Early Childhood Education and Care Survey 2019

The survey examined the circumstances of families with four-year-old children regarding, among other topics, living arrangements, income, parental roles, childcare arrangements, and childcare allowances and vouchers. Respondents included the guardians of four-year-old children in Finland. The survey was conducted as part of the Finnish Childcare Policies: In/equality in Focus (CHILDCARE) research project, a joint collaboration by the University of Jyväskylä, Tampere University and Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare. First, the respondents were asked about their four-year-old child's childcare arrangements. Questions examined what arrangements they had in place for their four-year-old and any other children and how satisfied they were with the arrangements. Further questions were asked based on whether the child was at home or looked after by an unpaid carer or in day care. Next, the respondents' work situation, work-life balance, well-being, and family circumstances were surveyed. Questions also focused on the respondents' financial situation and views on childcare policies. Background variables included, among others, the respondent's municipality of residence (categorised), gender, age group, marital status, family composition, level of education, and current activity and employment. Additionally, background information relating to the child was collected, including the child's gender, living arrangements, and childcare arrangements. The education and current activity of the respondent's spouse/partner were also charted. Temporal comparisons can be made between this dataset and dataset FSD3577 Early Childhood Education and Care Survey 2016 based on the randomised id variable.

本调查审视了四岁儿童家庭的相关情况，涉及诸多议题，如居住环境、收入状况、父母角色、儿童照护安排以及儿童照护津贴和券证等。受访者包括芬兰四岁儿童的监护人。该调查作为芬兰儿童照护政策：关注公平与不平等（儿童照护）研究项目的一部分进行，该项目由约维尔亚大学、坦佩雷大学与芬兰健康与福利研究所共同开展。首先，调查对象被询问关于其四岁儿童的照护安排。问题考察了他们为四岁儿童以及任何其他子女所采取的照护措施，以及他们对这些安排的满意度。随后，根据儿童是在家中、由无报酬的照护者照看还是在日托机构，进一步提出了问题。接下来，调查了调查对象的工作状况、工作与生活的平衡、幸福感以及家庭状况。问题还聚焦于调查对象的财务状况和对于儿童照护政策的观点。背景变量包括但不限于居住市镇（分类）、性别、年龄组、婚姻状况、家庭结构、教育水平以及当前活动与就业状况。此外，还收集了与儿童相关的背景信息，包括儿童的性别、居住环境和照护安排。同时，也记录了调查对象配偶/伴侣的教育和当前活动。基于随机id变量，本数据集与FSD3577 2016年早期儿童教育与照护调查数据集可以进行时间上的比较。