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Death, Loss and Memory 2014
The data comprise texts written by Finns about death. Themes include own death, death of a loved one and its impact on life, ideal ways to die and life after death. Finnish attitudes towards death and supernatural experiences relating to death were also written about. The data were collected in cooperation by the Archive of the Finnish Literature Society and the Academy of...
European Social Survey 2006: Finnish Data
The survey studied several themes, including the use of media, social trust, political participation and interest, political trust, political orientation and commitment, satisfaction with own circumstances and certain public services, perceptions of own well-being, religious views, experiences of discrimination, and national and ethnic identity. These themes are recurring in...
Gender, Education and Career Choice: Data 1983-1991
The data are part of a research project "Education, gender and life course" funded by the Ministry of Labour of Finland. The original study was conducted in 1983 and follow-up studies in 1987, 1991 and 1994. The dataset archived at the FSD contains the responses of those students who participated at least twice in the studies of 1983, 1987 and 1991. Variables q1-q42 are from...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Life Situation Questionnaire of 27-Year-Olds 1986
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 30 years. At this research stage, the life situation of 27-year-olds was charted regarding topics such as family, education, work, leisure, values, and changes in life. The research stage also includes theme interviews and...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Interviews of 36-Year-Olds 1995
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 30 years. The research stage also included a life situation questionnaire, two personality tests, and self-ratings based on various tests and methods. First, the respondents were asked to tell about their regular day and...
Finnish Memories of Life-changing Teachers 2020
This dataset consists of 32 texts written by people who have meaningful memories of life-changing teachers. In the invitation to write, the participants were asked to describe the characteristics of the teacher that had changed their life as well as the actions of the teacher that had been especially significant and influential for them. The participants were also asked to...
Capitalist Farmers in the Class Structure, 1974-1975
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this project was to describe and analyse the changing position of East Anglian farmers and landowners in the rural class structure. For those employing labour this provided complementary data to that already collected from farm workers (SN: 963).Main Topics:Variables
The data collected included...
Changing Sociological Construct of the Family, 1930-1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study is available via the UK Data Service Qualibank, an online tool for browsing, searching and citing the content of selected qualitative data collections held at the UK Data Service.
This study uses in-depth interviews to build up a picture of one large and complex working-class family. Using a...
Lives of the Poor in the West End of London, 1725 - 1824
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The project aimed to reconstruct the lives of paupers using the unusually rich poor law records for St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster across the long-eighteenth century. The main objectives were:
1. To discover and analyse the characteristics of recipients of both indoor and outdoor relief with a...
Deprived White Community? Social Action in Three Norwich Estates, 1940-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection.
The project charted changes since 1940 in the interface between official descriptions of three Norwich council estates (North Earlham, Larkman and Marlpit) as deprived, and residents' own social and spatial identity practices.
It looked critically at the extent to...
The gambling study
Data resulting from two ESRC funded projects: Phase 1, Situating Problem Gambling - The Social Context of 'Gambling Careers'; and Phase 2, Understanding Gambling - Impacts and Social Networks across the Lifecourse.
The study used longitudinal qualitative methods in order to explore change over time. At the beginning of Phase 1 fifty individuals were recruited from a...
Data for Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Climate Change in Brazil, 1996-2030
This data collection consists of bioeconomic parameters useful for modelling sustainable farm systems in Brazil. The data is based on representative systems for the Amazon, Cerrado and the Atlantic Forest biomes and state level (UF) data. Examples of data include life cycle assessment emission factors for farm inputs, costs of pasture restoration ("Pasture restoration Costs...
Qualitative Longitudinal Research (QLR) on integration after Amenity Migration in two Alpine case study regions in Western Austria between 2015 and 2021 (OA edition)
Full edition for public use. The dataset provides insights into the integration process after a permanent or temporary lifestyle-related relocation to remote Alpine regions of Austria. It highlights factors which are decisive for staying or relocating again, and how staying affects space and society.
This Qualitative Longitudinal Research (QLR) is based on a cross-sectional...
Gender, Education and Career Choice: Follow-up Study 1994
This study is part of a research project "Education, gender and life course" funded by the Ministry of Labour of Finland. The project was launched with a survey in 1983 and follow-up surveys were conducted in 1987, 1991 and 1994. The follow-up survey of 1994 charted young adults' life cycles in a period of social change. Respondents answered questions about their...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Interviews of 42-Year-Olds 2001
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 30 years. The research stage also included a life situation questionnaire, personality tests, self-ratings based on various tests and methods, as well as a thorough medical examination. The interview focused on themes such...
Life Course 1971-2002
This longitudinal study covered the impact of ability (intelligence), social background and educational achievement on a person's life course (life history). In the early 1970s, the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) was used to test the verbal intelligence of Finnish children aged 3-9. The test included 12 subtests which measured decoding, processing and...
British and Irish Emigrants to the U.S.A. in 1841
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To provide quantitative estimates of the principal demographic and social characteristics of emigrants to the USA from the UK, and to test the usefulness of the passenger lists of American ports for this purpose.Main Topics:Variables
Age, sex, occupation, nationality, type and size of migrating household;...
Health Evaluations, 1984-1985
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this survey was to investigate health self-ratings and evaluations as a function of age,sex and other potentially influential factors.Main Topics:Health self-ratings, health evaluations, independent health status measures, socio-demographic characteristics, psychometric variables (health...
Female Employment and Fertility by Cohort, 1950-1974
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.A time series analysis of aggregate data on cohort and life cycle patterns in women's participation in paid work.Main Topics:Variables
Employment rate as measured by National Insurance records. Fertility history as measured by commulated past births. Economic indicators of the state of the labour market...
Stockholm Birth Cohort
The Stockholm Birth Cohort Study (SBC) was created in 2004/2005 by a probability matching of two anonymized longitudinal datasets; The Stockholm Metropolitan study and The Swedish Work and Mortality Database (WMD). The former involves all children born 1953 that lived in the Stockholm metropolitan area as of November 1, 1963, while the latter comprises data for the period...
Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigeneration Study (UBCoS)
The unique multigenerational data base, Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigeneration Study (UBCoS), was established in 2004 by combining existing data on a representative and well-defined cohort of 14,192 males and females born in Uppsala from 1915-1929 with information on descendants of the original cohort members obtained from routine data registers.
To date, the study has been...
Life Stories of Disabled Artists 2018
The dataset consists of eight written responses and two interviews on disabled and Deaf artists' experiences of their position and status in Finnish society and art world. The participants worked widely in different areas of art, such as theatre, music and visual arts. The data were collected as part of research that aimed to explore the opportunities and challenges...
Interviews with Elderly People Participating in the Elämänote Programme Project Activities 2019-2020
The dataset consists of interviews with elderly people in which the interviewees reflect on the course of their lives, everyday life, and participation in the Age Institute's Elämänote programme project. The interviews were conducted as peer interviews and the Age Institute trained and supported the interviewers during the project. The interviewers and interviewees were not...
Children in Foster Care 1940-1990: Life Experiences 2018
The data consists of interviews with people who spent their childhood in foster care. In the interviews, the respondents talk extensively about their own childhood memories and life experiences. The interviewees were placed or fostered either in a foster family, children's home, reform school or other child protection institution between 1940 and 1990. First, the...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Life History Calendar of 50-Year-Olds 2009
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 40 years. At this research stage, the lives of 50-year-olds were surveyed in terms of family, work, health, and leisure. This dataset contains the responses to the life history calendar, which was filled in during the...
Negotiating Midlife: Exploring the Subjective Experience of Ageing, 2006-2008
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection. This project explored the subjective experience of ageing with a particular focus on midlife. It argues that midlife signifies an important phase of transition in the life course, which is often characterised by essential changes in personal circumstances. Although...
Cross-Generational Investigation of the Making of Heterosexual Relationships, 1912-2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study represents the first major UK-based empirical study of the making of heterosexual relationships over the last 80 years. Making intimacy and the practices of everyday life its core focus, it asks how women and men manage and subjectively experience the institution of heterosexuality. Taking up...
Worth of Witnesses in the English Church Courts, 1550-1728
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project has sought to recover and analyse new data relating to the distribution of wealth and the language of social description in England between c.1550 and c.1750. A database has been compiled of 13,686 responses of witnesses in the church courts to the commonly asked question of what they were...
Concepts of Healthy Eating Food Research: Phases I and II, 1992-1996
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This anthropological study was established to investigate people's own notions of the relationship between the food they ate and their health. In order to do this it was considered important to situate food choices in their social and cultural context.
The first project (Phase I) was set in Lewisham, an...
Steam Engine Makers' Database: Life Histories of Mid-Nineteenth Century Skilled Engineers
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aim of this study was the reconstruction of the life histories of the members of the Steam Engine Makers' Society during the period August 1835 to December 1876, to permit the analysis of labour mobility, unemployment, sickness, ageing, retirement, death and the interaction of these states and...