Aineiston nimi

Family Barometer 2018: Family Policy

Aineistonumero

FSD3854

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3854
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3854

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Family Federation of Finland. Population Research Institute

Sisällön kuvaus

The 2018 Family Barometer charted the views of Finnish people on family policy, birth-related topics and social benefits for families. The study included themes such as family benefits, taxation, parenthood, acquiring children, and work-life balance. Many of the questions in this survey have also been presented in the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Family Barometers.

First, the survey asked about the respondent's life situation by asking, for example, how many children the respondent have. If the respondent had minor children, he or she was asked about their use of screen media. Respondents were also asked about their views on family benefits and services and the distribution of tax resources. Next, the respondent was asked about the ideal number of children. The respondent was also asked if he/she planned to have children or, alternatively, more children. If the respondent is not planning to have children, he/she was asked to what extent the various issues listed influence this decision. Respondents were also asked about their views on the level of child benefit, the duration of parental and childcare leave and the amount of childcare allowance. Next, the respondent was asked which issues influenced the decision to have the youngest child and which issues he/she had found particularly challenging in relation to the birth of the youngest child.

The next question asked whether the respondent had recently had to compromise on various personal or family expenses. The respondent was also asked about issues such as the limitation of subjective day care, how to promote parental leave for fathers and at what age the child is ready to go to care outside the home. Respondent was also asked to assess the reasons why more and more Finns are postponing having children or not having children at all. Finally, respondent was asked about views on proposed changes to family leave, taxation models and the success of the government in promoting the well-being of families and children in Finland.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, year of birth, number of children, region of residence, marital status, level of education, number of children and grandchildren, ages of children living in the household, number of persons in the household, gross annual personal and household income and occupational status.

Asiasanat

child care; child day care; childbirth; children; families; family benefits; family life; family planning; family policy; parental benefits; parental leave; parental role; parents; social security benefits; taxation

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Social welfare policy (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Family life and marriage (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Reproductive health (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Family Barometers

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Kantar TNS Finland

Rahoittajat

• Alli Paasikivi Foundation

Ajallinen kattavuus

2018

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2018-02-01 – 2018-02-28

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Persons aged 20-59 living in Finland (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability

Kantar TNS Finland chose the respondents from their population panel that represents the population of Finland (excluding the Åland Islands) based on the demographic of Finland. The Internet panel covers around 50 000 households in mainland Finland. Data collection ended when the wanted amount of respondents was reached. Data collection was conducted with an online survey.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

To prevent identification of respondents, the open-ended variables and variable containing open-ended responses to the response option "Other, please specify” (K5b_Other, K19d, K20b, Q041) have been removed from the data at FSD. For the same reason, the number of minor children living in the household (K3c), the number of children (K4) and the number of persons living in the household (Yhousehold) were top-coded.

Painokertoimet

There is a weight variable 'weight' in the data that weights the sample to match the target population in terms of age, gender and place of residence distributions.

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

Family Federation of Finland: Family Barometer 2018: Family Policy [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2024-11-05). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3854; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3854

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Kontula, Osmo (2018). 2020-luvun perhepolitiikkaa. Perhebarometri 2018. Väestöliitto, Väestöntutkimuslaitos. Katsauksia E52/2018.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Savelieva, Kateryna & Jokela, Markus & Rotkirch, Anna (2022). Reasons to Postpone Childbearing during Fertility Decline in Finland. Marriage & Family Review, 1-24. Doi: 10.1080/01494929.2022.2083283

Golovina K, Nitsche N, Berg V, Miettinen A, Rotkirch A, Jokela M (2023). Birth cohort changes in fertility ideals: Evidence from repeated cross-sectional surveys in Finland. European Sociological Review, jcad048. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcad048

Lehtonen N., Sorsa, T. & Rotkirch A. (2023). Kaikki tykkää perheistä. Suomalaisten perhepoliittiset toiveet. Perhebarometri 2023. Väestöliitto, Väestöntutkimuslaitos, Katsauksia E58/2023.

Kontula, Osmo (2018). 2020-luvun perhepolitiikkaa. Perhebarometri 2018. Väestöliitto, Väestöntutkimuslaitos. Katsauksia E52/2018.

Laamanen, Viivi (2024). Changes in work and family attitudes over birth cohorts and links to childfree ideals in Finnish women and men. Master's Thesis in Psychology. Helsinki: University of Helsinki.