Support Needs of Families with Children 2014

The survey charted the needs of Finnish families with children. Different forms of aid were also investigated. The questions focused on sources of aid, the role of organizations as service providers in the society, child-free services, and the internet as a source of help and information. The respondents' participation in organizations was investigated first by asking if they were a member, a volunteer, in a position of responsibility or did not participate at all in organizations. Next, the respondents were asked to choose between organizations, municipality, parishes, or private companies as service providers given that they all would cost the same. The services included children's day care, therapy, competitive and non-competitive recreational activities, and advice for parenting, among other things. Sources of aid were investigated by asking who had aided the family within the past year. The respondents were asked to choose whether they would rather receive help from their friends and family, a volunteer, or a professional in case of family-related problems. Examples of these problems included "a situation where I need help setting boundaries for my child", and "a situation where I need legal counsel on matters related to my family and children". Next, the respondents were presented with a list of words and short statements and asked to attribute each of the statements to either organizations, municipality, parishes, or private companies. The words and statements included, for example, "qualified", "reliable", "only available to people who are well off" and "I have bad experiences". The respondents were asked whether they agreed or disagreed with several statements regarding organizations and parenting. The respondents were also asked about whether they had sought help on the internet on issues such as bullying or financial situation. Opinions on child-free services were examined by presenting the respondents with a set of statements such as "Parents who take small children into aeroplanes are more selfish than those who wish for child-free flights" and "I'm interested in child-free hotels when I'm on vacation without children". Finally the respondents were asked if they were familiar with the logo of the Emma & Elias support programme for families with children. The background variables included gender, year of birth, regional variables, educational level, profession, latest employer, family type, ages of children living at home, household size, and yearly household gross income.

本调查描绘了芬兰有子女家庭的各项需求。研究同时探讨了各种援助形式。问题集中于援助来源、组织在社会中作为服务提供者的角色、无子女服务，以及互联网作为援助和信息来源。首先，通过询问受访者是否为组织的成员、志愿者、负责人或完全不参与组织活动，来探究他们在组织中的参与情况。随后，在所有服务提供者均需承担相同费用的前提下，受访者被要求在组织、市政府、教区或私营公司之间进行选择。服务项目包括儿童日托、治疗、竞技和非竞技的休闲活动，以及育儿建议等。通过询问在过去一年中谁为家庭提供援助，来研究援助来源。在家庭相关问题的情境下，受访者被要求在朋友和家人、志愿者或专业人士之间选择，以获得帮助。这些问题包括“我需要帮助为孩子设立界限的情况”和“我需要就与家庭和孩子相关事宜寻求法律咨询的情况”。接下来，受访者被展示一系列词汇和简短陈述，并要求他们将每个陈述归因于组织、市政府、教区或私营公司。这些词汇和陈述包括例如“合格”、“可靠”、“仅对富裕人士开放”和“我有不良经历”等。受访者还被要求对关于组织和育儿的多项陈述表示同意或不同意。此外，还询问了受访者是否在诸如欺凌或财务状况等问题上通过互联网寻求帮助。通过呈现一系列关于无子女服务的陈述，如“将年幼儿童带入飞机的父母比希望乘坐无子女航班的父母更为自私”和“我在没有孩子的假期中对无子女酒店感兴趣”，来考察受访者对无子女服务的看法。最后，受访者被问及是否熟悉为有子女家庭提供的Emma & Elias支持项目的标志。背景变量包括性别、出生年份、地区变量、教育水平、职业、最近雇主、家庭类型、居住在家中的子女年龄、家庭规模以及年度家庭总收入。” }