Data
The Finnish Social Science Data Archive archives and disseminates quantitative and qualitative research data in digital format.
Browse Datasets grouped by type
FSD's online data service Aila facilitates access to data. Users can download data online, according to the conditions set for each dataset.
Study descriptions can be browsed and sorted by title, topic, keyword or series. Browsing our data catalogue is possible even without registration.
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Recent Data Releases
- Qualitative study: Interviews with Social Workers on the Challenges and Support Needs of Released Prisoners 2024
- Quantitative study: Distance Learning during COVID‑19 School Closures: Parent Survey 2020
- Quantitative study: Distance Learning during COVID‑19 School Closures: Teacher Survey 2020
- Quantitative study: Distance Learning during COVID-19 School Closures: Survey of Pupils in Years 4-9 and Upper Secondary …
- Quantitative study: Distance Learning during COVID‑19 School Closures: Survey of Years 1-3 Pupils 2020
- Quantitative study: Festival Barometer 2024
- Quantitative study: Barometer for Swedish-speaking Finns B18/2024
- Quantitative study: Barometer for Swedish-speaking Finns B15/2023
- More data on Aila Data Service
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- Qualitative study
Data Service Portal Aila
Aila provides access to data archived at the Finnish Social Science Data Archive, free of charge.
Data by Theme
The data by theme pages contain information on data series and datasets on a variety of themes, such as environment and energy, crime, equality and impartiality, Finnish elections, and health.
The listed datasets mainly comprise survey data charting attitudes and opinions.
Explore Data by ThemeCESSDA Data Catalogue
The CESSDA Data Catalogue (CDC) is a one-stop shop for searching and finding European social science data. It contains descriptions of more than 41,000 datasets held by CESSDA’s Service Providers. Datasets come from over 20 European countries.
Currently, about 75% of study descriptions are available in English and the rest in local languages. Each detailed data description has a link to the study information on the website of the data provider. This information explains which access conditions apply to the data generated in that study. All data descriptions from FSD's Aila have been harvested to the CDC.
CESSDA Data Catalogue (Opens in a new tab)International Data
A great deal of international comparative datasets and individual datasets collected from different countries in various research programmes are available on their respective websites. This list contains links to the websites of some notable surveys, research programmes and data centres. All links will open in new tab.

