Aineiston nimi

Low-threshold Meeting Places and Inclusive Communities during COVID-19: Client Survey 2021-2022

Aineistonumero

FSD3877

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3877
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3877

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• University of Helsinki. Faculty of Theology

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey explores the well-being and experiences of people attending low-threshold meeting places during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey focused on meeting places serving disadvantaged groups. The data was collected by the University of Helsinki's Inclusive Communities sub-project, which is part of the COVID-19 in the margins of society (KoMa) project.

First, respondents were asked to assess their reasons for visiting a low-threshold meeting place. These included for example basic needs, peer support, crisis situation, work try-out, substance abuse or mental health problem. Respondents were asked about the frequency of their participation in meeting place activities and the obstacles they encountered in attending. The survey also asked respondents about the benefits they had received from their visits. The survey also looked at their social and personal situation, such as trust in other people, life satisfaction and experiences of loneliness and exclusion. Next, respondents were asked to rate their own health and substance use in the last 6 months, and to rate themselves on a scale from most underprivileged to most well-off. Respondents were then asked which factors were most important for their own coping in 2021. Finally, respondents were asked to rate the accessibility and adequacy of the services they had used in the past year.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, NUTS2 major region, statistical grouping of municipalities, level of education, main activity, type of housing, own and parents' country of birth, and information on household structure and financial situation.

Asiasanat

COVID-19; customers; disadvantaged groups; everyday life; psychological well-being; public services; social inequality; social services; social welfare organizations; well-being (health)

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• General health and well-being (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (D) available only by permission from the data depositor/creator.

Kerääjät

• Grönlund, Henrietta (University of Helsinki)
• Hokkanen, Joni (University of Helsinki)
• Järvinen, Jenna (University of Helsinki)

Rahoittajat

• European Union. European Social Fund (S22386)

Ajallinen kattavuus

2021 – 2022

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2021-09 – 2022-04

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Clients of low-threshold meeting places of organisations, religious groups and municipalities reaching vulnerable people in Finland (poislukien the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Availability

The data collection focused on places that reach disadvantaged groups, such as people with mental health or substance abuse problems, homeless people, unemployed people or people released from prison. Researchers sought to reach low-threshold meeting places through internet searches, experts and networks. In particular, meeting places for families with children or the elderly were excluded from the data collection, as their visitors do not represent the target group of the study. Similarly, places primarily focused on food assistance were excluded from the data collection, as this was the subject of the second project of KoMa. The questionnaire was only completed in Finnish, which excluded meeting places that mainly reach foreign-language visitors. After recruitment, 72 low-threshold meeting places participated in the survey through direct invitations, advertising and networks (e.g. umbrella organisations).

The staff at the meeting places told visitors about the survey and asked them to take part by answering a questionnaire. Eligible clients filled in the paper form themselves or the online version via a closed link. If the client wished, the staff could help to fill in the form, for example by clarifying the questions so that the respondent could understand the content.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Data collection guidelines

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Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The researcher has removed the open-ended responses to the response option 'Other, please specify' from the data for identification reasons.

To prevent identification of respondents, the postcode variable (k24) has been deleted from the data at FSD. However, two coarser area variables were created on the basis of this variable: statistical grouping of municipalities and NUTS2 major region. In addition, the rarest values of the country of birth variables were recoded as 13 'Other country'.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

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

University of Helsinki: Low-threshold Meeting Places and Inclusive Communities during COVID-19: Client Survey 2021-2022 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2024-12-04). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3877; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3877

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.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Grönlund, Henrietta & Hokkanen, Joni Mikael (2023). Turvaa, välittämistä ja yhdenvertaisuutta kohtaamispaikasta [verkkodokumentti]. Toivo. https://www.toivoverkkomedia.fi/artikkeli/turvaa-valittamista-ja-yhdenvertaisuutta-kohtaamispaikasta/ [viitattu 22.4.2024].

Takala, Henna (2023). Korona yhteiskunnan marginaaleissa. KoMa-hankkeen julkinen tiivistelmä [verkkodokumentti]. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto. https://projects.tuni.fi/uploads/2023/08/e7790539-korona-yhteiskunnan-marginaaleissa-hankkeen-julkinen-tiivistelma.pdf [viitattu 22.4.2024].