Browsing by Author "Leppänen, Pipsa"

The purpose of this study is to find out the effects of the experiment of a housing pilot and communal living on young people`s everyday life management skills and to identify the factors of communal living and having summer jobs that affect and improve their everyday life management skills. The theoretical framework of a previous research on mastering everyday life and the importance of home is used in my study. The main questions of the study are: 1. What kind of everyday life management skills had the young people taking part in the housing pilot? 2. How did communal living affect young people`s everyday life managements skills? 3. How did having summer jobs affect young people`s everyday life managements skills? The data was gathered by interviewing four young people under 25 years of age who in the summer 2016 participated in A home that fits project, an experimental housing pilot in the island of Vartiosaari in Helsinki. The data was analyzed by using quality analysis of the contents. The study revealed that communal living improved the young people`s everyday life management skills. Their interactive skills, their ability to make plans and manage time in everyday life improved during the time of the housing pilot. Communal living improved their interaction skills and living on an island developed their skills in planning and managing time. Summer jobs contributed to their ability to observe and follow the regular daily rhythm. The implementation of the experiment of communal living and the integration of the summer jobs with the housing pilot can be considered to be a successful solution to improve and strengthen young people`s everyday life management skills.