Summary information

Study title

City Service Survey 1989

Creator

Varhe, Seppo (The Association of Finnish Cities)
Eliasson, Ari (The Association of Finnish Cities)
Kurikka, Päivi (The Association of Finnish Cities)

Study number / PID

FSD1202 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1202 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd1202 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

City Service Surveys

City services have been studied since 1983. The surveys, conducted by the Association of Finnish Cities, and since 1993 by Efektia and Efeko (nowadays FCG Finnish Consulting Group), canvass citizens' attitudes towards municipal services and administration. The datasets are to a large extent comparable.

Abstract

City service survey 1989 charted citizen's views on the current state and development needs of city services and administration. Respondents answered questions about their dwelling area and housing, cultural activities, leisure and recreation opportunities, city administration and means of communication used to inform citizens about the services offered. Their views on childcare, care of the elderly, primary and secondary schools and health services were queried. Respondents were asked how satisfied they were with various aspects of their city, what were priority areas for city development in their opinion and how the additional expenditure should be financed. The study surveyed how respondents would spend their extra leisure time if the workweek was shortened. Background variables included date of birth, sex, marital status, number of children, level of education, occupational status, means of transportation to work and distance between home and work.

Methodology

Data collection period

09/1989 - 01/1990

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Finns aged 18 to 70 living in any of the participating towns/cities

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2002

Terms of data access

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

Related publications

  • Varhe, Seppo & Eliasson, Ari & Kurikka, Päivi (1991). Asukkaiden mielipiteet kaupunkien hallinnosta ja palveluista 1989. Helsinki: Suomen Kaupunkiliitto.