Summary information

Study title

City Service Survey 1983

Creator

Outinen, Seppo (The Association of Finnish Cities)

Varhe, Seppo (The Association of Finnish Cities)

Sneck, Timo (The Association of Finnish Cities)

Study number / PID

FSD1200 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1200 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd1200 (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 1983 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, childcare arrangements, child health clinics, primary schools, secondary schools, health services, care of the elderly, cultural activities, leisure and recreation opportunities, city administration and means of communication used to inform citizens about the services. Views on the privatization of public services and priority areas for city development were also queried. Background variables included date of birth, sex, marital status, number of children, occupational status, means of transportation to work and distance between home and work.

Social sciencesSpecific social services: use and availabilitySocial welfare policy

Local government servicesSocial servicesHealth servicesPublic servicesPersonal safetyCrime and securityNeighbourhoodsPrivatization

Data collection period

1983

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

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2002

Terms of data access

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

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Outinen, Seppo & Varhe, Seppo (1985). Kaupunkien palveluiden käyttö ja asukkaiden asennoituminen hallintoon ja palveluihin: kaupunkipalvelututkimus osa 1. Helsinki: Suomen Kaupunkiliitto. Kaupunkiliiton julkaisu C; 73.
Outinen, Seppo & Varhe, Seppo (1985). Kaupunkien palveluiden käyttö ja asukkaiden asennoituminen hallintoon ja palveluihin: kaupunkipalvelututkimus osa 4: Alavus. Helsinki: Suomen Kaupunkiliitto.
Outinen, Seppo & Varhe, Seppo (1985). Taulukot: kaupunkipalvelututkimus osa 3. Helsinki: Suomen Kaupunkiliitto. Kaupunkiliiton julkaisu C; 86.