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Survey on work and well-being among persons of foreign origin

The number of persons of foreign origin whose both parents were born abroad is around 280,000 in Finland in 2014. Statistics Finland and the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) carried out a Survey on work and well-being among persons of foreign origin, because the information need for integrating the population of foreign origin has grown, but the present population studies do not provide sufficiently reliable on the living condi-tions of this group.

The survey collected information about the labour market situation, ability to work and function, physical and mental health, possible experiences of discrimination and need for services among people of foreign origin. The survey data was collected between 1 January and 31 March 2014 with face-to-face interviews.

The interviews lasted around one hour, on average, and 12 different languages were used: Finnish, Swedish, English, Estonian, French, Russian, Arabic, Somali, Sorani Kurdish, Persian, Thai and Chinese. The interview questionnaire and the response card used in the interviews
were available in these languages. Letters of invitation sent to interviewees were translated into 27 languages. Foreign background communities were also widely informed about the survey.

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All data collected for statistical purposes are confidential. When processing data, it is seen to that no person's privacy or business or professional secret are endangered. Every person employed by Statistics Finland has signed a pledge of secrecy.