Family Barometer 2018: Family Policy

The 2018 Family Barometer charted the views of Finnish people on family policy, birth-related topics and social benefits for families. The study included themes such as family benefits, taxation, parenthood, acquiring children, and work-life balance. Many of the questions in this survey have also been presented in the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Family Barometers. First, the survey asked about the respondent's life situation by asking, for example, how many children the respondent have. If the respondent had minor children, he or she was asked about their use of screen media. Respondents were also asked about their views on family benefits and services and the distribution of tax resources. Next, the respondent was asked about the ideal number of children. The respondent was also asked if he/she planned to have children or, alternatively, more children. If the respondent is not planning to have children, he/she was asked to what extent the various issues listed influence this decision. Respondents were also asked about their views on the level of child benefit, the duration of parental and childcare leave and the amount of childcare allowance. Next, the respondent was asked which issues influenced the decision to have the youngest child and which issues he/she had found particularly challenging in relation to the birth of the youngest child. The next question asked whether the respondent had recently had to compromise on various personal or family expenses. The respondent was also asked about issues such as the limitation of subjective day care, how to promote parental leave for fathers and at what age the child is ready to go to care outside the home. Respondent was also asked to assess the reasons why more and more Finns are postponing having children or not having children at all. Finally, respondent was asked about views on proposed changes to family leave, taxation models and the success of the government in promoting the well-being of families and children in Finland. Background variables included, among others, the respondent's gender, year of birth, number of children, region of residence, marital status, level of education, number of children and grandchildren, ages of children living in the household, number of persons in the household, gross annual personal and household income and occupational status.

2018年家庭晴雨表描绘了芬兰民众对家庭政策、生育相关议题及家庭社会福利的看法。研究涵盖了诸如家庭津贴、税收、亲子关系、育儿过程以及工作与生活平衡等主题。调查中的许多问题亦曾在2010年、2014年和2018年的家庭晴雨表中呈现。首先，调查通过询问受访者生活状况，例如其子女数量等，来了解受访者的生活情况。若受访者有未成年子女，则会询问他们使用屏幕媒体的情况。受访者还被问及其对家庭津贴和服务以及税收资源分配的看法。随后，调查询问受访者理想的子女数量。受访者还被问及是否有计划生育子女，或更愿意生育更多的子女。若受访者没有生育子女的计划，则会询问他们认为哪些因素影响了这一决定。受访者还被问及其对儿童津贴水平、父母和儿童照护休假期限以及照护津贴数额的看法。接下来，受访者被问及哪些因素影响了他们生育最年幼子女的决定，以及他们在与最年幼子女出生相关的哪些问题上遇到了特别的挑战。接下来的问题是询问受访者是否最近在个人或家庭开支上做出了妥协。受访者还被问及诸如主观照护限制、如何促进父亲休假以及儿童何时适合离开家庭进入照护机构等问题。受访者还被要求评估导致越来越多的芬兰人推迟生育或根本不生育的原因。最后，受访者被问及对家庭休假改革、税收模型以及政府在促进芬兰家庭和儿童福祉方面的成功与否的看法。背景变量包括受访者的性别、出生年份、子女和孙子女的数量、居住地区、婚姻状况、教育水平、家庭中居住子女的年龄、家庭人口数量、毛年收入以及职业状况等。