Nordic Family Interviews 1996: English Summaries

The data consist of summaries in English of family interviews conducted in Finnish, focusing on changes in the lives of families with children in 1990s Finland. The original interviews and summaries in Finnish are archived in the dataset FSD2246. The interviews were conducted in 1996 in Tampere and Jyväskylä regions in 23 families. Adult family members were interviewed both together and separately. In the joint interviews, spouses were asked about family composition, housing, household income, changes in the family in the 1990s, and taste in tv programs, clothes, food and decoration. In the individual interviews, the main topics included the respondents' life history, educational and employment history, organisation of everyday life, children and their upbringing, daycare and school, job, ideas of social class and politics, and social networks. Seven children, aged 6-13, were interviewed about their everyday life at home and outside home, leisure activities, housing and environment, taste in food, movies, books and clothes, changes in life, future expectations, school and homework, relationship with parents, the family's social class, and social networks. The data comprise 26 summaries with a total length of 237 pages. The interview summaries and child interview questions are available in English.

本数据集包含以芬兰语开展的家庭访谈的英文摘要，聚焦20世纪90年代芬兰有子女家庭的生活变迁。芬兰语原始访谈笔录及摘要已归档于数据集FSD2246。本次访谈于1996年在坦佩雷（Tampere）和于韦斯屈莱（Jyväskylä）地区开展，共覆盖23个家庭。家庭成年成员接受了联合访谈与单独访谈：在联合访谈中，受访配偶被问及家庭构成、住房状况、家庭收入、20世纪90年代家庭生活变迁，以及电视节目、服饰、饮食与家居装饰的审美偏好；在单独访谈中，核心议题涵盖受访者的人生经历、教育与职业历程、日常生活安排、子女养育情况、日托与学校教育、工作状况、社会阶层与政治观念，以及社会网络。另有7名年龄介于6至13岁的儿童接受访谈，访谈内容包括其居家与校外日常生活、休闲活动、住房与周边环境、饮食、电影、书籍及服饰偏好、生活变迁、未来期许、学校课业、与父母的关系、家庭社会阶层，以及社会网络。本数据集共包含26份摘要，总篇幅达237页。访谈摘要与儿童访谈问卷均提供英文版本。