Integration indicator databases

The indicators are classified under six themes:  employment, education, health, living conditions, participation and societal receptiveness.

The indicator database is easy to use. You can personalise and produce the statistics you need in your work.

How to use the database

• First select the table for the desired topic from the list.
• Next, select your preferred variables. You should also select the area level. If the table contains variables marked with an asterisk, at least one of these variables must be selected.
• Finally, you can format the order of table rows and columns more easily, save a completed table in Excel format or select built-in statistical graphs. You will be able to view the details of the variables on the Tietoja taulukosta (Table Details) tab.

Use statistics carefully

The Integration Indicators database uses register data from Statistics Finland as well as a survey carried out jointly by Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and, among others, municipalities in the Helsinki metropolitan area on person’s with a foreign background living in Finland as its main sources (in the future, the KEHA Centre will participate in the development and implementation of the survey instead of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment). After each indicator name, it is noted whether the indicator is based on statistical data or survey data.

Due to differences between types of data, indicators based on the data are not always directly comparable. For example, higher education degrees completed in Finland can be found in the register data, but the number of degrees completed abroad has been assessed on the basis of surveys.

Almost all indicator data have been prepared using information on residential area, gender, country of origin and age group and time of stay in the country. The data are classified by country of origin group to avoid compromising data protection. Indicator data sources also occasionally use varying classifications. For this reason, the countries and continents where the indicators originated vary depending on whether register or survey data have been used as the source.

The choice of appropriate monitoring indicators is based on which phenomenon is to be measured and how, and on what type of data are available. The best overall picture is obtained by examining data based on registers and surveys in parallel.

How to refer to a database

Text reference

(Integration Indicators database, year, KEHA Centre)

Bibliography

Integration Indicators database: Insert the name of the table here [online publication]. Table 1: Enter the exact name of the table here. Helsinki: KEHA Centre. [referred to on insert date here]. Method of access: Enter the table’s web address here.

Example reference

Integration Indicators database: Housing [online publication]. Table 1: 125 years -- 001 -- Housing by type of household-dwelling unit and occupancy rate: regions and largest cities, 2005-2019. Helsinki: KEHA Centre. [referred to on 30 September 2020]. Method of access: http://kototietokanta.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/fi/Kototietokanta/Kototietokanta__asum__kieli/koto_askut_kieli_001.px/?rxid=9cc86182-0bf1-4ee2-bd47-51f929ac2e3f