Institute for Health and Welfare (THL): Financial statistics on social assistance (formerly the Preliminary statistics on social assistance)
Keywords
subsistence
social assistance
cash benefits
poverty
deprivation
Classifications
Geographical classification
Municipality, sub-region, region, area for the regional state administrative agency, major region, Mainland Finland/Åland, hospital district, university hospital special responsibility area, whole country
Data content
The indicator gives the gross expenditure on social assistance during the calendar year.
Interpretation
The indicator gives the gross expenditure on social assistance paid during the calendar year in the area under analysis.
Restrictions
Additional information
THL: Social assistance
THL: Social assistance
Hannele Tanhua (firstname.lastname@thl.fi)
Sirkka Kiuru (firstname.lastname@thl.fi)
Legislation
Act on Social Assistance 30.12.1997/1412 (HE 217/1997) and related amendments.
As stated in the Act, social assistance is last-resort financial assistance paid in order to ensure the person's or family's livelihood and to help them cope independently. Social assistance is aimed at ensuring the person or family at least the minimal living needed for a life of human dignity.
Social assistance may be primary or preventive social assistance or it may consist of a premium grant or travel allowance paid in the context of rehabilitative work.
