Study title

Experiences of Intergenerational Poverty 2024

Dataset ID Number

FSD3868

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3868
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3868

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Saarelma-Töhönen, Hanna (University of Turku)

Abstract

The data consists of writings in which respondents talk about their experiences of poverty inherited from their childhood. The data was originally collected for a Master's thesis on what poverty and exclusion look and feel like in the everyday lives of families with children from one generation to the next. The writing call was open to anyone who had lived in a low-income family as a child and who was themselves a family member and low-income earner at the time of the collection.

In the writing call, respondents were asked to answer the following questions to help guide their writing; where have you felt deprived as a child due to financial deprivation, how do you feel deprivation has affected your life and how is deprivation seen and felt by your children, and do you feel that deprivation or financial scarcity has brought positive things into your life.

As background information, age group, gender and labour market status were asked. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

Keywords

children; families; low income; poverty; social exclusion; social security; unemployment

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Children (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Income, property and investment/saving (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

• Saarelma-Töhönen, Hanna (University of Turku)

Collection Dates

2024-03-05 – 2024-04-07

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Persons who have spent their childhood in a low-income family and who are now themselves parents of at least one child and the family is currently on a low income.

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The writing call was distributed, for example on Facebook, in the following groups: Turun seudun mamit, Roskalava Turku, Naistenhuone Äitylit, Äitylit +30v, Vauva 2017, Vauva 2023, Allergialapset, Refluksilapset, Säästäjät ja sentinvenyttäjät, Kotiruokaryhmä, Tavoitteena terveellisempi elämä, Yksinhuoltajat-arjen sankarit. The writing call was also sent to spokespersons of Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, Family Federation of Finland, the Church, HOPE ry and save the Children Finland to be shared on their social media channels. The invitation was also distributed on private social media channels.

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

12 writings in txt 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

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data was checked for anonymity in the FSD and nothing to be anonymised was found.

14 responses were received to the writing call, and 12 of them were submitted with the author's permission for archiving.

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

Saarelma-Töhönen, Hanna (University of Turku): Experiences of Intergenerational Poverty 2024 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2024-09-04). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3868

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.