Timescapes: Following Young Fathers (FYF)
The Following Young Fathers project is one of the Timescapes qualitative longitudinal studies. This study qualitatively tracks the lives of around 30 young fathers who were aged between 13 and 24 at the conception of their first child. The study began with a small, baseline study of 12 young fathers aged between 15 and 25, called "Following Fathers," conducted as part of the Young Lives and Times study in 2010-2012. Participants were recruited via referrals from a specialist service supporting young fathers across a northern industrial city in the United Kingdom. These 12 participants were followed across 5 waves from 2010 to 2014. In 2012, the sample was boosted with a further 19 young fathers from across the United Kingdom, who were studied in two waves from 2012-2014. This project has been extended in the "Following Young Fathers Further" project, following participants from the original cohort and new participants as well.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
12 (participants)
Age at first data collection
15 - 25 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
Male
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2010
Primary Institutions
University of Leeds
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Creative, arts-based and visual methods
- Interviews or focus groups
- Qualitative survey
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
