Aged Canadian Finns 2004

The material is part of the research project on ageing and immigration, conducted in the University of Tampere. Some questionnaire questions are the same as in the Finnish GOAL (Good Ageing in Lahti region; Ikihyvä in Finnish) survey targeted at people aged over 50 years. First, the respondents' demographics were charted in the questionnaire. Their age, marital status, country of birth, education, occupation, current employment status, housing history, time spent in Canada, health, disabilities, ability to live actively and use of health care services were queried. Social relationships were explored through asking the respondents how many children, sisters and brothers they had and where they lived. They were also asked about their ways of being in contact with their friends and relatives. Offering and receiving help were investigated by asking whether the respondents took care of a chronically ill, aged, or disabled person, who the respondents received help from, what kind of help the respondents received and how often, and who they offered help to. Experiences of ageing were probed by asking the respondents for example whether they felt themselves younger or older than they really were, whether they had experienced their age as an advantage or drawback, whether they considered ageing hard, whether they felt their lives lacked joy, whether they were afraid of dementia, whether they considered religion important, whether they felt themselves old or lonely, and whether they felt solidarity with previous and following generations. The respondents gave their views on retiring and on worries related to ageing. In addition, they were queried whether they thought to be able to perform their daily tasks after five years, and how they would spend their retirement years if they were able to select freely. Finally, the respondents answered various questions on Finnishness, hobbies, dreams, worries, joys, and sorrows. Background variables included the respondent's age, gender, field of education and marital status.

该数据集隶属于坦佩雷大学关于老龄化与移民的研究项目。其中部分问卷问题与针对50岁以上人群进行的芬兰GOAL（拉赫蒂地区良好老龄化调查；芬兰语中称为Ikihyvä）的调查内容相同。首先，在问卷中记录了受访者的人口统计学信息。包括年龄、婚姻状况、出生国家、教育背景、职业、当前就业状态、居住历史、在加拿大停留时间、健康状况、残疾情况、积极生活能力和医疗保健服务使用情况等。通过询问受访者拥有多少子女、兄弟姐妹以及他们的居住地，探讨了受访者的人际关系。此外，还调查了受访者与朋友和亲戚的联系方式。通过询问受访者是否照顾慢性病患者、老年人或残疾人，以及他们接受了何种帮助以及频率，以及他们向谁提供帮助，来研究提供和接受帮助的情况。通过询问受访者是否感觉自己比实际年龄年轻或年长，是否将年龄视为优势或劣势，是否认为老龄化是艰难的，是否觉得自己的生活缺乏乐趣，是否害怕痴呆症，是否认为宗教很重要，是否感觉自己年迈或孤独，以及是否与前几代人或下一代人感到团结等，来探究受访者的老龄化体验。受访者还就退休以及与老龄化相关的担忧发表了看法。此外，还询问受访者是否认为五年后能够完成日常任务，以及如果能够自由选择，他们将如何度过退休生活。最后，受访者回答了关于芬兰认同感、爱好、梦想、担忧、喜悦和悲伤的各种问题。背景变量包括受访者的年龄、性别、教育领域和婚姻状况。