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Welfare and Services in Finland 2004: Face-to-Face Interviews of the Elderly
Welfare and Services in Finland is a panel survey that combines telephone and face-to-face interviews, postal surveys and register data. The aim of the study is to offer up-to-date, reliable and extensive research data on Finnish welfare and the use of welfare services. This dataset is based on data collected through face-to-face interviews from people aged over 79. Main...
Welfare and Services in Finland 2004
Welfare and Services in Finland is a panel survey that combines telephone and face-to-face interviews, postal surveys and register data. The aim of the study is to offer up-to-date, reliable and extensive research data on Finnish welfare and the use of welfare services. In 2004, the survey was conducted as a telephone interview and postal survey. Questions in the telephone...
Welfare and Services in Finland 2006
Welfare and Services in Finland is a panel survey that combines telephone and face-to-face interviews, postal surveys and register data. The aim of the study is to offer up-to-date, reliable and extensive research data on Finnish welfare and the use of welfare services. In 2006, the data were collected through telephone interviews. This dataset concentrates on Finnish...
Vitality 90+ Survey 1995
The survey studied longevity and the oldest-old by charting the care, activity and everyday life of people aged 90 and over living in Tampere. The respondents were asked who they lived with, whether someone helped them at home, who helped them the most with everyday tasks, and whether a housekeeper or home helper visited them regularly. Further questions examined whether the...
Vitality 90+ Survey 1996
The survey studied longevity and the oldest-old by charting the care, activity and everyday life of people aged 90 and over living in Tampere. The respondents were asked who they lived with, whether someone helped them at home, who helped them the most with everyday tasks, and whether a housekeeper or home helper visited them regularly. Further questions examined whether the...
Vitality 90+ Survey 2001
The survey studied longevity and the oldest-old by charting the care, activity and everyday life of people aged 90 and over living in Tampere. The respondents who lived at home were asked who they lived with, whether someone helped them at home, who helped them the most with everyday tasks, whether a housekeeper or home helper visited them regularly, whether they spent most...
Vitality 90+ Survey 2003
The survey studied longevity and the oldest-old by charting the care, everyday life, and physical activity and capability of people aged 90 and over living in Tampere. The respondents who lived at home were asked who they lived with, whether someone helped them at home, who helped them the most with everyday tasks, whether a housekeeper or home helper visited them regularly,...
Vitality 90+ Survey 2010
The survey studied longevity and the oldest-old by charting the care, everyday life, and physical activity and capability of people aged 90 and over living in Tampere. The respondents who lived at home were asked what kind of housing they lived in (e.g. ordinary home, sheltered housing), who they lived with, whether someone helped them at home, who helped them the most with...
Older People's Experiences of Home Care Services 1999
The survey charting the feedback from home care customers was conducted through both questionnaires and interviews. The aim of the survey was to explore the living environment and social relations of the respondents, as well as how they manage by themselves, their use of services, and assistance received. The interviews were conducted after collecting data through the...
Life Stories of Women Care Entrepreneurs
The study charted how care entrepreneurs formed their professional identities. The data, collected in 2004-2005, consist of 33 life stories written by women who worked as entrepreneurs in the field of care all over Finland. The topics discussed in the life stories included reasons for becoming a care entrepreneur, creating the enterprise, operation, principles and values of...
Employed relative careers in Sweden 1993 - Employed relative carers in Sweden 1993
In Sweden the municipalities have the responsibility to provide the elderly, ill and disabled with the assistance they need to make home living possible. Still, most caring take place in the family and is performed by relatives. Sometimes a relative carer can be employed and paid by the municipality to perform the help. The aim of this study is to explore the situation of...
Finnish Local Government 2004: Social Services for Elderly and Disabled 2000: Local Government Officers
The dataset is part of the social and health services research in the Finnish Local Government 2004 research programme. The main themes were the administration, service provision, and development policies of home help and municipal services for the elderly and the disabled. The respondents were local government officers responsible for services for the elderly and the...
Technology and Natural Death: a Study of Older People, 2001-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In its focus on older peoples’ understandings of technologies used in end of life care, this study has developed new methodologies for social science in a demanding and ethically sensitive field. Pictures, story boards and media extracts were used during interviews and focus groups and the research team...
Continuous Household Survey, 1983
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Continuous Household Survey (CHS) is one of the largest continuous surveys carried out in Northern Ireland. The survey is designed, conducted and analysed by the Central Survey Unit of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). It is based on a sample of the general population...
Scottish Household Survey, 2003-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) is a continuous survey based on a sample of the general population in private residences in Scotland. It is financed by the Scottish Government (previously the Scottish Executive). The survey started in 1999 and up to 2011 followed a fairly consistent survey...
Scottish Household Survey, 1999-2000: Lite Version
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) is a continuous survey based on a sample of the general population in private residences in Scotland. It is financed by the Scottish Government (previously the Scottish Executive). The survey started in 1999 and up to 2011 followed a fairly consistent survey...
Scottish Household Survey, 2001-2002: Lite Version
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) is a continuous survey based on a sample of the general population in private residences in Scotland. It is financed by the Scottish Government (previously the Scottish Executive). The survey started in 1999 and up to 2011 followed a fairly consistent survey...
Continuous Household Survey, 1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Continuous Household Survey (CHS) is one of the largest continuous surveys carried out in Northern Ireland. The survey is designed, conducted and analysed by the Central Survey Unit of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). It is based on a sample of the general population...
General Household Survey, 1994-1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The General Household Survey (GHS), ran from 1971-2011 (the UKDS holds data from 1972-2011). It was a continuous annual national survey of people living in private households, conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The main aim of the survey was to collect data on a range of core topics,...
OPCS Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity : Private Household Survey, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys (APMS) (formerly known as the Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity) are a series of surveys which provide data on the prevalence of both treated and untreated psychiatric disorders in the adult population (aged 16 and over). The first survey was conducted in 1993,...
Income, Expenditure and Disability, 1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study is to examine the income and expenditure patterns of disabled people and the impact of the introduction of Disability Living Allowance thereon.Main Topics:The interview schedule was split into three parts. The first interview was an income and expenditure inventory, looking at...
PPRU Surveys of Disability, 1989-1990
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The surveys were commissioned to provide information about disability for use in planning policies and services.
The aims of the surveys were to:
estimate the prevalence of disability among adults and children in Northern Ireland;
assess the circumstances under which people with disabilities live;
provide...
OPCS Omnibus Survey, Euroqol II Health Module and Disability and Discrimination Module, January - March, 1996
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (formerly known as the ONS Opinions Survey or Omnibus) is an omnibus survey that began in 1990, collecting data on a range of subjects commissioned by both the ONS internally and external clients (limited to other government departments, charities, non-profit...
Scottish Household Survey, 2003-2004: Lite Version
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) is a continuous survey based on a sample of the general population in private residences in Scotland. It is financed by the Scottish Government (previously the Scottish Executive). The survey started in 1999 and up to 2011 followed a fairly consistent survey...
Adults with Learning Difficulties in England, 2003-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study, the first national survey of adults with learning difficulties conducted in England, was commissioned by the Department of Health. It took place between July 2003 and October 2004 and involved interviews with almost 3,000 people aged 16 years and over, with learning difficulties. The survey...
Assistant Roles and Changing Job Boundaries in the Public Services, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This research project examined three assistant roles in different parts of the public services: the teaching assistant in education; the social work assistant in social care and the healthcare assistant in health care. While central to the process of workforce restructuring in the context of public...
Care for Elderly People at Home, 1989
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aim of the Care for Elderly People at Home project was to explore new ways to help elderly people at risk of failing to cope, to remain in their own homes. An important assumption underlying the approach of the project was that for elderly people in particular, health problems are intimately...
Social Change and Economic Life Initiative Surveys, 1986-1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The principal emphasis of the programme was to examine the attitude of the population to changes in the employment structure of British society, including occupational structure changes in the gender composition of the workforce, increased unemployment and increases in the use of casual employment. These...
Family Expenditure Survey Follow-up Survey of Disabled Adults, 1986-1987
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this survey was to analyse and compare the income and expenditure patterns of households containing a disabled adult with other households. To provide a comparative measure of the extra costs of disability to complement the subjective measures used in the OPCS Survey of Disabled Adults in...
Living with AIDS : The Experience of Homosexual Men with HIV Infection Or AIDS, 1988-1989
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims and objectives of this survey were to:
Describe the experience of and attitudes towards the care of people with AIDS or related conditions; describe the social context in which requirements of health care are negotiated; look at the continuity of care between hospital and community; describe...