FSD2682 European Social Survey 2010: Finnish Data

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

Download the data

Study description in other languages

Related files

Study title

European Social Survey 2010: Finnish Data

Dataset ID Number

FSD2682

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2682

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

  • Jowell, Roger (City University. Centre for Comparative Social Surveys)
  • ESS Central Coordinating Team
  • Ervasti, Heikki (University of Turku. Department of Social Policy)

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

  • Nieminen, Markku (Statistics Finland)

Abstract

The survey studied several themes, including the use of media, social trust, political participation and interest, political trust, political orientation and commitment, satisfaction with own circumstances and certain public services, perceptions of own well-being, religious views, experiences of discrimination, and national and ethnic identity. These themes are recurring in different ESS rounds.

Themes for the rotating modules in this collection round included justice and family, work and well-being. Opinions on the police were also charted.

The self-administered follow-up questionnaire included the Schwartz Human Values Scale as well as test questions controlling the main questionnaire. Questions about ncome disparity and taxation were also asked.

The respondents' socio-demographics were widely charted, including, among others, household composition, gender, age, type of neighbourhood, education, occupation, background information on spouse and parents, trade union membership, household income, and marital status.

Keywords

administration of justice; family life; labour and employment; policing; political behaviour; political participation; public services; social networks; trust; values; well-being

Topic Classification

Series

ESS (European Social Survey)

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Original Archive

Sikt - Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research. Data Archive and distributor of ESS data for ESS ERIC.

Access

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

Data Collector

  • Statistics Finland

Time Period Covered

2010

Collection Dates

2010-09-13 – 2010-12-31

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 15 years and older residing in Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

A total of 3,200 people aged 15 or older living in Finland were selected for the sample from the Statistics Finland population database. After removing the overcoverage (deceased persons and persons residing abroad or in institutions), the net sample was 3,152 people. The population was divided by place of residence, gender and age. Each person selected for the sample was contacted at least four times before the case was classified as a non-contact. Each target person was sent a letter and brochure about the study and contacted by phone after. A smaller dataset was collected using follow-up questionnaires. The response rate of face-to-face interviews was 58.7%.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

58.7

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Four Finnish and four Swedish questionnaires were used to collect the data. Variables A1-G88 are based on the face-to-face interviews (questionnaire quF2682). The statements of the Human Values Scale beginning with H and the questions only asked in Finland beginning with L were the same in both follow-up questionnaires. The follow-up questionnaires also included test questions with similar content but different wording (quF2682_a: I1 - I12, quF2682_b: I13 - I25 and quF2682_c: I26 - I39). Some variables in the data contain numeric missing values. These missing values are not visible in the codebook, but they are included in the actual data.

Variables C27, C29, C34, C36, F10, F11, F62 and F68 are not included in the data. Variables C27, C29, C34 and C36 were removed to maintain confidentiality. F10 and F11 were removed as a result of a programming error. Variables F62 and F68 have not been categorised, and the open-ended responses cannot be disseminated to users.

Weighting

There are two weight variables in the data that weight the sample to match the general population characteristics (gender-age distributions, mother tongue, major region, statistical grouping of municipalities). The weights were computed by using Deville and Särndal's calibration method (JASA, 1992). The following distributions were used in weighting: 1) gender by age group: 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-79, 80 and over, (2*13=26 categories), 2) respondent's mother tongue: Finnish and Sami; Swedish, Norwegian and Danish; others (3 categories), 3) modified major region classification (NUTS2): capital area, Southern Finland (not including the capital area) + Åland Islands, Eastern Finland, Western Finland, Northern Finland (5 categories) and 4) statistical grouping of municipalities: urban municipalities, densely populated municipalities, rural municipalities (3 categories). The original weight was calculated as follows: the sampling weight divided by the probability of responding at the level of population. Thus, the weight was the same for each person selected for the sample. The final weights were computed by using the the population distributions mentioned above. The calibration was done using a logit distance function and the bounds for the so-called g-weights were 0.7 and 1.5. The coefficient of variation for the final weights was 19.4 percent. The data were weighted using the CALMAR SAS macro (see Sautory 1993). The final weights were scaled so that their mean equals 1 and their sum equals the net sample size (analysis weight). The sum of the second weight variable (expansion weight) equals the number of Finns aged 15 and over (4.4 million).

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

Jowell, Roger (City University) & ESS Central Coordinating Team & Ervasti, Heikki (University of Turku): European Social Survey 2010: Finnish Data [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2011-11-22). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2682

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Special Terms and Conditions for Access

European Social Survey data is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).

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 Tooltip

Demokratiaindikaattorit 2013. Toim. Borg, Sami. Helsinki: Oikeusministeriö. Selvityksiä ja ohjeita 52/2013. URN:ISBN:978-952-259-334-4

Mantsinen, Teemu T. 2014 Helluntailaiset luokkakuvassa: Uskontokulttuuri ja yksilön luokka-asema Turun Helluntaiseurakunnassa. Turku: Turun yliopisto.

Lainesalo, Anna (2016). Suomalaisten 19-30-vuotiaiden nuorten työttömyys ja sen yhteydet hyvinvointiin. Pro gradu -tutkielma. Tampereen yliopisto. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:uta-201701201053

Kääriäinen, Juha (2016). Suomalaisten rangaistusasenteet. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 81:6, 619-631.

Vihervaara, Sari (2016) Työn arvo tekijälleen: työntekijän arvomaailma 2000-luvun Suomessa. Julkaisematon taloussosiologian pro gradu-tutkielma. Turun kauppakorkeakoulu, Turun yliopisto.

Petäjä, Nelli Laura-Maria (2017). Valtaa vai turvaa? Arvot suomalaisten tuloeroasennoitumisen taustatekijöinä. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopisto. Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta. Kandidaatin tutkielma.

Vuorensyrjä, Matti & Fagerlund, Monica (2018). Poliisibarometri 2018. Kansalaisten arviot poliisin toiminnasta ja Suomen sisäisen turvallisuuden tilasta. Raportteja 130. Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu, Tampere. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-815-344-6.

Herranen, Liinu. 2019. Suomalaisten maahanmuuttoasenteet 2002-2016. Maahanmuuttoasenteiden muutokset sekä asenteisiin yhteydessä olevat tekijät. Itä-Suomen yliopisto.

Rekola, Aada (2020) Rakkautta yli luokkarajojen - Parisuhteiden muodostuminen eri yhteiskuntaluokkien välillä. Kandidaatin tutkielma. Turun yliopisto. Sosiaalitieteiden laitos.

Karhu, Juha (2020). Rukoilun merkityksestä juutalaisuudessa: Pro gradu -kyselytutkimus Suomen juutalaisten rukoilemiseen liittyvistä käsityksistä. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto. Lähi-idän tutkimuksen pro gradu -tutkielma. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:hulib-202012155200.

Primc, K., Ogorevc, M., Slabe-Erker, R., Bartolj, T. and Murovec, N. 2021. How does Schwartz's theory of human values affect the proenvironmental behavior model? Baltic Journal of Management 16(2):276-97. doi: 10.1108/BJM-08-2020-0276.

Dotti Sani, Giulia M. and Quaranta, Mario (2021): Mapping Changes in Attitudes towards Gays and Lesbians in Europe: An Application of Diffusion Theory. In: European Sociological Review: 1-14. doi:10.1093/esr/jcab032

Mitchell, Jeffrey (2021): Social Trust and Anti-immigrant Attitudes in Europe: A Longitudinal Multi-Level Analysis. In: Frontiers in Sociology 6: 193-203. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2021.604884

Muringani, Jonathan; Fitjar, Rune D. & Rodriguez-Pose, Andres (2021): Social capital and economic growth in the regions of Europe. In: Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 53 (6): 1412-1434. doi: 10.1177/0308518X211000059.

Kopyciok, Svenja and Silver, Hilary (2021): Left-Wing Xenophobia in Europe. In: Frontiers in Sociology 6: 1-17. DOI:10.3389/fsoc.2021.666717

Vuorensyrjä, Matti (2023). Legitimiteetti. Teoksessa Vuorensyrjä, M. (toim.), Siniset klassikot. Poliisi- ja kriminologian alan moderneja klassikkotutkimuksia 2 (ss. 31-76). Poliisiammattikorkeakoulun tutkimuksia 47. Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu, Tampere.

Study description in machine readable DDI-C 2.5 format

Creative Commons License
Metadata record is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.