Working and Poor 2015

This dataset consists of written biographies by Finnish people in paid employment who still experience poverty in their lives due to, for instance, low wages or temporary contracts. The data aimed to chart Finnish experiences of poverty and examine how the phenomenon presents itself in people's mental wellbeing, physical health, and quality of life. The data contain 135 written biographies with varying lengths. The biographies were collected as part of a project of the University of Jyväskylä funded by the Kone foundation. The biographies are personal descriptions of the everyday life of Finns living in poverty. They discuss, for instance, mental health, concerns of sufficiency of funds, and psychological and physical effects of poverty on life. The respondents describe their everyday life, work history, and quality of life. In the writing instructions, the participants were asked to share their experiences about, for instance, possibilities to combine temporary work and social security benefits, and to describe the effects of poverty on everyday life and family. They were also asked to describe physical effects, such as exhaustion, hunger or weight gain, as well as effects on mental wellbeing or life management. Background information included the author's gender, birth year, categorised location of residence, marital status, monthly income, educational level, number of employment contracts during the author's career, whether the author has children, and the author's primary activity during weekdays. The data were organised into an HTML index at FSD. The dataset is only available in Finnish.

本数据集收录了芬兰从事有偿工作但仍因低薪或短期合同等原因生活在贫困状态下的个人生平传记。该数据集旨在描绘芬兰贫困者的生活经历，并探讨贫困现象如何在人们的心理健康、身体健康和生活质量中呈现。数据集包含135篇不同长度的书面传记。这些传记作为约维尔亚大学的一项由科内基金会资助的项目的一部分而被收集。传记详细描述了生活在贫困中的芬兰人的日常生活。其中涉及的内容包括心理健康、资金充足性的担忧，以及贫困对生活造成的心理和生理影响。受访者详细描述了他们的日常生活、工作经历和生活质量。在写作指导中，参与者被要求分享关于临时工作和社会保障福利相结合的可能性等方面的经验，并描述贫困对日常生活和家庭的影响。他们还被要求描述如疲惫、饥饿或体重增加等生理效应，以及贫困对心理健康或生活管理的影响。背景信息包括作者的性别、出生年份、居住地分类、婚姻状况、月收入、教育水平、作者职业生涯中的就业合同数量、作者是否有子女，以及作者在工作日的首要活动。这些数据被组织成FSD的HTML索引。该数据集仅提供芬兰语版本。