Yksilötasoisia

Yksilötasoisia is a Finnish adjective form meaning at the level of the individual. It is used to describe data, analyses, or effects that pertain to individual persons rather than to groups, contexts, or aggregated units. The term is common in the social sciences, public health, psychology, education, and policy research, where researchers distinguish between information measured at the individual level and information at higher levels such as households, neighborhoods, or institutions. Phrases such as yksilötasoisia muuttujia (individual-level variables) or yksilötasoinen analyysi (an analysis at the individual level) are routinely used.

In practice, the distinction guides study design and interpretation. For example, a study may examine how age and gender influence outcomes at the yksilötasoisella tasolla, or report yksilötasoisia tuloksia alongside kontekstitasoisia tai alueellisia tuloksia. In quantitative research, this is often operationalized with data structures and statistical models that treat observations from individuals as the unit of analysis, sometimes within monitasoista (multilevel) modelling to separate yksilötason effects from contextual effects.

Yksilötasoinen language is a standard part of academic Finnish and helps ensure precise communication about the level at which phenomena are measured or inferred. The term can be contrasted with ryhmätasoinen, ekologinen, or kontekstitasoinen language, which refer to group- or area-level analyses.