Study title

Child Barometer 2016

Dataset ID Number

FSD3134

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3134

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• The Office of Ombudsman for Children

Abstract

The Child Barometer 2016 charted how 6-year-old Finnish children felt about trust. Views on trust were surveyed on terms of social relations, emotions, and bullying.

With regard to social relations, the children were asked about the number of friends they had, whether they received praise, and whether their parents and kindergarten teachers listened to them. The children were also asked if they would ask an unfamiliar adult for help if they lost their parents in a store, and which things they felt they were good at. Regarding bullying, the children were asked what they thought bullying was, and whether adults in the kindergarten would help if a child was bullied. Emotions were charted by asking the respondents in which situations they had a fun time or an unpleasant time with their family. Furthermore, the children were asked what made them happy and what made them sad. Finally, the children described what they would tell a foreigner about Finland.

The background variables included the child's age, regional variables, the number of parents/guardians in the household, number of children in the household, mother's level of education, father's level of education, household gross income, and whether and how long the child had been in kindergarten before pre-school.

Keywords

bullying; childhood; children; early childhood; friends; interpersonal relations; parents; trust

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Children (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Child Barometer

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• Taloustutkimus

Time Period Covered

2016

Collection Dates

2016-06

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Children aged 6 living in mainland Finland

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Simple random

The sample consisted of households living in mainland Finland who spoke Finnish, and where at least one child born between 15.6.2009 and 1.6.2010 was living. The sample was drawn randomly from the Population Information System of the Population Register Centre. An introductory letter was sent to 3,265 households, and 414 children were interviewed.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview

Research Instrument

Unstructured questionnaire

Response Rate

13

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

62 variables and 414 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The variable for postal code has been removed during archiving, and the largest categories for the number of children in the family have been combined. The original researcher has categorized the responses to open-ended questions 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13.

Weighting

The starting sample was weighted to be representative of six-year-old Finnish children in terms of gender and place of residence. The final sample was also weighted to be nationally representative in terms of gender and place of residence.

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

The Office of Ombudsman for Children: Child Barometer 2016 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2016-12-09). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3134

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

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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