Summary information

Study title

European Social Survey 2012: Finnish Data

Creator

Fitzgerald, Rory (City University. Centre for Comparative Social Surveys)
Jowell, Roger (City University. Centre for Comparative Social Surveys)
ESS Core Scientific Team
Ervasti, Heikki (University of Turku. Department of Social Research) - 0000-0002-3631-2167

Study number / PID

FSD2922 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2922 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd2922 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

ESS (European Social Survey)

European Social Survey (ESS) is a biennial multi-country survey covering over 30 nations. The first round was fielded in 2002/2003. All participating countries are required to contribute to the central coordination costs of the ESS ERIC. In addition, each country participating in the ESS ERIC undertakes to cover the costs of fieldwork and national coordination. The Academy of Finland funds the project in Finland. The interview data consist of a core module, which remains relatively constant from round to round, and two or three rotating modules, repeated at intervals. Additional data are...

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Abstract

The survey studied several themes, including the use of media, social trust, political participation and interest, political trust, political orientation and commitment, satisfaction with own circumstances and certain public services, perceptions of own well-being, religious views, experiences of discrimination, and national and ethnic identity. These themes are recurring in different ESS rounds. Themes for the rotating modules in this collection round included personal and social well-being and understanding of and opinions on democracy. The survey also charted views on immigration and values (Schwartz Human Values Scale). The respondents' socio-demographics were widely charted, including, among others, household composition, gender, age, type of neighbourhood, education, occupation, background information on spouse and parents, trade union membership, household income, and marital status.

Methodology

Data collection period

03/09/2012 - 31/01/2013

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

People aged 15 years and older residing in Finland

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random

Kind of data

Quantitative

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview: Computer-assisted (CAPI/CAMI)

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2014

Terms of data access

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

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