Sociobarometer 2015

The sociobarometer is a wide-ranging survey charting expert opinion on the welfare of Finnish citizens, and on the present state of welfare services. Themes for the 2015 survey included current state and future of the services, unemployment, child welfare, and social inequality. Views on the new regional goverment, health and social services reform were also charted. The respondents were managers or management groups of municipal health and social service offices, employment offices, and local offices of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela). There were separate questionnaires for each organisational sector, with somewhat differing questions for each. The questions common to all organisations studied opinions on the general well-being of the population in the municipality/area and whether there were sufficient resources to provide the required services at the time of the survey, 12 months after the survey and three years after the survey. The respondents were asked opinions on the impact of several factors, such as unemployment and crime, on the future welfare of the population. Cooperation with different organisations in the area was studied. Views on the new regional government, health and social services reform were investigated with questions about the solutions of the reform, role of service providers after the reform, and citizens' opportunity to participate and have a say in health and social services. Health and social service offices were asked how well they thought the reform would succeed in achieving several objectives, such as promoting health and welfare, and how necessary and cost effective some austerity measures were. Social inequality was studied by asking the respondents whether inequality had decreased, increased, or remained same in their area and in Finland in the past 10 years, and how inequality could be decreased. Opinions on social security benefits were charted by asking the respondents if the basic level of social security was sufficient, and which social security benefits should be increased. Unemployment was examined by asking the respondents about the impact of several factors on the increasing unemployment, and how effective several political measures were in decreasing unemployment. Finally, health and social service offices answered questions on child welfare, including assessments of the use of private child welfare services and the welfare of children and families using child welfare services. The background variables included, depending on the organisation, the name of the organisation, municipality/area, and statistical grouping of the municipality (urban, semi-urban, rural).

社会晴雨表是一项范围广泛的调查，旨在记录专家对芬兰公民福利状况及福利服务现状的意见。2015年调查的主题包括福利服务的现状与未来、失业、儿童福利及社会不平等；此外，调查还记录了专家对新区域政府及医疗与社会服务改革的看法。受访者为市政医疗与社会服务办公室、就业办公室及芬兰社会保险机构（Kela）地方办事处的管理者或管理团队。针对各组织部门设有单独问卷，问卷问题略有差异。所有组织共有的问题包括：对所在市政区域/地区居民总体福祉的看法，以及在调查时、调查后12个月及3年内是否有足够资源提供所需服务的评估。受访者需就失业、犯罪等若干因素对居民未来福祉的影响发表意见，调查还涉及与区域内不同组织的合作情况。对新区域政府及医疗与社会服务改革的看法通过以下问题展开：改革方案、改革后服务提供者的角色，以及公民在医疗与社会服务中的参与权和话语权。医疗与社会服务办公室需评估改革在实现促进健康与福祉等目标上的预期成效，以及部分紧缩措施的必要性和成本效益。社会不平等方面，调查询问受访者过去10年其所在地区及芬兰全国的不平等状况变化（减少、增加或持平），以及减少不平等的途径。关于社会保障福利的意见，调查通过询问基本保障水平是否充足及哪些福利应提高来记录。失业问题调查包括若干因素对失业率上升的影响，以及若干政治措施在降低失业率上的有效性。最后，医疗与社会服务办公室回答了儿童福利相关问题，包括私人儿童福利服务使用情况评估、接受该服务的儿童及家庭福祉状况。背景变量因组织而异，涵盖组织名称、市政区域/地区及市政区域统计分组（城市、半城市、农村）。