Study title

Women without Spouse and Children 2004: Interviews for Teaching and Research Purposes

Dataset ID Number

FSD2394

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2394

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Mäkinen, Arja (University of Tampere. Department of Social Policy and Social Work)

Abstract

The survey studied unmarried 30-47-year-old women who did not have children. The purpose of the study was to chart the status of unmarried and childless women, and to canvass their conceptions of themselves and their situation. They were asked for instance about their daily life, conceptions of a good life, attitudes and prejudice of the people around them towards childlessness, sexuality and being unmarried. The respondents were contacted through an advert in several newspapers in which they were asked to give some preliminary information. After the gathering of this information, the interviews were conducted. 34 women took part in the study, 4 of which did not give permission for future re-use of their data. This part includes the interviews that can be used both for teaching and research purposes.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

discrimination; occupational life; quality of life; sexual behaviour; singlehood; singles; well-being (society); women; women's role

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Humanities (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Family life and marriage (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Mäkinen, Arja (University of Tampere. Department of Social Policy and Social Work)

Collection Dates

2004-04-16 – 2004-08-29

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Women aged 30-47 without spouses or children

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Research participants were recruited by advertising in three free newspapers.

Collection Mode

Interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data collection guidelines: Self-administered writings guide

Data Files

16 RTF files, approximately 200 pages.

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 interviews were transcribed verbatim and anonymised.

The dataset contains 16 interviews whose interviewees gave consent for archiving for teaching and research purposes. FSD2395 contains all 30 interviews for research purposes. The archived data do not contain four interviews in the original study, because the interviewees did not give consent for archiving them.

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

Mäkinen, Arja (University of Tampere): Women without Spouse and Children 2004: Interviews for Teaching and Research Purposes [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2008-11-18). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2394

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

Mäkinen, Arja (2006). Epäilyttävä naishenkilö: mielikuvia yksineläjien seksuaalisuudesta. Elore 13(2).

Mäkinen, Arja (2008). Oikeesti aikuiset. Puheenvuoroja yksineläjänaisen normaaliudesta, hyväksyttävyydestä ja aikuisuudesta. Tampere. Tampere University Press.

Mäkinen, Arja (2008). Vanhojapiikoja ja vapaita naisia. Helsinki: Kirjapaja.

Mäkinen, Arja (2007). Perheettäkin voi elää onnellisena. Teoksessa Viia Hatara ja Harri Westermarck (toim.) Rakkauden evoluutio. Helsinki: Helsingin vapaan sivistystyön toimikunta.

Kinnunen, Anne (2015). Yksinasuva, perheetön - yksinäinen? Tutkielma yksinelävien 30-47-vuotiaiden suomalaisten naisten yksinäisyyden kokemuksista. Kokkola: Jyväskylän yliopisto. Kokkolan yliopistokeskus Chydenius. Avoin yliopisto. Sosiaalityön kandidaatin tutkielma.

Vihavainen, Mimi (2019) Äitiyden ja naiseuden kokemukset lapsettomuuden kontekstissa: fenomenologis-hermeneuttinen analyysi lapsettomien naisten haastatteluista. Kandidaatintutkielma, Jyväskylän yliopisto.