Summary information

Study title

Daily Life and Autonomy of Disabled People 2007

Creator

Eriksson, Susan (Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (FAIDD))

Study number / PID

FSD2512 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2512 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd2512 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Individual datasets

Individual datasets that do not belong to any series.

Abstract

The study was conducted among disabled people and concerned their daily lives and their attitudes towards different issues from the viewpoints of autonomy and human dignity. The study consists of 25 different interviews, which were conducted in different parts of Finland. The interview questions were about work, income, daily life, living conditions, hobbies, values, friends, politics, religion, family, and services provided for disabled people. The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Methodology

Data collection period

12/04/2007 - 10/07/2007

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

People with mental, physical or sensory disabilities from 9 different localities in Finland

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Kind of data

Qualitative

Data collection mode

Interview

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2010

Terms of data access

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

Related publications

  • Eriksson, Susan (2008): For Leisure and Pleasure - Recreation Activities, Consumption and Identity among the Disabled. Teoksessa Parodi, Giuliana (toim.): Aspetti socioeconomici della Disabilita. Aracne Editrice, Roma, s. 255-285.
  • Tarvainen, Merja (2024). The sense of difference: Disability and loneliness as emotional and social isolation. In Hisayo Katsui & Matti Laitinen (Eds.) Disability, Happiness and the Welfare State: Finland and the Nordic Model. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 12-27.
  • Eriksson, Susan (2008): Erot, erilaisuus ja elinolot. Vammaisten arkielämä ja itsemäärääminen. Kehitysvammaliiton tutkimuksia 3/2008. Helsinki, 191 s.