Summary information

Study title

Pension Barometer 2017

Creator

Kautto, Mikko (Finnish Centre for Pensions)
Kuivalainen, Susan (Finnish Centre for Pensions. Research)

Study number / PID

FSD3216 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3216 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd3216 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Pension Barometers

Pension Barometers, launched by the Finnish Centre for Pensions, chart Finnish knowledge and opinions on retirement provision and how these views vary at different times and between demographics. The barometers examine Finns' perceptions of their financial situation when they retire and their trust in the pension system. Surveys are conducted as annual telephone interviews with 1,000 persons aged 15-79 residing in Finland. The first dataset in the series was collected in 2017, and collection rounds aim to continue up until the year 2021. Data collection is conducted by Kantar TNS Finland.

Abstract

The study surveyed Finnish knowledge and opinions on retirement provision and trust in the pension system in Finland. Kantar TNS Finland conducted the survey, and it was commissioned by the Finnish Centre for Pensions. This is the first study in the study series. The first questions surveyed the respondents' knowledge about and interest in the pension system as well as whether they received sufficient information regarding retirement and pensions. Their preferred media channels for information related to pensions were examined (e.g. newspapers and magazines, radio and television, social media, internet sites, brochures). The respondents were also asked to evaluate how well they would get by economically after retiring. Next, the respondents were presented with a set of attitudinal statements regarding, for instance, the guaranteed minimum pension, earnings-related pensions, the effect of rising life expectancy on retirement age, disability pension, and the respondents' trust in the pension system in Finland. Background variables included gender, age (categorised), education level, economic activity and occupational status, income group, NUTS3 region of residence, household composition, and the political party the respondent would vote for if the parliamentary elections were held at the time of the survey.

Methodology

Data collection period

15/05/2017 - 27/05/2017

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Finnish-speaking persons aged 15 - 79 residing in Finland

Excludes: the Åland Islands

Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2018

Terms of data access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Related publications

  • Nurmela, Sakari (2017). Eläkebarometri 2017 [verkkodokumentti]. https://www.etk.fi/wp-content/uploads/elakebarometri_2017.pdf [viitattu 7.6.2018].
  • Öhman, Siiri (2020). Luottamus Suomen eläkejärjestelmää kohtaan. Puoluekannan ja iän yhteys luottamukseen eläkeiän toimeentuloa ja eläkejärjestelmän kestävyyttä kohtaan. Turku: Turun yliopisto. Kandidaatintutkielma.
  • Mäkelä, Sonja (2022). Suomen eläkejärjestelmään kohdistuva epäluottamus. Turku: Turun yliopisto. Pro gradu -tutkielma.