FSD holdings contain a number of data series and individual datasets suitable for research on students and studying.
There are also many datasets that contain individual questions and variables which are potentially useful to researchers of the subject. The data archived at the FSD can be downloaded free of charge from Aila Data Service, according to the conditions set for each dataset. Please note that below is listed only a sample of all data available at the Archive and we encourage you to search more datasets on the subject on Aila.
Questions and variables of quantitative datasets that have been fielded in English or translated at the FSD can be explored by browsing their codebooks or through Aila variable search. If a quantitative dataset has not yet been translated, you can request a translation free of charge. Qualitative data are only available in their original language. Where applicable, the codebook and other related material are freely accessible on the study description page of each dataset.
Recent Data Releases
- Qualitative study: Social Research Students' Views on Forming Political Opinions 2020
- Qualitative study: University Students' Perceptions of Expertise 2019-2020
- Quantitative study: Multiple Rights to Study of Higher Education Students 2019
- Quantitative study: Doctoral Graduates of Year 2016: Career and Employment Survey 2019
- Quantitative study: Finnish University Graduates of Year 2014: Career and Employment Survey 2019
- Quantitative study: Perceptions of Vocational Education: Human Resources Administration in Companies 2018
- Quantitative study: Perceptions of Vocational Education: Lower Secondary School Guidance Counsellors 2018
- Quantitative study: Perceptions of Vocational Education: Adult Students in Vocational Education 2018
- Quantitative study: Perceptions of Vocational Education: Second-year Students in Vocational or General Upper Secondary …
- Quantitative study: Perceptions of Vocational Education: Parents of Ninth-Graders 2018
- More data on Aila Data Service
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Datasets on the theme
FSD3273 School Well-being Profile 2017-2018: Lower Secondary School, Grades 7-9
The data examined the well-being of Finnish schoolchildren in grades seven to nine of basic education. The themes of the survey included school conditions, social relations, possibilities of self-actualisation and state of health.
FSD3242 Vocational School Student Survey 2017
The survey studied the experiences of young people studying in Finnish vocational institutions, including their financial circumstances and housing, future plans, well-being, and leisure time.
FSD2947 Finnish Student Barometer 2012
The study charted the studies, satisfaction, motivation, well-being, values, and circumstances of students in higher education institutions in Finland.
Data series
Data in these series also include questions on the theme.
Datasets elsewhere
People interested in finding data on students and studying should also take a look at data available at other data archives around the world.
In Finland, the Language Bank of Finland also provides services to researchers and archives audio and video material. Services of various European social science data archives can be accessed through the website of CESSDA. The UK Data Service has, among other things, a wide variety of excellent qualitative data. Another good source of data is the German GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. The extensive holdings of the American ICPSR are also well worth searching.
