Study title

Substance Abuse Treatment: Reasons for Career Choice 2008

Dataset ID Number

FSD2692

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2692

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Saarnio, Pekka (University of Tampere. Department of Social Policy and Social Work)

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

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

Abstract

The data are part of Substance Abuse Treatment series, which comprises datasets that can be used in both quantitative and qualitative research.

This dataset comprise 20 transcribed interviews. In them, therapists working with people with substance abuse problems were interviewed about the reasons, factors and motives for their career choice, such as childhood experiences, personal substance abuse and religiosity.

Potential participants were chosen from two different substance abuse treatment facilities in Finland on the basis of their being qualified permanent employees. The actual participants were then randomly selected out of this target group. The interviews were conducted in a period of three months in both facilities. Prior to the interviews, the respondents were sent the interview frame and a background questionnaire (see FSD2693). Each interview lasted from one to two hours. There are a total of 580 pages of interview transcriptions.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

alcoholism; childhood; drug abuse; occupational choice; personality; rehabilitation; social services; social workers

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Substance Abuse Treatment

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Saarnio, Pekka (University of Tampere. Department of Social Policy and Social Work)
• Tolonen, Kari (University of Tampere. Department of Social Policy and Social Work)

Time Period Covered

2008

Collection Dates

2008

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Permanent employees working with clients in substance abuse treatment institutions

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

Collection Mode

Interview

Research Instrument

Interview scheme and/or themes

Data Files

Transcripts of 20 interviews in ODT and HTML file formats.

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

2.0

Related Datasets

FSD2693 Substance Abuse Treatment: Background Information for Therapists' Career Choice 2008

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification, names of respondents and third persons were removed from the data or replaced with pseudonyms when repeated multiple times. Workplace and municipality names were categorised consistently within each interview: e.g. [town a] refers to the same municipality throughout the interview. Other identifiers were also removed where necessary for preventing identification of respondents or third persons. Anonymisations carried out at FSD were marked with [square brackets].

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

Saarnio, Pekka (University of Tampere): Substance Abuse Treatment: Reasons for Career Choice 2008 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-08-15). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2692

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

Ruisniemi, A. Saarnio, P. & Tolonen, K. (2011) Päihdetyöntekijöiden uranvalinta. Perheterapia 27 (4), 18-24.