Summary information

Study title

Sexual Minorities at Work 2003

Creator

Lehtonen, Jukka P. (University of Helsinki. Department of Behavioural Sciences)

Mustola, Kati (University of Helsinki. Department of Social Research)

Study number / PID

FSD2796 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2796 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd2796 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Individual datasets

Individual datasets that do not belong to any series.

Abstract

Sexual Minorities at Work 2003 explored the work-related circumstances and experiences of sexual minorities in Finland. People belonging to sexual minorities were asked about their education, work history, workplace and its atmosphere, experiences of discrimination and openness about sexual orientation. The study was part of the EQUAL Initiative funded by the European Social Fund and Ministry of Employment, Finland whose aim was to chart and improve the labour market position of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and trans people. The respondents were first asked background information such as the orientation of their sexual feelings and thoughts, the orientation of their sexual behaviour, which definition they preferred to use of themselves, to whom they had told about their sexual orientation and how these people had reacted, and whether they had ever moved away from their place of residence because of its negative atmosphere toward sexual minorities. The respondents were asked questions relating to their education and work history such as educational and career choices based on negative or positive attitudes toward sexual minorities in a certain field, total number of years in employment, job changes in the previous five years and whether job change had been affected by negative attitudes toward sexual minorities in the workplace. Relating to the current or latest job the respondents were asked, for example, how long they had had the job, whether they were working part time or full time, whether their contract was permanent or temporary, how many employees there were at the workplace and how many of them women, whether their immediate supervisor was a man or woman and how often they saw their co-workers during their leisure time. Openness about sexual orientation and identity was charted with questions on whether there were other people belonging to sexual minorities at the workplace and whether it mattered to the respondents, how many co-workers and clients, students...

Social sciencesMinoritiesWorking conditionsGender and gender roles

BisexualityCareerDiscriminationEmployeesEqual opportunityGenderHomosexualityLabour and employmentMinority groupsOccupational lifeSexual orientationSocial inequality

Data collection period

2002 - 28/02/2003

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

People aged over 18 who identify themselves as belonging to a sexual minority and who are working or have worked in Finland

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

Non-probability: Respondent-assisted

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2013

Terms of data access

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

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Lehtonen, Jukka (2010). Gendered Post-Compulsory Educational Choices of Non-Heterosexual Youth. European Educational Research Journal, 9 (2): 177-191.
Lehtonen, Jukka (2009). The diverse intimate relationships of non-heterosexual Finnish men. NORMA, Nordic Journal of Masculinity Studies, 4 (1): 66-82.
Lehtonen, Jukka (2008). Career Choices of Lesbian Women. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 12(1): 97-102.
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Recker, J., & Perry, A. (2024). Data on the Margins - Data from LGBTIQ+ Populations in European Social Science Data Archives. Data Science Journal 23(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2024-039
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Palonen, Elina Työssä tapahtuva syrjintä : seksuaali- ja sukupuolivähemmistöt. Taloustieteen Pro gradu -tutkiema. Jyväskylän yliopisto, Kauppakorkeakoulu.