FSD1046 Social Change in Baltic Countries 1993
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Blom, Raimo (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)
Abstract
The survey concentrated on work and working life in the Baltic countries Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. A number of questions focused on the respondents' working community, nature of work (e.g. degree of independence, physical or mental strain), management, decision-making at the work place and wages. The respondents' work history was charted. Family life, leisure habits, household composition, childhood, economic situation, and social participation were studied. The survey carried a set of attitudinal statements relating to women's position, poverty, social problems, equality, income disparity, and freedom of expression. Opinions on who should take care of certain services (government, private service providers, municipality, citizens themselves) were charted. The respondents were asked which party they would vote for if parliamentary elections were held right at that time. Views were probed on market economy, privatisation, democracy, integration to Europe, citizenship, political participation, human rights, and relations between different nationalities. Social networks and restitution of property after the Soviet era were also charted. Entrepreneurs and farmers were asked about the number of their employees, reasons for starting farming or establishing a business, how they had raised the initial capital for investments, and what kind of difficulties they had experienced. Plans for the future and opinions on the role of the state vis-à-vis enterprise were investigated.
Background variables included the respondent's sex, year of birth, working hours per week, industry of employment, main economic activity, workforce size, payment system, occupation, nationality, marital status, number of children, housing, education and occupation of the spouse, occupation of parents and economic situation of the household. Part of the questions in the survey were the same as in FSD1045 Change in Occupational Structure and Social Status in Finland 1994.
Keywords
Baltic countries; education; leisure time; national identity; participation; privatization; social behaviour; social change; work life; working conditions
Topic Classification
social psychology; sociology; sociology of work (FSD Topics Classification)
social and occupational mobility; working conditions (CESSDA Topics Classification)
Restrictions
Access to the data granted for scientific and teaching purposes; FSD's access application procedure.
Data Collector
Blom, Raimo (Estonian and Lithuanian materials) (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)
Latvia Social Research Centre (Latvian material) (Latvia Social Research Center)
Data Producer
Blom, Raimo (University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology)
Collection Date
November 1993 - December 1993
Nation
Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia
Geographical Coverage
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Analysis Unit
Individual
Universe
Persons aged 15 years or over living in Latvia
Persons aged 15 years or over living in Lithuania.
Persons aged 18-65 years living in Estonia.
Sampling Procedure
Estonia: regionally stratified random sample. The interviewed persons (Russians and Estonians separately) were drawn from inhabitant registers of the municipalities and provinces chosen for the sample. Demographic criteria were nationality, gender and age. The number of people interviewed: 1,636 persons. Latvia: regionally stratified random sample, starting address method. Demographic criteria: nationality, gender, and age. Lithuania: stratified random sample. Demographic criteria: dwelling place, age, gender, nationality, and education. Number of persons interviewed: 1,485.
Collection Mode
Face-to-face interview
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Time Method
Cross-sectional study
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file. Data available also in other file formats.
Number of cases and variables
[FIXME: Osa-aineisto 1: ]4620 cases and 431 variables
Data version
1.0 (3.10.2000)
Other Material
See downloadable files at the top of the page
Questionnaire: pdf file in Finnish, in English, in Estonian, in Latvian, in Lithuanian and in Russian
Related Studies
FSD1045 Change in Occupational Structure and Social Status in Finland 1994
Citation Requirement
The source must be acknowledged in any publication based wholly or in part on the data.
Bibliographical Citation
Blom, Raimo: Social Change in Baltic Countries 1993 [computer file]. FSD1046, version 1.0 (2000-10-03). Raimo Blom & Latvia Social Research Centre [data collection], 1993. Tampere : Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2000.
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.
