Summary information

Study title

Body Image and Childhood Memories 2015

Creator

Finnish Literature Society (SKS). Archive

Kamila, Marjo (University Consortium of Seinäjoki)

Study number / PID

FSD3140 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3140 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd3140 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Individual datasets

Individual datasets that do not belong to any series.

Abstract

The Body Image and Childhood Memories 2015 data consist of 71 texts about appearance and one's own body image in relation to youth and childhood experiences. The texts deal with a variety of topics ranging from obesity and fashion to beauty standards and changes in own appearance through different ages. Most of the respondents were women. The respondents' age varied between 18 and 78 years. The background variables were the respondent's occupation, year of birth, region of residence, and gender. The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Social sciencesSocial behaviour and attitudesPsychology

Personal identityFashionImageSelf-esteemYouthChildhoodMemory

Data collection period

01/03/2015 - 31/10/2015

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

All Finns

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Kind of data

Qualitative

Data collection mode

Self-administered writings and/or diaries: E-mail

Self-administered writings and/or diaries: Paper

Self-administered writings and/or diaries: Web-based

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2019

Terms of data access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.