Individual datasets that do not belong to any series.
This longitudinal study examines people's well-being and their attachment to society. The key themes of the survey include coping in Finnish society, political activity, the welfare system, the sustainability transition, health, and psychological and social resources. This dataset is the first of three surveys to be collected from the same respondents. Responses from the same individuals can be linked across datasets collected in different years.
The section on coping and success in Finnish society examined respondents' perceptions of the importance of various factors for life course, education, economic position, and social status. The section on the Finnish welfare system explored opinions on the functioning of the welfare state, taxation, public services, and social security. The sustainability transition and future challenges section addressed attitudes toward climate change and the sustainability transition, as well as the responsibilities of different parties in society. The political engagement section measured political interest, trust in institutions, voting behavior, and other forms of civic participation. The social resources section focused on trust, social support, and experiences of loneliness. The welfare, health, and psychological resources section assessed respondents' perceived well-being, health, psychological characteristics, and coping.
The design of some questions drew on sources such as Finnish National Election Studies, the European Social Survey (ESS), the Eurobarometer 2022 survey, the OECD Risks That Matter 2022 survey, and the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 2019: Social Inequality survey.
The background variables in the dataset are, among others, gender, age, household size (categorized), marital status, level of education, party preference, health-related information and use of health care services, height and weight, life situation, supervisory position, occupation (ISCO classification), type of employment contract, employer sector, time of commute, household net income, assets and debts, housing-related information, housing costs, reason for most recent move and year of moving, response language, response date, region, and major region.
A request to complete an online survey was mailed to 16,200 people aged 18-80 living in Finland, who were selected at random from the population register of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency. The sample was stratified by age and gender. The sample for the questionnaire in Finnish consisted of 13,427 people, for the Swedish version 788 people, and for the English version 1,985 people. Respondents could request a paper copy of the survey form if they wished. Sixty-one respondents requested the Finnish-language paper form, and two requested the Swedish-language paper form. No English-language paper forms were requested. A total of 37 valid paper forms were returned. A total of 80 S- or K-market gift cards worth 50 euros were raffled off among the respondents.