FSD2514 ISSP 2009: Social Inequality IV: Finnish Data
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International Social Survey Programme
Blom, Raimo (University of Tampere. Department of Social Research)
Melin, Harri (University of Tampere. Department of Social Research)
Tanskanen, Eero (Statistics Finland. Interview and Survey Services)
Other Identification/Acknowlegements
Borg, Sami (Finnish Social Science Data Archive)
Nieminen, Markku (Statistics Finland)
Abstract
The survey charted views on social inequality in Finland. The questions and statements covered topics such as working and studying, important things for succeeding in life, and the taxation in various income brackets.
Some questions charted income disparity. The respondents were asked about whether it is just or unjust that people with higher incomes can buy better health care and better education for their children than people with lower incomes. Views were probed on how much the respondents thought various occupational groups earn, as well as how much they should earn. In addition, the respondents were asked about the amount of conflict between different social groups, and where they would put themselves and their childhood family on a social scale.
The respondents indicated their parents' jobs at the time they themselves were 15 years of age, and they were asked whether their own present job had higher or lower status compared to their parents' jobs. In addition, they were asked about their parents' occupations and type of employer. The industry of employment of the respondents' first employer was charted, as well as the respondents' occupation in their first place of work. In view of their current job, type of employer and present occupation were queried. Views were also canvassed on whether the respondents experienced their pay to be just or unjust.
The respondents were presented with five diagrams showing different types of hierarchy in society and asked to indicate which of them corresponded best with Finnish society. They were also asked what they thought Finnish society should be like. The number of books in childhood home present home was charted. The respondents' wealth was investigated by asking whether there would be any money left if they sold their home and paid off their mortgage. In addition, the respondents were also asked whether there would be any money left if they converted their savings, stocks, or bonds they owned to cash and paid off any personal debts they had.
Background variables included the respondent's gender, age, marital status, level and duration of education, employment status, occupation, spouse's employment status and occupation, and variables related to social background such as parents' level of education.
Keywords
conflict; corruption; hierarchy; income distribution; justice; social class; social conflict; social inequality; taxation; wage determination
Topic Classification
social welfare policy; sociology (FSD Topics Classification)
social behaviour and attitudes; social change (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.
Data Collector
Statistics Finland
Data Producer
University of Tampere. Department of Social Research
Statistics Finland
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Collection Date
1.10.2009 - 22.12.2009
Nation
Finland
Geographical Coverage
Finland
Analysis Unit
Individual
Universe
People aged between 15 and 74 living in Finland
Sampling Procedure
Systematic random sampling from the Population Register. Classification order: municipality code and date of birth.
The sample size was 2,500 persons, out of which 95% were Finnish-speaking and 5% Swedish-speaking. 880 questionnaires were returned. There were 1,607 non-respondents, 13 of them declined to answer, 9 of them had an unknown address or a language problem, and 1,585 of them did not participate for other reasons.
Collection Mode
Postal survey, also a chance to reply to an Internet survey
Research Instrument
Structured questionnaire
Response Rate
35.5%
Time Method
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Data Source
Regional and language variables have been obtained from the register of Statistics Finland.
Collection Size
Data: SPSS portable file in Finnish. Data available also in other file formats.
Data version
4.0 (24.6.2010)
Other Material
Questionnaire: pdf file in Finnish and Swedish
Citation Requirement
The source must be acknowledged in any publication based wholly or in part on the data. The bibliographic citation may be in the form required by the publication, or in the form suggested by the archive.
Bibliographical Citation
ISSP 2009: Social Inequality IV: Finnish Data [computer file]. FSD2514, version 4.0 (2010-06-24). Tampere: University of Tampere. Department of Sociology and Social Psychology & Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive & Helsinki: Statistics Finland [producers], 2010. Tampere: Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor], 2010.
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.
Related Publications
Saari, Juho (2010). Hyvinvointivaltion rakenne. Teoksessa: Tulevaisuuden voittajat - Hyvinvointivaltion mahdollisuudet Suomessa (toim. Juho Saari), 29-84. Helsinki: Eduskunnan tulevaisuusvaliokunta. Julkaisu 5/2010.
