A selection of relevant JRF Findings. For more summaries
of JRF work,
visit the Findings section of our website.
cohabiting – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 552 | Cohabitation,
separation and fatherhood This study, based on interviews with 50 parents, looks at how fathers and mothers viewed cohabitation and the role of the father both during the relationship and after it had ended. |
May 2002 |
| 460 | Cohabiting
parents’ experience of relationships and separation This exploration of why separated parents had chosen to cohabit rather than marry and how they managed on separation raises questions about whether policy makers should treat cohabiting parents in the same way as married parents. |
April 2000 |
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step-parent – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 658 | Step-parenting
in the 1990s This study of stepfamilies finds that, in general, family life and circumstances closely resembled those of ‘first families’. However, stepfamilies tended to have lower average household incomes and greater signs of parental stress than first families, particularly when the couple had had children together. |
June 1998 |
| 931 | Children’s
views of their changing families This study examined the views of 467 children on their experiences within different kinds of families. |
September 2001 |
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bringing up a child – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 379 | The
experiences and attitudes of children from low-income families towards
money This study describes the immediate effects of growing up in poverty on children’s beliefs, behaviour and aspirations. |
March 1999 |
| SP118 | Expenditure
on children in Great Britain This summarises the findings of a unique nationally representative survey of British children, looking at average spending on children and exploring some of the implications for policies to assist families. |
July 1997 |
| SP67 | Attitudes
to spending on children The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child asserts 'the right of every child to a standard of living adequate for the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development'. Taking this definition, almost 200 mothers, from all socio-economic groups, agreed a minimum standard, the costs of which exceeded current benefit levels by between 11 and 56 per cent depending on the age of the child. |
December 1994 |
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child poverty – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 043 | Progress
on poverty, 1997 to 2003/4 This study gives the most detailed analysis to date of the government’s progress on its targets for reducing poverty. |
October 2003 |
| 930 | Poverty
and social exclusion in Britain This national survey employs a variety of measures in addition to income to explore the extent of poverty and social exclusion. |
September 2000 |
| 389 | Child
poverty and its consequences This analysis concludes that economic disadvantages in childhood can lead to both economic and social difficulties in adulthood and feed through into the next generation. |
March 1999 |
| 379 | The
experiences and attitudes of children from low-income families towards
money This study describes the immediate effects of growing up in poverty on children’s beliefs, behaviour and aspirations. |
March 1999 |
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hearing the voice of the child – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 323 | Supporting
children through family change: a review of services This study reviewed the variety of ways in which services are responding to the needs and wishes of children whose parents are separating. |
March 2003 |
| 092 | Children’s
and parents’ experience of contact after divorce This study looks at how contact is experienced and negotiated by children and parents and what factors make it work or not. |
October 2002 |
| 772 | How
primary school children cope with family change This study interviewed children in four primary schools with very different catchment areas to discover how they dealt with family change and what kind of support they would find useful. |
July 2002 |
| 931 | Children’s
views of their changing families This study examined the views of 467 children on their experiences within different kinds of families. |
September 2001 |
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youth unemployment – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| N21 | Employment
support for young people with multiple disadvantages Interviewing young people and professionals, it looks at the types of support young people experienced, what help they would like to be offered and the views of support workers. |
November 2001 |
| 030 | The
impact of social exclusion on young people moving into adulthood This in-depth study of one disadvantaged neighbourhood explores the way in which young people grow up and get by in the context of social exclusion. |
October 2000 |
| 740 | The
New Deals: the experience so far This analysis draws on over twenty evaluation studies of the New Deal and concludes that, whilst it is having an impact for a range of different groups, it has on the whole been better at serving people who need a bit of help than those who need a lot. |
July 2000 |
| N69 | Young
Caribbean men and the labour market: a comparison with other ethnic
groups This study shows the employment prospects of young men from different ethnic groups varying widely, with young Caribbean men particularly prone to disadvantage and the prospects of young men of African origin not reflecting the high and rising proportion with good educational qualifications. |
November 1999 |
| 069 | Young
men’s experience of the labour market This research suggests that the nature of young men’s ‘underachievement’ in the labour market is complex, and possibly less severe than some people may have feared although some groups are particularly vulnerable. |
October 1999 |
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equal access – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 563 | Socio-economic
disadvantage and experience in higher education Following on from an earlier study on access to higher and further education, this study looks at how coming from a disadvantaged background affects young people’s experience of higher and further education. |
May 2003 |
| 792 | The
youth divide: Diverging paths to adulthood Drawing on 26 projects, this review reveals how young people are becoming ever more sharply divided as they make the move into independent adulthood. |
July 2002 |
| N110 | Socio-economic
disadvantage and access to higher education This work, carried out in Scotland, details the barriers young people from disadvantaged backgrounds face to participating in higher education. |
November 2000 |
| 810 | Attitudes
to adult education in disadvantaged areas This study suggests that policies aimed at encouraging people in disadvantaged areas to progress through education and training may not take sufficient account of the particular barriers they may face in taking up opportunities. |
August 2000 |
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qualifications and training– a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 613 | Young
people, employability and the induction process This research examines the early experiences of young people in their first jobs, from the point of view of both the young people themselves and their employers. |
June 2003 |
| 441 | Young
men on the margins of work This summary brings together a number of projects about young men and work. |
April 2001 |
| 241 | Young
people’s views and experiences of growing up Looking at young people who have taken on responsibilities beyond their years, this study explores the skills they gained, the support they received and their future aspirations as they move from ‘childhood’ to adulthood’. |
February 2001 |
| 740 | The
New Deals: the experience so far This analysis draws on over twenty evaluation studies of the New Deal and concludes that, whilst it is having an impact for a range of different groups, it has on the whole been better at serving people who need a bit of help than those who need a lot. |
July 2000 |
| 6139 | Employment
and training schemes for homeless young people This evaluation of specialist schemes in London highlights current good practice and implications for future policy. |
June 1999 |
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young parents – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| N50 | What
influences teenagers’ decisions about unplanned pregnancy? This in-depth study looks at the impact of social, economic and cultural factors on young women deciding whether or not to continue with an unplanned pregnancy. |
November 2000 |
| SP137 | Young,
single, non-residential fathers: their involvement in fatherhood This study of young, single fathers wanting to be involved with their children highlights both their perceptions of fatherhood and the difficulties they encountered in maintaining a relationship with their children. |
December 1997 |
| SP84 | Single
lone mothers A qualitative study of 31 mothers who at conception were teenagers and had never been married provides insights into their expectations and experiences of relationships and family life. |
October 1995 |
| SP80 | Social
backgrounds and post-birth experiences of young parents Kathleen Kiernan of the London School of Economics used longitudinal data from the National Child Development Study to investigate the social, economic and educational backgrounds of young parents and to examine their post-birth experiences. |
July 1995 |
| SP72 | The
difficulties of setting up home for young single mothers Research by Newcastle University identified the main problems for young single mothers establishing a secure and suitable home for themselves and their children. |
February 1995 |
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teenagers' relationships with parents – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 361 | Closeness,
authority and independence in families with teenagers This study looked at how 57 families with teenagers described everyday domestic life and the beliefs and values that maintain their family. |
March 2001 |
| 351 | The
family lives of young people This research interviewed ‘ordinary’ young people and their parents and listened to them talking about their lives on their own terms. |
March 2001 |
| 241 | Young
people’s views and experiences of growing up Looking at young people who have taken on responsibilities beyond their years, this study explores the skills they gained, the support they received and their future aspirations as they move from ‘childhood’ to adulthood’. |
February 2001 |
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parental responsibility – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 333 | Resolving
the tensions in parenting policy This review looks at the relationship between different areas of policy-making relating to parenthood and highlights some of the tensions. |
March 2003 |
| 590 | Youth,
parenting and public policy This review of policy development finds that policies implying that young people are dependent in some way are not balanced by policies that define parental responsibility for that dependency. |
May 2000 |
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anti-social behaviour – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 432 | A
national survey of problem behaviour and associated risk and protective
factors among young people This survey of 14,000 school students assessed their involvement in crime, drug and alcohol misuse and other antisocial activities. |
April 2002 |
| SP93 | Understanding
and preventing youth crime The decline in the number
of young offenders recorded in criminal justice statistics over
the last 15 years is almost certainly illusory and many young offenders
become habitual criminals. Tackling youth crime is now an imperative,
according to thisreview by David Farrington of the Institute of
Criminology. |
April 1996 |
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drugs and alcohol – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 943 | Prescribing
heroin: what is the evidence? This report critically examines the research, clinical, political and practical challenges to expanding heroin prescription in the UK. |
September 2003 |
| 423 | The
domestic cultivation of cannabis This indicative study examines the home-growing of cannabis in England and Wales. |
April 2003 |
| 332 | The
policing of cannabis as a Class B drug This is the first detailed study of the policing of cannabis in England. |
March 2002 |
| N70 | Drugs:
dilemmas, choices and the law This summary brings together findings from two inquiries designed to consider how UK drugs policy should move forward. |
November 2000 |
| SP133 | Young
people and drugs This examination of young people’s attitudes to drug taking finds that the place of drugs varies enormously within a wide range of youth ‘sub-cultures’. It concludes that a successful national policy would need to take account of these local differences. |
November 1997 |
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young people happier – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| N92 | Young
people’s changing routes to independence Comparing two large samples of people born in 1958 and 1970, this study illustrates and interprets the quite dramatic changes between the two groups in their working and living arrangements as young people. |
November 2002 |
| N71 | The
costs and causes of low self-esteem This research review examines what hard evidence exists about the causes of low self-esteem and any effects it might have on psychological and behavioural problems. |
November 2001 |
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becoming an adult – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 792 | The
youth divide: Diverging paths to adulthood Drawing on 26 projects, this review reveals how young people are becoming ever more sharply divided as they make the move into independent adulthood. |
July 2002 |
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family and work – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 923 | Families
and work in the twenty-first century This Foundations draws together the findings from the JRF research programme on how work is affecting family life. |
September 2003 |
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work – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 929 | The
costs and benefits of ´non-standard´ employment This analysis found that, on balance, employment flexibility had some costs for employers, but these were outweighed by the benefits. |
September 1999 |
| 849 | Job
insecurity and work intensification This survey found that job insecurity has spread throughout the 1990s, particularly amongst professional workers; at the same time, work has become more intense. |
August 1999 |
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working mothers – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| N13 | Family
and work in minority ethnic businesses in the UK This in-depth survey of 60 entrepreneurs from five different minority ethnic communities examined the changing pattern of family involvement in business and its effect on family life. |
November 2003 |
| 773 | The
impact of mothers’ employment on family relationships This small-scale study explored how mothers and their partners see the impact of the woman’s employment on their family relationships. |
July 2003 |
| 511 | Childminding
in the 1990s This study looks at childminding as an occupation and its role in the provision of childcare. |
May 2001 |
| 381 | Experiences
of lone and partnered working mothers in Scotland This qualitative research examines the everyday experiences of combining parenting and paid work of 15 partnered and 15 lone mothers in Scotland. |
March 2001 |
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fathers – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 552 | Cohabitation,
separation and fatherhood This study, based on interviews with 50 parents, looks at how fathers and mothers viewed cohabitation and the role of the father both during the relationship and after it had ended. |
May 2002 |
| 989 | Fathers,
marriage and the law This research finds that fathers who are unmarried have the same attitudes to, and involvement with, their children as married fathers, but were not aware that they do not have the same parental rights as married fathers. |
September 1999 |
| 659 | Fathers,
work and family life This study examines the tensions fathers feel in reconciling their continuing role as ‘providers’ with expectations of greater involvement in other aspects of family life. |
June 1999 |
| SP137 | Young,
single, non-residential fathers their involvement in fatherhood This study of young, single fathers wanting to be involved with their children highlights both their perceptions of fatherhood and the difficulties they encountered in maintaining a relationship with their children. |
December 1997 |
| SP99 | Exploring variations in men's family roles Exploratory research looking at variation in the ideas that people hold about men's family roles and at the links between these roles and men's behaviour, both in families and in wider society. | June 1996 |
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family and parenthood – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 6108 | Divorce
and separation: The outcomes for children This review of over 200 research reports finds that only a minority of children whose parents separate are affected in the long term, although these children have roughly twice the probability of experiencing specific poor outcomes in the long term compared with those in intact families. |
June 1998 |
| SP4 | Family
and parenthood: supporting families, preventing breakdown
Family patterns have undergone rapid change in the past 30 years. A special report by David Utting relates the findings of research and development work to public policy and points a way forward. |
February 1995 |
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choosing childlessness – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 738 | A
study of childlessness in Britain This small-scale intensive study is the first to look at voluntary childlessness in Britain for over a decade and the first to examine experiences outside marriage as well as within it. Its findings challenge much of the received wisdom about people who choose not to have children. |
July 1998 |
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becoming an adult – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 792 | The
youth divide: Diverging paths to adulthood Drawing on 26 projects, this review reveals how young people are becoming ever more sharply divided as they make the move into independent adulthood. |
July 2002 |
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transitions after 50 – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| D13 | Crossroads
after 50 This Foundations draws together a research programme on how people are moving from work and into retirement after age 50. |
December 2003 |
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caring – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 032 | Informal
care and work after fifty This survey examines the extent to which people in their fifties and sixties are combining work with family caring responsibilities and how this affects their attitudes to employment. |
October 2002 |
| 7112 | The
experiences of working carers of older adults This investigation of two large public sector organisations looked at how staff and managers dealt with workers’ caring responsibilities for older adults. |
July 2002 |
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more say – a selection of JRF Findings |
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| 611 | Getting
older people’s views on quality home care services This study, involving 143 older people, explored their ideas about what makes a quality home care service and how their views about this can be regularly heard. |
June 2001 |
| 431 | Piloting
choice and control for older people: an evaluation This study evaluates a scheme piloting new ways of delivering services to older people, drawing out the lessons for both direct payments for older people and, more generally, increasing older people’s choice and control over services. |
April 2001 |
| 639 | Developing
a preventive approach with older people This research examined what steps local authorities are taking to help older people maintain their independence for as long as possible. |
June 1999 |
| SC59 | Involving
older people in community care planning This report from the Social Policy Research Unit reviews practical initiatives seeking to involve older people in the planning of community care. |
November 1994 |
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