FSD3911 Interviews with Men on Work and Self-Care 2017-2018

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Study title

Interviews with Men on Work and Self-Care 2017-2018

Dataset ID Number

FSD3911

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3911
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3911

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

Abstract

The data includes interviews with men working in the media, health and social services and logistics sectors about their working life, health and self-care.

The interviews started with questions about the interviewee's work situation and job description. They were also asked about work-related questions, such as their own workload. The majority of the interview questions were related to self-care. The questions included what the interviewee thinks self-care means, how it is discussed in the interviewee's social context, and how and why the interviewee takes care of him/herself. Towards the end of the interview, the interviewee's views on self-care and gender were asked. For example, questions were asked about what kind of self-care is common among men, and how any expectations of men have influenced the way the interviewee takes care of him/herself.

The background information includes the sex, age, occupation, time of the interview and the length of the interview in minutes. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

Keywords

femininity; food and nutrition; health; lifestyle and health; masculinity; physical activities; well-being (health); work-life balance

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

  • Hyvönen, Henri (University of Helsinki)

Funders

  • WeAll-hankkeen osana 9/2016-12/2016: Academy of Finland. The Strategic Research Council (292883)
  • 1/2017-12/2020: University of Helsinki. The Doctoral Programme in Gender, Culture and Society

Collection Dates

2017 – 2018

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Men working in the media, health and social services and logistics sectors living in the Helsinki metropolitan area.

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Non-probability: Purposive

Trade unions disseminated the call for research through their own media channels. In addition, the researcher's personal contacts disseminated the call for research in the workplace and through their internal communication channels. A small number of interviewees were invited to participate in the study on a discretionary basis, as they had valuable information for the study and represented a hard-to-reach age or occupational group.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

18 interview transcipts in ODT-files. 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 author has anonymised the data. All names of persons and companies, references to workplace location, place of residence, former places of residence and health data have been removed. Information on less common family situations has been removed or coarsened. Hobbies and leisure activities have been truncated. Information on interviewees' occupations, jobs and occupational activities has been grossed up. Interviewees' occupational titles have been roughened for less common occupational groups.

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

Hyvönen, Henri (University of Helsinki): Interviews with Men on Work and Self-Care 2017-2018 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2025-01-28). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3911; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3911

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 Tooltip

Hyvönen, H. (2023). An affective-discursive analysis of Southern Finnish men's perspectives on masculinities and femininities in the context of health at work. NORMA: International Journal for Masculinity Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/18902138.2023.2249365

Hyvönen, H. (2023). Miesten identiteettityö ja affektiivis-diskursiiviset käytännöt työpaikoilla tapahtuvaa terveyden edistämistä tarkastelevassa puheessa. Työelämän tutkimus, 21(2), 181-209. https://doi.org/10.37455/tt.121815

Hyvönen, H. (2021). Men, Work, and Care of the Self: Hybrid Masculinities in Finnish Working Life. Väitöskirja. Helsinki: University of Helsinki. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-51-6939-6

Hyvönen, H. (2021). Perinteisestä maskuliinisuudesta parantuminen ja työntekijäkansalaisuus. Teoksessa K. Brunila, E. Harni, A. Saari & H. Ylöstalo (toim.) Terapeuttinen valta: Onnellisuuden ja hyvinvoinnin jännitteitä 2000-luvun Suomessa (s. 241-261). Tampere: Vastapaino.

Hyvönen, H. (2020). Care for the self - but not for the career? Men's perceptions of work-related self-care. Teoksessa K. Aavik, C. Bland, J. Hoegaerts & J. Salminen (toim.) Men, Masculinities and the Modern Career: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives (s. 15-34). Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110651874-002

Hyvönen, H., & Karjalainen, M. (2020). Henkilökohtaisen terveyden ja itsestä huolehtimisen merkitykset työelämässä. Teoksessa S. Heikkinen, M. Jyrkinen, A. Lämsä & C. Niemistö (toim.) Yhteiskunnallisesti ja taloudellisesti kestävä työelämä: Tasa-arvoa tutkimassa ja toteuttamassa (s. 107-121). Hanken School of Economics Research Reports 77. Helsinki: Hanken School of Economics. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:hanken-202009181308

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