Aineiston nimi

Experiences of Childlessness Due to Life Circumstances 2025-2026

Aineistonumero

FSD4059

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4059
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4059

Aineiston laatu

Kvalitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Nevalainen, Emilia (Tampere University)

Sisällön kuvaus

The data consists of writings in which the respondents describe their experiences related to childlessness due to life circumstances. The data was originally collected for a master's thesis. Using the writings collected through a call for submissions, the thesis sought to examine the effects of childlessness on the daily lives, emotions, close relationships, sense of agency, and vision of the future of those facing it.

The invitation to write included several guiding questions to assist with the writing process. These questions provided an opportunity to reflect, for example, on what it is like to live without children in Finnish society, whether the respondent is able to express their childless status in their close relationships and how this affects those relationships, how they would describe the factors underlying their childless status, and what kinds of things help them cope with the experiences of being childless. The respondents were also asked to include concrete examples of the situations described in their writings.

As background information, participants were asked about their gender identity and age group.

Asiasanat

childbirth; children; families; family planning; fertility (human); life events; reproduction (biolgical); sexual partnership

Tieteenala/Aihealue

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

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Nevalainen, Emilia (Tampere University)

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2025-11-25 – 2026-02-01

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havainto/aineistoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

People who have experiences of childlessness due to their life circumstances.

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Havainto/aineistoyksiköiden valinta

Non-probability: Availability

The author of the data distributed the writing invitation primarily through the channels of Simpukka ry (Instagram, website, Facebook) and Sateenkaariperheet ry (Instagram, newsletter) on several occasions. The invitation was also displayed as a physical poster on the Tampere University central campus, in the Tampere University Gender Studies Facebook group, the author's own LinkedIn and Instagram accounts, the Ostrobothnia Welfare Region's Instagram account, and three discussion channels on the Suomi24 service (family/childlessness, family/having a child/baby fever, and relationships/singles). In addition, the author shared the invitation in the Telegram group of Interaktio, the student association for the social sciences at the Tampere University, as well as in the Facebook group Naistenhuone.

Aineistonkeruun tekniikka

Self-administered writings and/or diaries: Web-based (Penna textual data collection tool)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Data collection guidelines: Self-administered writings guide

Aineiston määrä

21 writings in txt format. Additionally, the data were organised into an easy to use HTML version and a CSV version.

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Kvalitatiiviset aineistot ovat saatavilla vain alkuperäiskielellä, niitä ei käännetä.

Datan versio

1.0

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

During the archiving process at the FSD, the name of the respondent's employer was removed from one writing. In addition, one writing was removed completely because it included a significant number of third parties' names and details of a private nature.

A total of 24 responses to the writing invitation were received, of which 22 were authorised by the author to be archived.

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

Nevalainen, Emilia (Tampere University): Experiences of Childlessness Due to Life Circumstances 2025-2026 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2026-04-27). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd4059; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD4059

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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