Archiving and use of the data series, and funding of the study
Comparable and anonymized research materials from the years 1991, 1999, 2001, 2005 and 2015 are permanently archived in the Finnish Social Science Data Archive (FSD) under the name 'Suomalaisten arvot ja arkielämä' (Finnish values and everyday life). The dataset is available for research, teaching and study. Access condition (B).
Now the first archived material, year 2015 is available for download. According to current information, the entire material has been archived and can be downloaded by early autumn 2023.
So far, the data file is only available in Finnish. However, the descriptions are written in English. The data file of 2015 will be translated into English during the summer. The other data files will be translated, if someone asks for it.
Five waves, 7095 respondents and 116 pages questionnaires
The archived material includes the information provided by 7095 respondents of the survey. The data was collected using questionnaires with a total number of pages of 116. In the data archive, the materials from different years are named as follows (sample size and number of pages of the questionnaires in parentheses).
- Year 1991: FSD3744 Suomalaisten arvot ja arkielämä 1991 (N=1845; 7 s.)
- Year 1999: FSD3745 Suomalaisten arvot ja arkielämä 1999 (N=1204; 28 s.)
- Year 2001: FSD3746 Suomalaisten arvot ja arkielämä 2001 (N=1402; 28 s.)
- Year 2005: FSD3748 Suomalaisten arvot ja arkielämä 2005 (N=1293; 32 s.)
- Year 2015: FSD3749 Suomalaisten arvot ja arkielämä 2015 (N=1351; 21 s.)
Download data from Aila
Archived material is used through FSD's Aila. Data download is free of charge. Some data are available for all users but in most cases download requires registration. Students and staff from the Finnish universities, polytechnics and research institutions can register themselves using HAKA authentication. Other users apply for a username from FSD User Services.
Suomalaisten arvot ja arkielämä -series in Aila
Funding of the study
The study has been funded by the Academy of Finland, the Kone Foundation, and my now discontinued company Limor Oy. In the years 1999-2005, the study was also financed by carrying out company-specific studies for seven companies interested in values. The materials collected for companies contain a wide selection of attitude and behavior data that examines different areas of life. All seven companies have given permission to archive the data collected for them in FSD, and under the same conditions as other research materials.
