title: Changes in the socio-economic environment in Estonia: adaptive and coping strategies of families.
reg no: SF0402491s03
project type: targeted financing
subject: 5. Social Sciences
status: accepted
institution: Institute of International and Social Studies at TUES
head of project: Leeni Hansson
duration: 01.01.2003 - 31.12.2007
description: The project is aimed to continue the previous research theme by the same team that was focused on the economic and social resources of Estonian families. The planned study will be focused on the possible choices of strategies of families of different social strata utilised for ajustment to the changing socio-economic situation in Estonia, and the effect of the socioecological and ecocultural environment on the choices of strategies. The goals of the study are: (1) to analyse the changes in the basic functions of families, (2) to study the choices of the coping and adaptive strategies of families of different social strata; (3) to analyse the ecocultural differences in the opportunities of the choices of most rational strategies; (4) to work out the typology of families based on the strategies used; (5) to work out the system of indicators to measure the adjustment success of families of different social strata. The practical goal of the study is to carry out a population syrvey 'Estonia 2003', the new one in the series of surveys that started in 1985. An analytical developmental pattern of the Esonian family for the period 1985-2003, based on the data gathered by the previous population surveys as well as the new one, is panned to be formulated.

project group
no name institution position  
1.Airi-Alina AllasteInstitute of International and Social Studies at TUESdoktorant 
2.Niina DermanInstitute of International and Social Studies at TUESassistent 
3.Kati HammerInstitute of International and Social Studies at TUESdoktorant 
4.Leeni HanssonInstitute of International and Social Studies at TUESv.teadur 
5.Eda HeinlaInstitute of International and Social Studies at TUESteadur 
6.Aili KelamInstitute of International and Social Studies at TUESv.teadur 
7.Virve-Ines LaidmäeInstitute of International and Social Studies at TUESteadur 
8.Mare LeinoTallinn University of Educational Sciencesvanemteadur 
9.Tiina RaitviirInstitute of International and Social Studies at TUESv.teadur 
10.Uno SaarInstitute of International and Social Studies at TUESassistent 
11.Kati TillemannInstitute of International and Social Studies at TUESdoktorant 
12.Liis TomsonTallinn University of Educational Sciencesdoktorant