Timescapes: Intergenerational Exchange (IGE)
The Intergenerational Exchange project is one of the Timescapes qualitative longitudinal studies. This project investigated how grandparents in low-income areas support and care for their grandchildren in order to improve their life chances. Four rounds of in-depth life history interviews were conducted over two years with a sample of 11 mid-life grandparents (35-60 years old) from eight families based in a low-income estate in the north of England.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
11 (participants)
Age at first data collection
35 - 60 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2007
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
- Ethnography or participant observation
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Census data
- Healthcare data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
