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Miia Saarikallio-Torp

Senior Researcher, Research Unit

Presentation

I am a senior researcher at Kela’s Research Unit. My research areas particularly include research on family leave, paternity leave, and, more broadly, research on families with children based on register and survey data. My recent studies have covered the trends and factors associated with the use of paternity leave, use of family leave in different populations, housing arrangements for children after parents’ separation, and the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the wellbeing of families with children.

Expertise

  • research related to family leave
  • paternity leave
  • parental leave
  • child home care allowance
  • family research
  • register-based research and survey research

Ongoing research projects

Previous Research Projects

Publications

Publications and research projects

Maternity package survey 2025

The survey looks at the experiences of families that received the maternity grant benefit in 2022 or 2023 and how satisfied they were with the items in the maternity package, and invites suggestions for improving the contents of the package.

Parents’ values are reflected in the age at which early childhood education begins

A child reaching an appropriate age is often used as a criterion for starting early childhood education. However, perceptions of what age is appropriate vary according to parents’ education and other family-related factors. Choosing when the child begins early childhood education can be influenced by parents’ attitudes as well as the available options for early childhood education and care, as well as parents’ views on the quality of early childhood education.

Use and Costs of Social and Health Services and Social Security Benefits in Oulu, 2013–2018

Hankkeessa selvitetään etuuksien ja palveluiden käyttöä koko Oulun väestön kattavalla yksilötason rekisteriaineistolla. Sen pohjalta tuotetaan tutkimustietoa sosiaaliturvan rahaetuuksien sekä terveys-, sosiaali- ja työvoimapalveluiden rinnakkaiskäytöstä ja palvelupoluista eri väestöryhmissä. 

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