This study of over 800 16-year-olds takes as its focus family life. It addresses such questions as: what is it like to be a teenager today?; how do parents and teenagers experience their roles and responsibilities?; and how does the promotion of health figure in their perspectives and priorities?

"Transitions to Parenthood in Europe" analyzes and compares the biographies of mothers and fathers in seven European countries. Focusing on how working people negotiate the transition into parenthood and the work-life balances it requires the contributors provide an in-depth understanding of working parents real lives within a diverse set of national, workplace, and family contexts. With rich insights into how institutional policy and practices affect individuals and families, it highlights pertinent and sometimes challenging issues regarding the sustainability of contemporary lifestyles as...

This book focuses on a key issue in the methodology of the social and behavioural sciences: the mixing of different research methods. The extent to which qualitative and quantitative research differ from one another has long been a subject of debate. Although many methodologists have concluded that the two approaches are not mutually exclusive, there are few books on either the theory or the practice of mixing methods. Mixing Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Research presents a comprehensive discussion of the theoretical, methodological and practical issues. It also covers a number of...