HELSINKI: Finnish social barometer survey publish its results of 2014 shows that the unemployment is biggest threat to the welfare of Finland in 2014.”The greatest threat to welfare in Finland is unemployment”, said both regional and local social and health directors as well as Kela’s directors in this spring’s Social Barometer.
The Social Barometer survey has been conducted since 1991. The answers were collected at the end of 2014. Nearly four out of five respondents regarded the overall situation of welfare as fair or good.Since 1997, the welfare of the population, according to the Social Barometer, has steadily improved. After 2013, though, the views on welfare suffered a slight decline.
The Social Barometer is commissioned by SOSTE, the Finnish Social and Health Association, which is a national umbrella organization. It brings together more than 200 social and health care organizations, as well as dozens of other cooperative member parties.
