Kotikeskeisissä

Kotikeskeisissä is a Finnish form of the adjective kotikeskeinen, meaning “home-centered” or “household-centered.” The word is built from koti (home) and keskeinen (central), and its inflected form kotikeskeisissä is used when describing something that pertains to or occurs within plural nouns in the inessive case, for example perheissä or yhteisöissä, meaning “in home-centered families” or “in home-centered communities.”

In scholarly use, kotikeskeinen describes a perspective, policy approach, or social structure that treats the household as the primary unit of attention or analysis. The term is common in sociology, demography, and economics when discussing research methods, welfare policies, or cultural norms that emphasize the family or household as the main locus of economic activity, care work, or social reproduction. For instance, kotikeskeisissä tutkimuksissa might refer to studies that aggregate data at the household level rather than at the individual level, while kotikeskeisiä politiikkoja could describe policies aimed at supporting the family unit as a whole.

The concept highlights how social life is organized around domestic units, but it is also subject to critique. Critics argue that a kotikeskeinen or kotikeskeisissä framework can obscure the experiences of individuals outside traditional households or of diverse family forms. Overall, the term serves as a descriptive label in Finnish discussions of household-focused analysis and policy.