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Separation and men's violence against women
Separations and men's violence against women is a study that aims to increase knowledge about the connection between men's violence against women and separations. The study is a thesis at the University of Gothenburg and has been carried out with financial support from the Crime Victims Fund. The study is based on questionnaires collected from over 350 women who have...
Mothers Alone: Poverty and the Fatherless Family, 1955-1966
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study is available via the UK Data Service QualiBank, an online tool for browsing, searching and citing the content of selected qualitative data collections held at the UK Data Service.
Dennis Marsden's study Mothers Alone: Poverty and the Fatherless Family, also known as Fatherless Families, was...
Grandparents and Teen Grandchildren: Exploring Intergenerational Relationships, 2003-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This research focused on the nature of grandparent-grandchild relationships, exploring the ways in which family and societal contexts are impacting on this kinship relation. The focus was on grandparent-grandchild relations when grandchildren are in their teenage years, as little research has been...
An Exploratory Study of the Prevalence of Sexual Abuse in a Sample of 16-21 Year Olds, 1990
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To study the prevalence of sexual abuse in a sample of 16-21 year olds.Main Topics:Abusive experiences
Survey of the Solicitors' Profession, 1989
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To obtain a profile of the structure, organisation and staffing of solicitors' firms; to describe the types of legal and non-legal work carried out by solicitors; to investigate the social background of solicitors including career history and educational qualifications; to explore solicitors' attitudes on...
Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (NILT) series began in 1998, and was the successor to the previous Northern Ireland Social Attitudes series, which was discontinued in 1996.The main aims of the NILT series are:
to monitor public attitudes towards social policy and political issues in Northern...
Use of Legal Services in England and Wales, 1977
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this survey was to investigate the use of lawyers' services by the general public in England and Wales, at the request of the Royal Commission on Legal Services.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
A) Household Questionnaire (each person aged 18+)
Use of solicitor's/lawyer's services...
Legal Problem and Resolution Survey, 2014-2015
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Legal Problem and Resolution Survey, 2014-2015 (LPRS), builds on the English and Welsh Civil and Social Justice Survey (CSJS) and Civil and Social Justice Panel Survey (CSJPS), a series of surveys conducted between 2001 and 2012. As a number of significant reforms have been made to the civil,...
Constructing Children's Welfare : a Comparative Study of Professional Practice, 2000-2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Taking as its starting point the suggestion that children's everyday lives and social experiences are shaped by cultural constructions of childhood and ideas about what children should be (James and Prout 1990; James, Jenks and Prout 1998), this research sought to compare and contrast how prevailing...
ONS Opinions Survey, Non-resident Parental Contact Module, April and June-November, 2002 and September – December, 2007 and January, February and December, 2008 and January 2009: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) is an omnibus survey that collects data on a range of subjects commissioned by both the ONS internally and external clients (limited to other government departments, charities, non-profit organisations and academia).
Data are collected from one individual aged...
Free Votes in the House of Commons, 1979-1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aims of this research project were:
to generate a complete set of data of all incidents of intra-party dissension in the division lobbies of the House of Commons in the parliaments of 1979 to 1992 inclusively;
to identify and research the reasons for dissension in the Common's division lobbies...
Gay and Lesbian 'Marriage': an Exploration of the Meanings and Significance of Legitimating Same Sex Relationships, 2003-2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This qualitative study explores the area of lesbian and gay 'marriage' and civil partnerships. The objective was to examine the socio-legal, cultural and familial meanings and significance for lesbians and gay men of seeking public or formal recognition of relationships. This means examining the kinds of...
Lay and institutional knowledges of domestic violence law: Towards active citizenship in rural and urban Cambodia
Mixed method data collection on experiences of domestic violence and its potential for redress through law in Cambodia. Specifically, the collection includes information on quantitative household questionnaires; interviews; and participatory video workshops held in rural and urban case study communities in two provinces. The research was carried out to understand the...
Happily unmarried survey
The data set comprises responses to a questionnaire survey with a wide range of items concerning finances, legal and relationship issues in non-traditional, cohabiting heterosexual couples. It is in the format of an SPSS .sav file with an N of 235 (having excluded a small number of respondents who did not meet the study criteria). The bulk of the data were obtained by means...
Slovenian Public Opinion 2016/1
Slovenian Public Opinion 2016/1 is a package of surveys, which belongs to the Slovenian Public Opinion survey series. The questionnaire includes 4 topical sections which cover the following national surveys: Relation between Work and Family, Attitudes on family issues and needs of families, Attitudes on selected aspects of health and health care, Mirror of public opinion...
Social Workers' Experiences of Child Custody Evaluation 2017
This dataset consists of interviews with Finnish social workers concerning child custody evaluations commissioned by district courts in custody dispute situations. Municipalities and joint municipal authorities with over 12,000 inhabitants in North Ostrobothnia were selected for the study. The data contain eight individual interviews. In the interviews, the social workers...
Tampere Praksis: Custody Disputes in Child Protection Services at the First Stage 2017
The qualitative dataset consists of interviews with social workers in Tampere, Finland who make assessments of the need for child protection services. The interviews contain three vignettes relating to child protection services that the interviewees read at the beginning of the interview. Themes of the vignettes included court proceedings in the case of a dysfunctional...
Slovenian Public Opinion 2016/1
Slovenian Public Opinion 2016/1 is a package of surveys, which belongs to the Slovenian Public Opinion survey series. The questionnaire includes 4 topical sections which cover the following national surveys: Relation between Work and Family, Attitudes on family issues and needs of families, Attitudes on selected aspects of health and health care, Mirror of public opinion...
Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey (NILT) series began in 1998, and was the successor to the previous Northern Ireland Social Attitudes series, which was discontinued in 1996.The main aims of the NILT series are:
to monitor public attitudes towards social policy and political issues in Northern...
Lone Parent Families in the United Kingdom, 1989
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To discover the dynamics of lone parent families.Main Topics:Variables
Routes into lone parenthood; the factors affecting incomes; how lone parent families perceive their situation; what leads lone parents to be no longer dependent on benefits; the duration of lone parenthood.
ONS Omnibus Survey, Contact After Separation Module, July, October, November and December, 2006 and January and March 2007: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) is an omnibus survey that collects data on a range of subjects commissioned by both the ONS internally and external clients (limited to other government departments, charities, non-profit organisations and academia).
Data are collected from one individual aged...
The legal representation of children of parents in child care proceedings: problems and strategies
The research examined the task of legal representation and client management, in a study focused on the representation of parents in child care proceedings. Care proceedings, brought where there are serious child protection concerns, have been subject to extensive review, and reforms to procedures and the funding regime impacting on legal representatives. This qualitative...
Cross-border litigation in England and Wales: Initial Brexit implications 2016-2018
The data was gathered through: 1) Self-completion survey questionnaires (which were sent to the Heads of litigation departments and family law firms from there relevant sampling frames drawn from the legal directories). The primary quantitative data (from the self-completion survey) should provide information about the statics of the cross-border litigation pattern (e.g....
Equal Marriage Consultation Responses, 2012
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In March 2012, the Government launched a consultation which looked at how to enable same-sex couples to get married. The consultation ran for 13 weeks, closing on 14 June 2012. Just over 228,000 responses were sent, the largest response ever received to a Government consultation at the time. These...
Care proceedings and children's care 2009-2017
The project aim was 1) to examine the process of care (child protection) proceedings and the orders granted for two random samples of c 300 children subject to these proceedings before (S1) and after (S2) major legal reforms intended to streamline and shorten proceedings. The samples were selected from 6 (anonymous) local authorities, 5 in Southern England and 1 in Wales....