Timescapes: Work and Family Lives (WFL)
The WFL project is one of the Timescapes qualitative longitudinal studies. The project qualitatively explored the ways in which working parents and their primary school-aged children negotiate their work and family lives over time by following a sample of Scottish families over a three year period (2007-2010). The sample comprised 14 families with primary school-aged children, and of varying composition and socio-economic circumstances from South East Scotland. Fourteen mothers, 8 fathers, and 16 children participated, drawn from 5 lone-mother households and 9 heterosexual couple families.
Study design
Household panel, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
14 (mothers)
8 (fathers)
16 (children)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
7 - 11 years (children)
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 Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann)
University of Leeds
Profile paper DOI
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
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
