FSD0119 ISSP 2002: Family and Changing Gender Roles III: Finnish Data
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International Social Survey Programme
Blom, Raimo (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)
Melin, Harri (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)
Tanskanen, Eero (Statistics Finland)
Other Identification/Acknowlegements
Borg, Sami (Finnish Social Science Data Archive)
Anttonen, Anneli (University of Tampere. Department of Social Policy and Social Work)
Jalovaara, Marika (University of Helsinki. Department of Sociology)
Nieminen, Markku (Statistics Finland)
Abstract
The year 2002 survey concentrated on household work strategies and how to combine work and family life. Respondents were asked whether family responsibilities had ever got in the way of their career prospects and had they ever changed their working hours or working arrangements to look after a relative. Respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with a number of statements relating to gender roles at work and at home and how to combine work and family life. Statements charted respondents' opinions on working mothers, housework sharing, marriage, divorce, maternity leave and childcare.
Respondents living with a spouse or a partner were asked about the division of domestic responsibilities: who takes care of household money matters, who does the laundry, makes small repairs, does everyday shopping, household cleaning and cooking. Further questions asked how many hours respondents and their spouses/partners spend on household work, whether housework was equally shared and how often they disagree about the sharing of the work. Some questions asked who makes decisions about how to bring up children or how to spend the weekend.
All respondents were asked whether their occupational or family life was stressful and whether they had recently felt tired because of family responsibilities or work. Happiness in general and satisfaction with work and family life were studied. Respondents with children were asked whether they and their spouse/partner had had a paid job before they had children, when children were at school and after the children left home. The survey also queried whether respondents' mothers had had a paid job before the respondents were 14 years old. Views on whether women should work outside the home when a couple does not have children were probed.
Background variables included respondents' sex, year of birth, marital status, education, occupation, status in employment, trade union membership, political attitudes, membership in a church or a religious community, social class, gross income, occupation of the spouse, household income, household size and age structure, type of place of residence and region.
Keywords
attitudes; domestic responsibilities; everyday life; exhaustion; family life; gender roles; happiness; interpersonal relations; occupational life; women's role
Topic Classification
social policy; social psychology; sociology (FSD Topics Classification)
family life and marriage (including household composition and generations); gender and gender roles (CESSDA Topics Classification)
Series Name
ISSP (International Social Survey Programme)
Restrictions
Access to the data granted for scientific and teaching purposes. FSD's access application procedure. Restricted access.
Data Collector
Statistics Finland
Data Producer
University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology
Statistics Finland
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Collection Date
25.10.2002 - 7.1.2003
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Individual
Universe
Finns aged 15-74
Sampling Procedure
Systematic sampling from Finland's population register. Sorting order: municipal code and year of birth.
The size of the sample was 2,498 persons, of which 2,360 (94.5%) were Finnish-speaking and 138 (5.5%) Swedish-speaking. Address unknown or abroad for 10 sampled persons, so the questionnaire was sent to 2,488 persons. The number of non-respondents 1,120 and 15 refusals.
Collection Mode
Postal survey
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Response Rate
54.3%
Time Method
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Data Source
Province and mother tongue variables are based on population register information.
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file. Data available also in other file formats.
Data version
1.1 (25.4.2003)
Other Material
Questionnaire: pdf file in Finnish and in Swedish
Related Studies
FSD1178 Family Barometer 1998: Responsibility for Everyday Life
Data Appraisal and Notes
The occupation variables have been changed to comply with the ISCO88 classification.
Citation Requirement
The source must be acknowledged in any publication based wholly or in part on the data.
Bibliographical Citation
ISSP 2002: Family and Changing Gender Roles III: Finnish Data [computer file]. FSD0119, version 1.1 (2003-04-25). University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology & Finnish Social Science Data Archive & Statistics Finland [producers], 2002. Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2003.
Depositing Requirements
The archive must be informed of all publications where the data have been used.
Disclaimer
The depositor and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.
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