Summary information
Study title
Attitudes towards Corporal Punishment of Children in Finland 2004
Creator
Sariola, Heikki (Central Union for Child Welfare)
Study number / PID
FSD2764 (FSD)
urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2764 (URN)
10.60686/t-fsd2764 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Attitudes towards Corporal Punishment of Children in Finland
Central Union for Child Welfare has charted corporal punishment against children and the attitudes towards it in Finland since the 1980s. Survey questions in the archived datasets include parents' self-reported use of corporal punishment against children. The FSD collections cover data from 2004.
Abstract
The data are part of Central Union for Child Welfare study that investigates the use of corporal punishment in upbringing and attitudes towards it in Finland. Face-to-face interviews were carried out in summer 2004 as part of an Omnibus study conducted monthly by Taloustutkimus. The respondents were asked what was the biggest threat facing a child's well-being (e.g. lack of parenting, drugs) at the time and whether they thought corporal punishment was acceptable at least in some cases. Those who did not have children were asked whether they thought they would use corporal punishment in raising them. Further questions focused on how the respondents would act if they noticed someone in their social network using corporal punishment against children and from whom/which institution they would require aid in helping a child or young person who has problems. Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, age, employment status, economic activity and occupational status, marital status, household composition, consumer durables in the household, number of inhabitants in the municipality of residence, municipality type, Internet use, and number and ages of children living in the household.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
06/2004
Country
Finland
Time dimension
Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section
Analysis unit
Individual
Universe
People aged 15-79 living in Finland
Excludes: the Åland Islands
Sampling procedure
Non-probability: Quota
Kind of data
Quantitative
Data collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Access
Publisher
Finnish Social Science Data Archive
Publication year
2012
Terms of data access
The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.
Related publications
- Sariola, Heikki (2008). How Historical Attitudes to Violence to Children were Changed [verkkodokumentti]. Children Webmag 1.6.2008. http://www.childrenwebmag.com/articles/child-care-social-issues/how-historical-attitudes-to-violence-to-children-were-changed [viitattu 4.7.2012].
- Sariola, Heikki (2012). Kuritusväkivaltaa koskevat asenteet ja lapsiin kohdistuvan väkivallan kehitystrendejä Suomessa. Lastensuojelun Keskusliiton Taloustutkimuksella teettämän kyselyn tulokset. Helsinki: Lastensuojelun keskusliitto.
- Sariola, Heikki (2006). Älkäämme lyökö lapsia - historiallinen asennemuutos etenee. Haaste 2006(3).
- Älä lyö lasta! Kansallinen lapsiin kohdistuvan kuritusväkivallan vähentämisen toimintaohjelma 2010-2015. Helsinki: Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö. Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön julkaisuja 2010:7
- Sariola, Heikki (2014). Herra Koivuniemi pantu viralta - 30 vuotta ruumiillisen kurittamisen kieltämisestä. Helsinki: Lastensuojelun keskusliitto. urn:isbn:978-952-7002-04-9
- Seppälä, Mire (2017). Korvapuusteista kasvatuskeskusteluihin. Vanhempien kuritusväkivalta-asenteiden ja lasten kuritusväkivaltakokemusten muutos 1981-2014. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän avoin yliopisto. Sosiaalityön kandidaatintutkielma.
- Hyvärinen, Sauli (2017). Piiskasta jäähypenkkiin. Suomalaisten kasvatusasenteet ja kuritusväkivallan käyttö 2017 [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Lastensuojelun Keskusliitto. Lastensuojelun Keskusliiton verkkojulkaisu, 2/2017. https://www.lskl.fi/materiaali/lastensuojelun-keskusliitto/Piiskasta-jaahypenkkiin-1.pdf [viitattu 14.11.2018]