Study title

Euro Student 2000: Finland

Alternative Title

Euro Student Report 2000 (Eurostudent I): Finland

Dataset ID Number

FSD1117

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1117

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Lempinen, Petri (Student Research Foundation (Otus))
• Tiilikainen, Anna (Student Research Foundation (Otus))

Abstract

The survey is the Finnish contribution to the international Euro Student Report survey. Topics in the survey dealt with the students' housing, studies, economic situation and how they experience it, gainful employment, studying abroad, and the socio-economic position of the students' parents. The respondents were asked what examination they were going to take next, how many years they had studied in a university, how many years they estimated their studies would take, and what their field of studies was. With regard to living conditions, the respondents were asked where they lived during the academic year, how far their apartments were from their place of study, how much money a month they had at their disposal, whether they received financial assistance from their parents, and what their economic situation had been during the last six months. In addition, the respondents were asked to estimate their material well-being, the strenuousness of studies, balancing study and work, and their weekly use of time. Concerning internationality, the respondents were asked about their language skills and whether they had ever been or studied abroad. Those who had studied abroad were asked about the nature, duration and financing of their studies, in which phase of them they studied abroad, and through which programme this took place.

Background variables included the respondent's age, sex, marital status, number of children, citizenship, educational background as well as the education, profession, and income of parents.

Keywords

educational finance; employment; higher education institutions; housing; leisure time activities; living conditions; personal finance management; standard of living; students (college); tertiary education; undergraduates

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Youth (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Eurostudent: Finnish Data

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Student Research Foundation

Data Producers

• Student Research Foundation
• Ministry of Education

Time Period Covered

2000

Collection Dates

2000-03-01 – 2000-05-01

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Students in all Finnish universities and polytechnics

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Systematic random

The sample was drawn from students in all 20 Finnish universities and 29 polytechnics. The sample was planned on the basis of 1998 KOTA and AMKOTA information so that every 50th student studying for an exam was included. The sample was drawn from student registers of the universities and polytechnics. Post-graduate students were excluded. The final sample consisted of 4,526 students. Two reminder letters were sent to the respondents. The return percentage was 48%.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

48

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

109 variables and 2157 cases.

Data Version

2.0

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Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Variables Q3.6_1 and Q3.6_2 containing information on the respondents' educational institutions were removed from the data. Variable Q5.7, detailing foreign countries where the respondents had studied, was also removed.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Lempinen, Petri (Student Research Foundation (Otus)) & Tiilikainen, Anna (Student Research Foundation (Otus)): Euro Student 2000: Finland [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2017-08-08). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1117

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Related Publications

Lempinen, Petri & Tiilikainen, Anna (2001). Opiskelijatutkimus 2000. Helsinki: Opiskelijajärjestöjen tutkimussäätiö Otus rs. Työpapereita; 21/2001.