Summary information

Study title

Generational Transmissions in Finland, Baby Boomers 2012

Creator

Rotkirch, Anna (Family Federation of Finland. Population Research Institute)

Haavio-Mannila, Elina (University of Helsinki)

Roos, Jeja-Pekka (University of Helsinki)

Danielsbacka, Mirkka (University of Helsinki)

Tanskanen, Antti O. (University of Helsinki)

Study number / PID

FSD3255 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3255 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd3255 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Individual datasets

Individual datasets that do not belong to any series.

Abstract

The study charted Finnish baby boomers' contacts with relatives and friends as well as giving and receiving help. The study was funded by the Academy of Finland (project id 250620) and Alli Paasikivi Foundation. FSD's holdings also include data on baby boomers' chilren collected in the same research project (FSD3256). First, the respondents were asked whether they kept up their health and whether they suffered from a long-term illness or a permanent injury. They were asked whether they considered themselves happy, if they considered religion important in their lives, and whether they had participated in charity or voluntary work within the previous year. The number of the respondents' children and grandchildren was enquired, after which the respondents' adult children were examined in more detail. Questions charted at which age the respondents' children moved away from home and how far away they lived, as well as how the respondents perceived their children's financial situation. The respondents were asked how often on average they had been in contact with their children within the previous year, how close they felt to their children, and whether they had had conflicts with them. It was also examined whether the respondents had received practical help (e.g. with yard work, renovation, technology) or financial help from their children within the previous year, and whether they had provided similar help to their children. Whether the respondents had babysat their grandchildren and how many times within the previous year was also examined, as well as whether the respondents' children or their spouses had restricted the respondents' ability to contact their grandchildren. The birth year of the respondents' and their spouses' parents was charted as well as whether the parents were still alive. More questions were asked regarding the respondents' and their spouses' living parents, such as how far away they lived, how the respondents perceived their state of health and...

Social sciencesSocial behaviour and attitudesFamily life and marriage

Care of the elderlyChild careFamily membersFriendsGenerations (age)GrandchildrenGrandparentsInformal careInterpersonal relationsOffspringParentsSocial networks

Data collection period

16/03/2012 - 29/05/2012

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Women and men residing in Finland who were born in Finland in 1945 - 1950

Excludes: the Åland Islands

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2019

Terms of data access

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

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