was explored by asking children directly what they thought safety meant. Finally, they were asked for their opinion on responding to the survey.

Background variables included the child's gender, region and major region of residence, number of parents/guardians and children in the household, parents' education level, financial situation of the household and the language used in the interview.

Keywords

childhood; children; emotional states; fear; preschool children

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Children (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Child Barometer

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• Taloustutkimus

Time Period Covered

2022

Collection Dates

2022-04-04 – 2022-05-31

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Children aged 6-7 born in 2015 and living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

The sample was randomly selected from the population system of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, containing Finnish and Swedish-speaking households in mainland Finland with at least one child born in 2015. The data collection was targeted at children whose mother tongue was either of the official languages, Finnish or Swedish. Only people with a permanent address in the population system who had not applied for a direct marketing restriction or a non-disclosure for personal safety were included in the sample. The sample consisted of both the child and one of the child's parents, primarily the mother. The sample size was 6,000. The data was collected by telephone interviews, for which the telephone numbers of the sampled parents were obtained from the Bisnode Ltd. personal marketing register. The phone number of 2,130 parents was found in the register. The sample was supplemented as the data collection progressed by extracting a telephone number sample of 998 persons from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. A total of 3,128 households were sent an information letter about the study. Of these, 404 participated in the survey. There were 844 parents or children who refused to take part in the survey. The remaining 1,880 households were, for example, not contacted or not called after the response quota had been reached.

Data collection was carried out through semi-structured interviews with children. Telephone interviews were conducted by nine persons and were conducted in Finnish and Swedish. The interviews were conducted by calling the child's parent, primarily the mother, within approximately two weeks of sending an advance letter and asking for willingness to participate in the study. If the parent and child gave their consent and it was suitable for them, the child was interviewed immediately, or a suitable interview time was arranged as needed. The interviewers recorded the children's responses word for word exactly as the child said they would.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

Research Instrument

Semi-structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

For identification reasons, the researcher has created coarser area variables (region and major region of residence) on the basis of the postcode variable and removed the original postcode variable. In addition, the researcher has removed the names of persons and pets from the open-ended variables. The changes made by the researcher are marked (in brackets).

For identification reasons, the variable charting the number of children in the family was top-coded at FSD.

Weighting

There is a weight variable that weights the data to be nationally representative in terms of age, gender and place of residence.

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

Office of Ombudsman for Children: Child Barometer 2022 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2024-10-16). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3846

Deposit Requirement

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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.

Related Materials

Tuukkanen, T. (toim.). 2022. Lapsibarometri 2022 : "Jos joku on mun lähellä, sillon mä en pelkää" - lasten näkemyksiä turvallisuudesta. Lapsiasiavaltuutetun toimiston julkaisuja 2022:9.

Related Publications

Tuukkanen, T. (toim.). 2022. Lapsibarometri 2022 : "Jos joku on mun lähellä, sillon mä en pelkää" - lasten näkemyksiä turvallisuudesta. Lapsiasiavaltuutetun toimiston julkaisuja 2022:9. Saatavilla osoitteessa http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-400-334-6