Data project

Total statistics on income distribution

Tulonjaon kokonaisaineisto

Summary

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study

Data gathering method
Registries

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Register data

Formats available
SAS, SPSS

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data are collected on an annual basis.

First year of collection
1995

Stratification if applicable

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

Age range

Statistical representativeness
Population representative

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Data include households' income, structure of income and distribution of income between different population groups. Income is classified in detail. The statistics describe the monetary gross income, earned income, entrepreneurial income and property income of households, and the income transfers received and paid by households. Disposable income, which is the key concept in these statistics, is formed from these income components.

Linkage

Standardisation

Possibility of linkage among databases

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable

Breaks

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Governance

Contact information
Registrar's Office
Statistics Finland

FI-00022 Helsinki Finland Phone: +358 9 1734 2220
Email: kirjaamo@tilastokeskus.fi
Url: http://www.stat.fi/meta/til/tjkt_en.html

Timeliness, transparency