RESPONDING
IS IMPORTANT
The responses given are used to compile a picture
of the livelihood and living conditions of the whole
population residing in Finland. Every household
drawn to the sample represents some 180 households living in Finland. A household that has been
drawn to the sample cannot be replaced with
another. The data you provide are indispensable
and improve the reliability of the survey results.
Your participation in this survey is of key importance.
CONTACT US
Further information on the Income and Living
Conditions Survey is available from:
Telephone: +358 29 551 1000 /
Survey on income and living conditions
Email: [email protected]
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INFORMATION
HERE
STATISTICS FINLAND
Information concerning an individual respondent cannot be distinguished from the results that will be published in the form of statistics. They are not released
to other authorities either. Statistics Finland can
release data only for scientific research and statistical
surveys. Other data can be subsequently combined
with the data to be released. Releasing is always
done so that direct identification of the survey participants is impossible. Eurostat, the Statistical Office
of the European Communities, operates under these
same principles.
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• Supports decision-making based on facts
• Promotes the use of statistical data
• Creates preconditions for research
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Postal address: 00022 Statistics Finland
Telephone: +358 29 551 1000
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FACING THE FUTURE WITH
KNOWLEDGE – RELIABLE
STATISTICS FOR THE BENEFIT
OF CUSTOMER
SURVEY ON INCOME
AND LIVING
CONDITIONS
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Statistics Finland treats all the data it collects as
confidential and all persons handling data provided
by respondents are legally obliged to secrecy.
• Produces statistics on a variety of areas in society
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THE DATA ARE
CONFIDENTIAL
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RESULTS ARE PUBLISHED REGULARLY
Statistics Finland publishes the results from the survey on
income and living conditions annually. Most recent results can be found at:
www.stat.fi/til/tjt/index_en.html
Additional information about the survey can also be
found at:
www.stat.fi/keruu/tuel/en
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In addition to Statistics Finland, statistical data are released by international organisations and Eurostat, the
Statistical Office of the European Communities.
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STATISTICAL DATA ON HOUSEHOLDS´
LIVELIHOOD
Statistics Finland’s survey on income and living conditions compiles up-to-date information about livelihood
and living conditions of households living in Finland.
The survey on income and living conditions collects
data about, for example:
• The household’s members and their activities during the past year
• Housing and housing costs
• Loans and
• Economic livelihood.
The same survey is also done in all European union member states and results are internationally comparable.
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DATA ARE COLLECTED
WITH INTERVIEWS
MANY USES FOR THE DATA
The data collected in the survey on income and living conditions are used in the production of income distribution
statistics, which are used for the preparation and monitoring of social decision-making. The data are also used in
research and statistics produced by universities, research
institutions and Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. The survey on income and living
conditions produces information on such as:
How evenly income at the disposal of Finnish
residents is divided between households
• How expensive housing is compared to disposable income in Finland
• How much effect income transfers have, for example, on the income level of families with children and
pensioners, and
• What is the level of income differentials in Finland compared with other European countries.
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The data for the survey on income and living
conditions are collected by interviewing almost
12,000 households annually. In addition, data are
derived from administrative registers available
to Statistics Finland (e.g. data from the Social
Insurance Institution of Finland).
The interviewed households have been drawn
randomly from Statistics Finland’s database on the
population of Finland. From each household, one
person is selected for the interview, but other
household members can also take part in supplying
information. The same respondents are interviewed
four times in four successive years. The interview
is conducted by telephone and Statistics Finland’s
own statistical interviewers conduct the interviews.
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