Aineiston nimi

Attitudes towards Corporal Punishment of Children in Finland 2025

Aineistonumero

FSD3975

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3975
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3975

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Central Union for Child Welfare

Sisällön kuvaus

The dataset continues the research conducted by the Central Union for Child Welfare on the development of corporal punishment of children and attitudes towards it. The survey also maps the use of corporal punishment reported by parents themselves. Taloustutkimus was responsible for the data collection.

The survey first explored Finnish people's opinions on the acceptability of using physical and psychological forms of corporal punishment. For example the respondents were asked whether it is justifiable to resolve conflicts between a child and a parent with moderate violence in exceptional cases, and whether it is acceptable to address a child's misbehavior by yelling. Next, the respondents who had underage children were asked whether they had used corporal punishment on their children, such as pulling their hair or threatening them with violence. Additionally, all the respondents were asked whether they had been subjected to corporal punishment during their own childhood and whether they were aware that corporal punishment is illegal in Finland. Finally, all the respondents were asked to evaluate how harmful they consider different methods of addressing a child's behavior in terms of the child's development, such as spanking, ignoring the child, or sending the child to calm down alone.

The background variables of the dataset include gender, age group, region, major regions, municipality population size, household composition, age and number of children living at home, occupational status, marital status, employment situation, type of locality, and generation.

Asiasanat

attitudes; child development; children; corporal punishment; domestic violence; parent attitude; parent-child relationship; parents; smacking

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Children (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Family life and marriage (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Attitudes towards Corporal Punishment of Children in Finland

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Taloustutkimus

Ajallinen kattavuus

2025

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2025-02-03 – 2025-02-05

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People aged 15-79 living in Finland (excluding the Åland Islands)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Probability: Simple random

The data collection was carried out by Taloustutkimus using an online panel. A total of 7,893 individuals were invited to participate via email, and 1,057 individuals completed the survey by the deadline.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Vastausprosentti

13.4

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

To prevent the identification of respondents, the researcher has grouped the highest values of the variable BV12, which pertains to the number of children, into a single category.

For identification reasons, the variable BV9 containing the respondent's municipality code has been removed from the dataset in the Finnish Social Science Data Archive. Additionally, the variable BV8, which contained classified information about the respondents' municipalities, has also been removed for the same reason. Furthermore, the responses to variables BV11_1 through BV11_18 have been removed for respondents with more than four children. The variables BV11_1 to BV11_18 record the ages of the children in the family.

Painokertoimet

The dataset contains a weighting variable, PAINOKERROIN, which calibrates the sample to reflect the target population based on age, gender, and region of residence.

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

Central Union for Child Welfare: Attitudes towards Corporal Punishment of Children in Finland 2025 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2025-06-23). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3975; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3975

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.

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